Mission: The mission of the AWG Foundation is to encourage women to study and enter the geosciences. We support awards, scholarships, professional development programs, travel grants, and outreach activities aimed at training new leaders and attaining equality of opportunity for women.
Target demographics: encourage women the study and enter the geosciences
Geographic areas served: the US and around the world
Programs: awards, scholarships, professional development programs, travel grants, and outreach activities aimed at training new leaders and attaining equality of opportunity for women
This organization has been volunteer led for many many years and successfully manages several endowments and many restricted funds that encourage women in the geosciences through scholarships, networking events/conferences, continuing education events and professional development.
The Foundation supports the mission of the Association for Women Geoscientists with strong financial support and outreach.
Before being a Board member of the Foundation, I was an at-large member of the Society throughout my many decades of employment as a geoscientist.
