OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS STUDYING NATURAL ZEOLITES

 

Clay Minerals Society

The Clay Minerals Society annually awards several grants of up to $2500 through its student research grant program. To learn more about opportunities through the CMS, visit their home page at http://www.clays.org. The research program is designed to provide partial financial support of masters and doctoral research for graduate students of clay science and technology. Applications are judged on a competitive basis. The qualifications of the applicant, the financial need of the research project, and the design of the research project are evaluated. Applicants selected will be nominated by a five-member CMS committee and approved by the CMS Council. There is no restriction with regard to nationality.

The Clay Minerals Society also offers a reduced student membership rate of $15.00, entitling students to a subscription to Clays and Clay Minerals, one of the leading journals in the field of clay science and a useful forum for discussion of natural zeolites.


Mineralogical Society of America

The Mineralogical Society of America annually awards a $3500 grant for research in mineralogy and petrology from a fund created by contributions from MSA members. Students, including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the research, and the likelihood of success of the project. There are no restrictions on how the grant funds may be spent, as long as they are used in support of research.

The Mineralogical Society of America also biannually awards a $3500 grant for research in crystallography. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the proposed research, and the likelihood of success of the project. There are no restrictions on how the grant funds may be spent, as long as they are used in support of research. The only restrictions on eligibility for the grant are that the applicant must have reached his or her 25th birthday but not yet have reached his or her 36th birthday on the date the grant is awarded, and that the person is not a MSA Councilor.

Application forms for either grant may be obtained from the MSA worldwide web home page, http://www.minsocam.org, or from Dr. J. Alex Speer, MSA Business Office, 1015 Eighteenth St., NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC, 20036-5274, USA (phone: 202-775-4344, fax: 202-775-0018, e-mail: j_a_speer@minsocam.org).

The Mineralogical Society of America offers a reduced student membership rate of $30.00, entitling students to a subscription to American Mineralogist, one of the leading journals in the field of mineralogy and another good forum for discussions of natural zeolite mineralogy.

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Last Updated February 11, 2005