Purpose: The Spackman Award, formerly known as the TSOP Student Grants Program, supports graduate thesis research in organic petrology. Research must demonstrate the utility and significance of organic petrology (which includes coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry and related disciplines) in solving the thesis problem.
Eligibility: The Spackman Award supports qualified graduate students from around the world who are actively seeking advanced degrees
Awards: A maximum of two monetary awards, up to U.S. $1,000.00 each, will be granted. TSOP may also provide merit awards, in the form of Society publications, to selected top-ranking applicants who do not receive a monetary award. Applicants may re-apply annually, but can receive a maximum monetary award of $1,000.00 per thesis project. Award announcements will be made in September, 2007.
All applicants are eligible to apply for one year of TSOP Student membership at no cost.
Conditions: Monetary awards are to be applied to expenses directly related to the student's thesis work, such as summer fieldwork, laboratory analyses, etc. A portion (not to exceed 25%) of the award funds may be used to attend a TSOP Annual Meeting. Funds should not be used to purchase capital equipment, to pay salaries, tuition, room, or board during the school year. Funds must be spent within 18 months of receipt of the award. The submitted abstracts from the successful proposals will be published in the TSOP Newsletter. At the conclusion of the research project, awardees are required to publish an extended summary of their work in the TSOP Newsletter and will be encouraged to present their results at the TSOP Annual Meeting.
Application Deadline: Completed applications must be postmarked by May 15,
2008. Mail your completed application packet to:
Review and Ranking of Applications: A committee of three TSOP members (and/or external experts when needed) will review the pool of applications. Each reviewer will independently rank each proposal according to established merit criteria, using the Application Evaluation Form included in the application packet. The cumulative score from all three reviewers will be used to determine the final ranking of the applications. Winners will be notified prior to the annual meeting and all applicants will be informed by mail of the final status of their applications.
*originally patterned after the 1998 AAPG Grants In Aid Program
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Applications are due by May 15, 2008.
Last modified 5 March 2008