Grants-in-Aid

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Grants-in-Aid

• 2004 Annual Meeting
• Dallas, Texas

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Totaling 131,700 (down 35,300 from 2003)
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Finances
Year Applicants Awards of Applicants Amount Awarded ()
1995 198 59 30 87,614
1996 140 54 39 91,372
1997 179 61 34 96,542
1998 207 80 39 131,276
1999 273 127 47 155,500
2000 429 108 25 172,250
2001 305 100 33 172,000
2002 272 96 35 168,600
2003 331 97 29 167,000
2004 281 73 26 130,200
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Average grant is 1,784
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Committee Demographics
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2002 43 US 2003 46 US
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2002 59 US 2003 62 US
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Final Scoring Evaluation

• Committee teams score application.
• Rank each group of reviewers scores.
• Sum the ranks for each application and sort.
• Named Grants awarded to highest rated, and most
  appropriate applicant.
• Regular Funds used for balance of short named
  grants and other applicants.
• PhD applicants scored higher than MS.
• International applicants continue to have
  difficulty competing.

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2002 was 52 PhD 2003 was 42 PhD
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2002 was 50 US 2003 was 61 US
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2002 was 63 US 2003 was 78 US
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Blue Applicant(s) Green Award(s)
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Citizenship
Blue Applicant(s) Green Award(s)
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Funding Distribution

• GIA Mission Statement says MS 2/3 PhD 1/3
• Revise to MS ½ - PhD
  ½ ?

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Online Review Process (ORP)

• Problems
• Tweaks?
• - Help links to the left of the reviewing
  column for suitability, etc.
• - Move the scoring pull-down boxes to the
  appropriate place in the application?
• - Commit button

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Applicant Issues

• Budget, budget, budget
• - clearly state what is eligible (and not).
• - guidelines for analytical and lodging
• - detail other funding
• Online Application Process
• - 44 mailed in application
• internet access?
• download application change

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GIA Outreach

• Explorer
• Abstracts online
• Notifications of awards to advisor, department,
  college, school,
• PR to alumni societies, AAPG Affiliates and
  Sections
• Coordination with Foundation

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Named Grants

• New in 2003
• Jean Funkhouser Memorial Grant
• Goldhammer Memorial Grant

• Facilitate Affiliate and Section participation

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GIA in 2004-2005

• Appointment of Vice Chair(s)
• Committee recruitment (term expirations)

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Adjournment