Scholarships offered by the Geology Program
Each year the Geology Program offers scholarship support to qualifying UL students from over a dozen separate accounts in the UL Foundation. The awards are available to both Graduate and Undergraduate students at all levels of their academic careers.
The awards range from $400 to $2,000 with most being between $500 and $1,000 depending on the guidelines for the individual scholarship fund. Most years about $42,000 is given in about 20 to 25 separate awards.
The following scholarships are offered to Geology students:
Scholarship name | Amount $ |
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Nolan J. Badeaux Endowed Geology Scholarship | 5,200 |
Joe Battle/LGS Memorial Geology Scholarship | 1,900 |
Bill & Heather Finley Endowed Geosciences Scholarship | 3,100 |
Chevron - Gulf oil Foundation Endowed Geoplogy Schol. | 600 |
Eberhardt E. Leschin Endowed Scholarship | 1,400 |
Marvin & Hazel Harvey Morris Endowed Scholarship | 600 |
Bill Paine/LGS Endowed Scholarship | 7,200 |
Pogo Producing Company Endowed Scholarship | 900 |
Walter James Rudick Endowed Schol. in Earth Sciences | 3,300 |
Paul M. Toce Endowed Geology Scholarship | 6,400 |
Tim Dore Geology Scholarship | 8,900 |
Hugh Allen Bernard Memorial Scholarship | 2,500 |
In addition, our faculty mentor students to apply for scholarship and research support from the following organizations:
AAPG (American Asssociation of Petroleum Geologists)
AWG (Association of Women Geologists)
Desk and Derrick
GSA (Geological Society of America)
SIPES (Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists)
SWLGS (Southwestern Louisiana Geophysical Society)