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 500.-
International travel: capped at AUD 700.-

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]


2. 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
Each year two PhD students will be given grants of AUD 5,000 per annum for two years .

How to apply?
<<APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: 23 February, 2024>>
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).

Applications for the 2023 grant year will open Monday December 11 and close on Friday February 23, 2024.

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 the following March committee meeting. The awards will then be announced to the members at the April 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.

Awardees 

2020





​2021
Anthony Lanati
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS), Macquarie University

Liz Mahon
​School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
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