9-30-2026 10:03pm

ODNR Accepting Applications for Student Geologic Research Grants

Beth Callahan Editor

For more than a decade, the Ohio Geology Student Research Grant program has supported burgeoning earth scientists and their endeavors to study Ohio’s geology.

Story and photo courtesy of ODNR

WARREN COUNTY, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey is now accepting applications for the Ohio Geology Student Research Grant program. For over a decade, the program has supported college graduate and undergraduate students who conduct geologic research in the state.

“Every year the Ohio Geology Student Research Grant program attracts top-flight applications from students working on the most important geologic questions in Ohio,” Division of Geological Survey Chief and State Geologist D. Mark Jones said. “We’re proud and happy to be able to have a hand in sponsoring some of that work.”

The Division of Geological Survey will award a grant of $2,500 to one earth science student currently attending an Ohio college or university. The grantee will be selected based on the quality of their application, the strength of their professor’s letter of recommendation, and how relevant their proposed research is to the division’s mission and to furthering understanding of Ohio geology. The grant application deadline is Friday, December 4, 2026.

The application form and complete submission guidelines can be found on the division’s website. Candidates must be enrolled in a full-time graduate or undergraduate earth science studies program at an accredited college or university in Ohio for the 2026–2027 academic year.

Previous grant recipients have conducted studies that examined effects of coastal erosion structures on the Lake Erie shore, mapped bedrock stratigraphy and glacial features, assessed impacts of human activities on soils and surface streams, and other areas of geologic interest.