1. GSAV Student Travel Grant

This grant is available to honours and postgraduate students for assistance with travel costs associated with conferences (fieldwork excluded). The number and value of the scholarships awarded each year is made at the discretion of the GSA Victoria committee.

Funding
Travel within Australia: capped at  AUD 700.-
International travel: capped at AUD 1000.-

Funding will not be granted retrospectively and applicants are asked to submit the application forms no later than 6 weeks prior to the trip to give the committee time to consider the application. Students that receive this scholarship are required to submit a report for publication in the newsletter ("The Victorian Geologist") and on this website (www.gsavic.org), following their trip. A presentation may also be requested by the committee, which will consist of a short, 10-15 minute presentation prior to the monthly meeting. 

How to apply?
1. Download the GSAV scholarship application form
2. Complete form and email it to: [email protected]

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2. GSAV Student Field Trip Scholarship

The Scholarship is valued at up to $500 to support the cost of university undergraduate geoscience fieldtrips. The number of and value of the scholarships awarded each year is made at the discretion of the GSA (Victoria Division) committee.

Funding will not be granted retrospectively (i.e., after the field trip has taken place) and applicants are asked to submit applications no later than 8 weeks prior to the field trip to give the committee time to consider the application.


Eligibility

1. Applicants must be members of the GSA, and must provide their member number on the application form.
2. Eligible students must be enrolled in a full-time degree at a Victorian Tertiary institution, with preference given to those majoring, or considering majoring, in geoscience.
3. The scholarship will be awarded to assist with the payment of field trip fees, NOT general university course fees covered by the Higher Education Contribution Scheme.
4. Students applying for this scholarship must provide evidence that they are enrolled in a university geoscience field trip subject and that they are majoring, or considering majoring, in geoscience (included in the personal statement section of the application on the following page).
5. Students that receive this scholarship will be required to subsequently submit a 150 word statement outlining how it helped support their studies.
6. Successful applicants will receive the scholarship amount decided by the GSA (Victoria Division) committee following completion of the field trip.
7. Students who have previously received a GSA (Victoria Division) field trip scholarship are not eligible. Scholarships and bursaries from other sources are acceptable.

How to apply?

1. Download the GSAV field trip scholarship application form
2. Complete the scholarship application form with a signature from a Member of the Geological Society of Australia
3. Email it to: [email protected]

​The scholarship awards are determined by the GSA (Victoria Division) committee. The committee’s decisions are final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.

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3. Postgraduate Research Grant Scheme

Since 2019, The Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division) offers a Postgraduate Research Grant for the encouragement of research in Earth Science. Projects should address Victorian problems, although research that extends beyond the state will not be excluded.

Funding
This year, one PhD student will be given a grant of AUD 5,000 per annum for two years .

How to apply?
The award applications must be lodged by email ([email protected])

Please include:

• Your CV (including contact details: street address, email and phone number)
• Outline of no more than 300 words of the proposed project. 
• Basic budget (e.g. <~1 page; line items in excel spreadsheet. Consider costs from travel, analysis, fieldwork, equipment etc).
• Evidence from your supervisor confirming your enrolment and endorsing your application (this can be as simple as cc-ing your supervisor into the application email for them to confirm directly by email).

Applications for the 2026 grant year will open Monday 23rd February 2026 and close on Friday April 17th, 2026.

A selection panel appointed by the GSA Victoria will judge the submissions and the panel will reserve the right to make as many awards as they feel appropriate, within the constraints of the budget.

Successful applicants will be notified no later than two months after the closing date. The awards will then be announced to the members at the Annual General Meeting and will be published in The Victorian Geologist (TVG).

Note that each successful awardee will be required to provide a presentation to the GSA Victoria Division. If this is not feasible, the awardee will provide a short report of an aspect of their research to be published in The Victorian Geologist. 

More information including eligibility criteria can be found on the application form and by contacting the GSAV Committee.

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Awardees 

2020





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​2025

Anthony Lanati
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS), Macquarie University

Liz Mahon
​School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne

Maria Blake
Monash University
and
Elowen Amos
University of Melbourne

Honourable mention to:
James La Greca
​Natasha Nagle

Mohammad Humand
University of Melbourne 

Jireh Teo
University of Melbourne