For full consideration, applications should be received by August 25, 2023. Letters of recommendation must also be received by August 25, 2023. The awardee is usually announced at the Planetary Geology Division business meeting during the annual GSA conference.
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You must provide your phone number and your e-mail address.
Proposal: Please provide a proposal that indicates how you would use the grant to study impact craters. Your proposal should be from 3 to 5 pages long.
The file that you upload must be a text (*.txt) or pdf (*.pdf) file. Please separate paragraphs with a blank line.
CV: Please provide a curriculum vitae, including a list of any publications that you may have. Because this award is for students, the award committee realizes that many applicants may not have a bibliography. Do not worry if you have not yet published any of your own work.
Research Budget/Timeframe: Please provide a detailed budget and timeframe for your proposal so the award committee can evaluate the feasibility of your proposal within the budgetary and time constraints of the fund.
NOTE: Application documents must total less than 10MB combined.
Please have two of your professors or other professional colleagues send letter(s) of recommendation, one of which must verify your student status. LETTERS MUST BE DELIVERED BY THE SAME AUGUST 25 DEADLINE AS THE PROPOSAL. Please have them send the letters to:
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Thank you for your interest in the Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award.
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