Sponsored Scholarships

Albert and Mary Jane Black and E.E.E. Graduate Assistantship

  • Begins with Academic Year
  • Graduate Student with interests in geohydrology, surface hydrology and related fields (e.g., sedimentology, geomorphology, and/or environmental geochemistry)
  • 12 month stipend

Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Graduate Scholarship

Earth and Planetary Sciences graduate student working in an area related to geological resources, including leasable minerals

Chair’s Discretionary Fund

Utilized to provide support for student professional activities

Collections Development Fund

  • To support the collection of rocks, minerals and fossils
  • Utilized to acquire specimens that enhance the reference and teaching collections and to purchase outstanding specimens for the department’s museum

Douglas Brookins Memorial Scholarship General Thomas D. Campbell Memorial

  • Junior or senior
  • Pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Two prior semesters of attendance at UNM
  • GPA of 2.7 to 3.3 (inclusive) in geology, natural sciences and mathematics, and an overall GPA of at least 2.2
  • Prime but not essential consideration is financial need

Dr. Sherman A. Wengerd and Florence Mather Wengerd Traveling Fellowship

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences graduate students
  • To support field work and other travel related to thesis or dissertation work

Energy Exploration, Education Fund

To enhance the education of geology students in petroleum geology, basin studies and related fields

Geology Alumni Scholarship

  • Merit and service to department
  • Financial need

Gratton Simons Endowment

  • Graduate student demonstrating a strong interest in natural resource development and/or research
  • Academic achievement
  • Financial need

Horton Newsom Fellowship

Horton Newsom Fellowship

  *   Supports a graduate student conducting planetary science research, with preference for hands‑on sample analysis, and leading educational outreach for the UNM Meteorite Museum.
  *   Honors Dr. Newsom’s 40 years of outstanding excellence at UNM as a research scientist, devoted mentor to students, and steadfast champion of public engagement. (See photo).

James Drew Pfeiffer Memorial Award

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences undergraduate major
  • Financial need
  • Academic achievement

Jean-Luc Miossec Memorial

Earth and Planetary Sciences graduate student in geomorphology or a related field

Richard P. Vann Memorial Scholarship

Graduate students working on the paleontology of New Mexico or related subdiscipline

Rodney C. Rhodes Memorial Scholarship

  • Graduate student pursuing a Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences at UNM
  • Specialization in igneous petrology and volcanology

Vincent C. Kelley Memorial Scholarship Paul Kelley Memorial Scholarship Harry Leonard Scholarship

  • Undergraduate student majoring in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Financial need
  • Scholarship ability
  • New Mexico resident