ATTENTION:  We are not accepting scholarship applications at this time. Please check back in Spring 2010 for scholarship information and deadlines.

1) The George D. Battle Memorial Scholarship Supporting Research in Climatology or Coastal Geography honors George D. Battle's lifelong commitment to the study of the natural environment of Texas. One scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

1. be a graduate student
2. be studying climatology or coastal geography
3. have a 3.0 or higher GPA
4. provide an approved copy of the research proposal

 

2) The Blanchard Geography Scholarship  (Not offered in 2009) was designed to help a student in financial need. One scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

1. be a graduate student
2. have a 3.5 or higher GPA
3. demonstrate financial need (currently defined as an annual income of $15,000/year or less)
4. be enrolled in at least nine semester hours

3) The Detlefsen Masters Excellence Scholarship (Not offered in 2009) honors Bernard "Bernie" for his service and his interest in places and maps going back to his elementary school years.

Applicant must:

    1. have completed nine credit hours of graduate work with a GPA of 3.59 or higher
    2. have a record of professional activity such as professional presentations and student organization                                  participation

4) The Sandra E. Estaville Dissertation Research Scholarship honors Sandra Estaville for her support of the development and implementation of the Geography Ph.D. programs at Texas State University-San Marcos. One scholarship will be awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

    1. Write a proposal for dissertation research including research goals and time period,
    2. Submit letters of recommendation from the applicant’s research advisor and two members of the                                    dissertation committee
    3. have a high GPA.

5) The Amita Malwade Graduate Scholarship in Human Geography (Not offered in 2009) honors Amita Malwade, a young, extremely dedicated and bright teacher and scholar, who died unexpectedly at age 35, only two months after receiving her doctorate from Pennsylvania State University in 1992. One $500 scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

1. be a graduate student in human geography; special consideration will be given to students in population                   geography and social geography
2. show high motivation and academic standards
3. demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching and research

6) The Natural Hazards Scholarship (Not offered in 2009) honors Dr. Gilbert F. White for his contribution to natural hazards research in geography and for his commitment in facilitating future generations of natural hazards geographers. One $500 scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

1. be a graduate student who has a demonstrated interest in natural hazards
2. have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
3. contribute product (e.g., paper, presentation, annotated bibliography) at the end of the scholarship period

7) The Frank and Ivy Boehm Geography Scholarship (not offered in 2009) honors Frank and Ivy Boehm for their strong support of education as an avenue by which individuals can significantly contribute to improving our society. One scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

1. be a doctoral student specializing in geographic education
2. demonstrate an excellent academic record in high school

8) The Ray and Marian Butler Environmental Geography Scholarship (not offered in 2009) honors Ray and Marion Butler of Omaha, Nebraska for their ongoing support of geography, travel and fieldwork and in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary on November 20, 1999. One scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

   1. be a doctoral student in environmental geography
   2. use the award to support the costs of fieldwork on a dissertation topic examining environmental physical                       geography in the mountains of the western United States
   3. submit a 1,000-word essay describing his or her dissertation fieldwork and how the Ray and Marian Butler                     Scholarship would aid that fieldwork
   4. be enrolled in at least nine semester hours

9) The Detlefsen Doctoral Scholarship (Not offered in 2009) honors Bernard "Bernie" for his service and his interest in places and maps going back to his elementary school years.

Applicant must:

    1. have masters GPA of  3.75 or  higher
    2. have a strong record of profes-sional activities
    3. be highly recommended in admission letters of reference

10) The Sally Ann Karnau Geography Dissertation Research Scholarship honors Sally Ann Karnau, one of the first five students in the Texas State Geography doctoral program. The scholarship will help other students who wish to pursue careers in geography. One scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

   1. write a proposal for dissertation research including research goals and time period
   2. submit letters of recommendation from the applicant's research advisor and two members of the dissertation                  committee
   3. have a high GPA

11) The Mao-Geng Zhan Scholarship (not offered in 2009) honors Mao-Geng Zhan's (Dr. F. Benjamin Zhan's late grandfather) emphasis on education, and inspirated of Dr. F.B. Zhan to seek academic excellence during his early childhood. One scholarship is awarded each spring pending available funding, and applied to the following fall.

Applicant must:

   1. be a geography doctoral student at Texas State
   2. have authored or coauthored (as first author) an article that has been published or accepted for publication by            an international or national refereed journal
   3. have done the research reported in the article at Texas State