Geology Field Scholarship for first-year students

uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø invites incoming first-year students to apply for the need-based Geology Field Scholarship.

This $3,500 scholarship will cover the full costs of  tuition, transportation, raft trip, lodging and food associated with Physical and Environmental Geology Summer Field Course in the Grand Canyon, a unique summer field course that is open only to incoming first-year students, July 19-Aug. 1, 2026. 

Eligible applicants for this award should be Pell-eligible students with a strong interest in the natural sciences and the environment who are admitted to uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø to begin their first year in the fall of 2026.

GEOL-105 is a two-week summer field course, in which students learn fundamentals of geology and environmental science while travelling, camping, rafting and hiking during a week on uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø's campus doing science on the Mississippi River and then a week in the spectacular Grand Canyon!

Students earn four credits of a science course and make new friends, even before the fall semester begins.

Applicants should submit 1-2 paragraphs addressing the following points:

1. What are some of your academic or career interests in science or the environment? Explain.
2. Explain how these interests have developed and what some of your goals are.
3. What makes you a viable candidate for this scholarship?

Please email or mail your application by May 1 to:

Dr. Jeffrey Strasser
Department of Geology
uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø
639 38th St. Rock Island, Ill., 61201