Grants-in-Aid 2003 APPLICATION FORM. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation

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1 The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation Grants-in-Aid 2003 APPLICATION FORM The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation announces its Grants-in-Aid Program for Last year, $168,600 was awarded to 96 of the 272 applicants. This year, approximately $167,000 will be available for grants. The Program includes special grants named in recognition of the following individuals and institutions that have made substantial contributions to the Foundation, petroleum and energy-mineral sciences, teaching, or research: NAMED GRANTS Gustavus E. Archie Memorial Grants (2) (Restriction - petrophysics and development geology) Gustavus E. Archie Memorial International Grants (2) (Restriction - study of petrophysics and development geology by students outside North America) Gordon I. Atwater Memorial Grant Marilyn Atwater Memorial Grant Donald R. Boyd Memorial Grant (Restriction - for study at universities located within geographic boundaries of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Sciences) Garth W. Caylor Memorial Grant Classen Family Named Grant Kenneth H. Crandall Memorial Grants (2) Fred A. Dix Named Grant Energy Minerals Named Grant (Restriction - research in geology related to the occurrence and production of earth materials, except conventional oil and gas, capable of being used in energy production, and including remote sensing) Norman H. Foster Memorial Grant Harold J. Funkhouser Memorial Grant Peter W. Gester Memorial Grant Merrill W. Haas Memorial Grant Michel T. Halbouty Named Grants (2) (Restriction - Students at Texas A&M University) William Dow Hamm Memorial Grant (Restriction - student at University of Texas, Austin) Bernold M. Bruno Hanson Memorial Environmental Grant (Restriction - study of specific environmental issues related to exploration and production of petroleum and energy minerals, or application of technologies developed/ employed in petroleum or energy minerals industries to environmental problems) Richard C. Hasson Memorial Grant (Restriction - student studying in the U.S.) Thomas A. Hendricks Memorial Grant (Restriction - study of the Ouachitas, the Arkoma Basin and/or the Marathon/Solitario areas, or for study involving petrography or petrology) The Institut Français du Pétrole Named Grant John E. Kilkenny Memorial Grant (Restriction: geologic study of Alaska, California, Aims The purpose of the Program is to foster research in the geosciences by providing support to graduate students in the earth sciences whose research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-minerals resources, and to related environmental geology issues. Eligibility and Grant Size Award recipients must be enrolled in a Masters or Ph.D program or their equivalent. Fourth year degrees or B.S. with honors are not eligible for grants. Monetary awards up to a maximum amount of $2,000. Use of Grants Grants are to be applied to expenses directly related to the student s thesis work, such as summer field work, laboratory analyses, etc. Funds are not to be used to purchase capital equipment, attend conferences, or to pay salaries, tuition, or room and board during the school year. Funds must be spent within 18 months of receipt of the award. The educational institution attended by the applicant must not require or allow a grant to be turned over to the institution Hawaii, Oregon or Washington, by student at a university in that area, i.e., Pacific Section AAPG) Frank E. Kottlowski Memorial Grant R. E. McAdams Memorial Grants (2) Duncan A. McNaughton Memorial Grant Arthur A. Meyerhoff Memorial Grants (2) (Restriction - geological studies applicable to regional or global tectonics) James W. Milliken Memorial Grant Hugh D. Miser Memorial Grant (Restriction - study of geology of Arkansas and/or Oklahoma) Raymond C. Moore Memorial Grant (Restriction - paleontology) Nancy Setzer Murray Memorial Grant (Restriction - significant involvement with stratigraphy) Paul Danheim Nelson Grant (Preference given to: study of impact geology; geology of environment; resource development, management and conservation, including hydrocarbons; or geology of landscapes & formation [buried streams & valleys]; or linear pattern geology) Donald A. O Nesky Named Grant R. Dana Russell Memorial Grant (Restriction - sedimentary petrology/ petrography or oceanography) SEAPEX Named Grant (Restriction - student whose nationality is from Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Timor or China) Frederick A. Sutton Memorial Grant Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant John Teagle Memorial Grant J. Elmer Thomas Past-Presidents Grant Horst & Jessie von Bandat Memorial Grant (2) Alexander & Geraldine Wanek Named Grant (2) L. Austin Weeks Grant Marta S. Weeks Grant Weimer Family Grant (Restriction - student at Univ. of Wyoming) Sherman A. Wengerd Memorial Grant W. David Wiman Memorial Grant Raymond D. Woods Memorial Grant or decrease any funding or other benefit received by the applicant if a grant is awarded. Basis for Awarding Grants Grants will be based on merit and, in part, on the financial needs of the applicant. Factors weighed in selection of successful applicants include: qualifications of the applicant as indicated by past academic performance, originality and imagination of the proposed project, support by the department in which the work is being done, and perceived significance of the project to petroleum, energy-minerals, and related environmental geology. The program focuses on support of qualified candidates for masters or equivalent degrees. Qualified doctoral candidates with expenses beyond the usual scope of funding by other agencies are also encouraged to apply. Candidates for Master's or equivalent degrees may receive a maximum of one grant, and Ph.D. candidates may receive a maximum of two grants. No more than two grants will be awarded to any one applicant during their graduate education.

2 2 TO APPLY: 1.Complete this application, or a photocopy of it, in full. Please type or print neatly, since legibility affects your evaluation. Applications for printed or electronic completion are available on the AAPG Foundation website at Provide your name, address, and phone numbers where you can be reached throughout the academic year. Include an address. is the best way for the AAPG Foundation office to contact you with questions about your application. 2.Attach an official copy of your college academic transcripts from the last two (2) years. (If your school does not issue transcripts, attach a signed and department stamped statement from your professor commenting on your academic credentials). 3.Obtain department endorsements and department stamp on p. 6. If your department does not have a stamp, attach a statement on department letterhead, signed by the department chairman, identifying you as a currently enrolled student of that school. Applications without endorsements will be rejected. NOTE: You will be eligible for consideration of a grant only if all of the requested information accompanies your application. 4.Mail your application and supporting documents to: Chairman Use Street Address For Courier Service: AAPG Grants-in-Aid Committee AAPG Grants-in-Aid Committee c/o AAPG Headquarters c/o AAPG P. O. Box W. 15th Street Tulsa, OK Tulsa, OK USA USA 5.DEADLINES: Applications are due in the AAPG office by JANUARY 31, Applications received after JANUARY 31st will not be considered. 6.Award Notification: Awards will be announced in May, Check the AAPG Web site for the announcement of 2003 recipients at 7.INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS: Grants to successful applicants are made in U.S. dollars, usually by a check drawn on a U.S. bank. However, in some countries delivery of grants can only be assured by bank wire transfer. Students selected to receive grants will be contacted by the AAPG Foundation concerning delivery of their grants. They must confirm that they can safely accept mail delivery of the grant payable by U.S. check, or they must provide all the banking information necessary for wire transfer of the grant, including the appropriate bank account number in the name of the student recipient. A grant cannot be sent to a third party or wire transferred to a third party's account. Students who are unable to accept grants by one of these methods will be ineligible, and should not apply.

3 Application for The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation Grants-in-Aid 3 Personal Information Family Name: Home Telephone No.: ( ) Given Names: Office Telephone No.: ( ) Your contact address: At university or home, with zip code Fax No.: ( ) For purposes of demographics, Male or Female please state your citizenship Academic and Employment History Present Dept./ Degree now Grade Point Average or Anticipated Institution Discipline being sought: Average Exam Score, etc. Graduation Date: Previous Dept./ Degrees Grade Point Average or Graduation Institution Discipline obtained: Average Exam Score, etc. Date: APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED AT AAPGF BY JANUARY 31, 2003 Because universities vary world wide, provide information as requested below. Explain your university degrees (i.e. 4th year, bachelors with honors, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) What rank does your exam average represent? (e.g. 2nd Class Honors, Very Good, Good, etc.)? What is the highest rank attainable (e.g. 1st Class Honors, A, Excellent, Distinction, etc.)? What is lowest passing grade? What is the usual degree required to be hired by a petroleum, energy, minerals, or environmental company? Academic Awards and Honors (name of award, institution making award, year): Non-academic awards as well as other activities and interests: Professional Experience (job, employer, location, dates of employment): Other work experience (e.g. volunteer, part-time, etc.) and other experiences that demonstrate nontechnical skills such as leadership, creativity, communication skills, etc.

4 4 Research Project Title & Goal of proposed investigation or thesis: Disciplinary Emphasis (Designate #1 and #2 discipline that most closely relate to your project.) Stratigraphy Petroleum Regional Tectonics Fracture Analysis Petrophysics Energy/Minerals Sedimentology Paleontology Structural Geology Geophysics Development Geology Environmental Source of Research Project (individual or group, student s idea, part of professor s on-going research, outgrowth of class work, critical review of literature, etc.) Restricted Grants (see p. 1) List any of the Restricted Grants for which your project might qualify. Percent of project completed: Summary of Investigation (approximately 300 words; no figures or photos) Must be printed or typed, either directly in this space or on a separate sheet of paper and pasted to fit within this space. Or you may use the electronic form provided on the Internet at Summary should include the purpose, regional context, methods, and scientific importance of your proposal. Suitability of Proposal to Grants-in-Aid program describe how the project will contribute to the better understanding of petroleum geology, energy minerals geology, and/or related environmental issues. The suitability is critical to your thesis topic evaluation.

5 Budget Use this worksheet to explain your total budget (not just the budget for funds requested from the AAPG Foundation) for the increment of time/work to which a grant will apply. (A typical time/work increment is a fiscal year beginning with the start of a traditional academic year.) We are interested in how thoroughly you have planned your total thesis-research expenses. Feel free to substitute items. You must summarize your expenses in categories 1 to 5 for use under Funding Request. Do not include money for the purchase of capital items such as computers, printers or tents. The Grants-in-Aid Program does not cover conferences, courses, salaries, tuition, or room and board. Manuscript preparation should not include fees for publication or poster presentations. My request for funds is for the period from to. Number Item (days, samples, Local Currency Total Conversion Total $U.S. Details hours, etc.) (Unit Cost) Factor 1. Subsistence: Shelter (camping, etc?) Food 2. Transportation: Vehicle Rental Airfare, train, etc. 3. Operating Supplies: Field Supplies Laboratory Supplies Photographic Supplies Maps, references, books, etc. 4. Purchased Services: Analytical Fees (specify) Analytical Fees Analytical Fees Thin Sections Core Handling Fees Machine Shop Fees Computer Time Graphics Reproduction Manuscript Preparation 5. Miscellaneous: 5 TOTAL BUDGET Total Funding Request Including your AAPGF request, please summarize (U.S. dollars) funding provided by or applications made to other agencies for the categories shown. (Such agencies might include GSA, Sigma XI, NSF, USGS, European Union, university, student, state or national government, etc.) Do not include university stipend. Name(s) of other Agencies applied to or funding project and dollar amount Project Total AAPGF Grants-in-Aid AAPGF Grants-in-Aid Category (U.S. Dollars) Request (U.S. Dollars) % of Total Funding 1 Subsistence 2 Transportation 3 Operating Supplies 4 Purchased Services 5 Miscellaneous Total AAPGF Agency Agency Agency Budget Subtotal Subtotal Subtotal Subtotal Are there any duplicate requests for funds? If so, please indicate agency Date Applicant's Signature INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ONLY: If selected, I prefer to receive my grant by wire transfer or check.

6 6 Previous AAPG Foundation Grants-in-Aid Recipients Candidates for Master's or equivalent degrees may receive a maximum of one grant and Ph.D. candidates may receive a maximum of two grants. If you previously received an AAPGF Grant-in-Aid, you must provide the title, year of the grant, and award amount. Title Year Award Amount If the research is completed, please cite the published reference. If work is in progress, please provide a one-page summary report and a brief financial statement as a separate sheet. Endorsement/Assessment by Thesis/Project Supervisor Your supervisor's assessment of you and your project are critical to the successful completion of your application. We encourage your supervisor to attach a separate letter with department stamp in support of your ability to accomplish your thesis goals. Assessment of applicant's capability to fulfill the objectives of the stated research; how does this student rank with other students? Are there any other factors that we should consider (such as student's financial situation)? Do the plans and budget estimates seem realistic (Lodging, transportation, analytical fees)? Other comments I have read the application and agree with the funding estimates. The college, university, or other institution ("Institution") of which this department is a part will not require or allow all or any part of any Grant-in-Aid award to the applicant from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation pursuant to the above application, or other funds in lieu thereof, to be turned over to the Institution or spent in lieu of the Institution's funds. The Institution will not as a result of the award of any such Grant-in-Aid to the applicant cause any decrease in any funds or other benefit which the applicant would otherwise have received or of which the applicant would otherwise have had the use. Supervisor's signature: phone: Fax: Supervisor's name (printed) Departmental or Director's Endorsement: Without departmental endorsement this application is invalid. Dept. Chairman or Director's Signature: Mailing Address: Date: Phone: Fax: Chairman or Director's name (printed): DEPARTMENT STAMP (See Page 2, #3, if no Dept. Stamp) MUST BE RECEIVED AT AAPG FOUNDATION BY JANUARY 31, 2003 Mail to: Chairman, AAPG Grants-in-Aid Committee, 125 W. 15th Street, Tulsa, OK USA 9/02

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