GIS in the Rockies (GISITR) is pleased to continue its student scholarship program to encourage and support geospatial research and education through the region. GISITR offers scholarships annually to deserving undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in educational institutions within the Rocky Mountain West (i.e., Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico).
GISITR will award one $1000 scholarship in 2024 to a graduate or undergraduate student studying in the field of geospatial sciences. The scholarship recipient will also receive complimentary full registration to the 2024 GISITR Conference.
The deadline to submit a completed application is 11:59PM MDT, September 3, 2024.
ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR 2024
- The applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student currently enrolled and in good standing at an accredited two or four-year educational institution within the Rocky Mountain West. Remote students enrolled in online programs at University’s in the Rocky Mountain West are also eligible.
- The applicant must have completed at least one session (i.e. semester or quarter) at their current institution before the application submission deadline of September 3, 2024.
- The applicant’s coursework or research must be in the geospatial science discipline (i.e. GIS, remote sensing, GPS).
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION – REQUIRED MATERIALS
- Applicant’s name and contact information (i.e., email, mailing address, and phone number)
- The name and address of the Institution where the applicant is currently attending
- The applicant’s declared college major
- Applicant’s status (undergraduate or graduate)
- Expected college graduation date
- List of completed and pertinent college courses
- List of future pertinent college courses
- A list of academic honors, awards, community service, and volunteer work
- A narrative illustrating how the scholarship monies will be used to facilitate the applicant’s education and or research
- A letter of recommendation from a professor or instructor that includes:
- Name of student applicant
- Letter should be put on college letter head
- Name of professor or instructor
- Contact information of professor or instructor
- Abstract (no more than 250 words) of a project you intend to complete OR you have completed. The abstract may have co-authors; however, the primary author must be the applicant.
SUBMISSION
- All the scholarship material must be assembled into a single pdf document that is less than 10 MB in size
- Email to: scholarships@gisintherockies.org
DEADLINES AND EVALUATION
- The deadline for submitting a completed application is 11:59PM MDT, September 3, 2024.
- Incomplete or late applications will not be considered
- The GISITR Board of Directors will evaluate all applications and select a recipient based only on the information provided in the application. All decisions made by the GISITR Board of Directors are final
- Members of the GISITR Board of Directors and Planning Committee are not eligible to receive a scholarship award
SCORING CRITERIA
- Letter of Recommendation (15%)
- Written Abstract
- Suitable topic related to geospatial science (10%)
- Adequate use of GIS tools and techniques (15%)
- Originality of geospatial project/research (10%)
- Quality of writing (completeness, clarity, grammar, organization) (10%)
- Coursework (completed and future) pertaining to geospatial science (10%)
- Academic honors, awards, community service, and volunteer work (20%)
- Explanation of how this scholarship will further research and education (10%)
Scholarship recipient will be announced at the GISITR Conference, September 26, as well as on the GISITR website and social media
Note: All scholarship applicants are welcome to submit an abstract to the GISITR Conference even if not selected for a scholarship award. Student registration is only $40. If you know that you want to present at the conference, please submit your abstract to: http://gisintherockies.org/abstract-submission.
Please email scholarships@gisintherockies.org with any questions or comments you have regarding this scholarship program.