Endowments

• Undergraduate scholarships and fellowships
• Graduate scholarships and fellowships
• Faculty support
• Visiting Lecturers
• Equipment acquisition, maintenance, and replacement

Ten to fifteen majors receive major financial support in the form of Endowed Presidential Scholarships each year.

Approximately 25% of the majors in the Department receive some scholarship support during the school year.

Nearly all of the 25 to 35 students who participate in summer field camp (GEO 660) receive some scholarship support to defray the cost of tuition and fees. 

In 2007, a new endowment, the Friends of Student Field Experiences Endowment, was created was created to specifically address the growing cost and numbers of students participating in summer field camp.

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Each year, nearly half of the graduate students receive some scholarship support directly from the Foundation.

Each year, 20-30 students receive scholarships for field work directly from the Foundation.

Each year, 15-25 students receive scholarships to present the results of their UT work at professional meetings.

As many as 15 company fellowships are administered through the Foundation.

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Faculty are supported through Endowed Teaching Fellowships, Professorships, and Chairs. This support is used at the discretion of the holder of the endowed position, for purposes including salary supplements, student support, travel to meetings and field work, and the purchase of computers and other equipment.

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Endowed Lectureships and other Foundation funds support the visits of 20 to 30 invited scientists to the Department of Geological Sciences each year. Each visitor enriches the teaching and research programs of the Department and, perhaps more importantly, leaves with a vastly better understanding of the status of our programs and the quality of our students. Lectureships include:

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With reduced state support, the maintenance of research equipment is nearly entirely covered from user fees, coupled with support from Foundation accounts. The purchase of major items of equipment is commonly triggered by and partially covered with matching money allocated by the Equipment Committee from Foundation Accounts.a

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