The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Geological Survey is accepting applications for the Ohio Geology Student Research Grant program.

For more than a decade, the program has supported college graduate and undergraduate students who conduct geologic research in the state.

The Division of Geological Survey will award one grant of $2,500 to an earth science student 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 submission deadline is Dec. 5.

“We see this as an investment not only in Ohio’s aspiring earth scientists, but also in our state’s future as we seek to foster environmental stewardship, resource management, and scientific discovery,” said D. Mark Jones, Division of Geological Survey’s chief and state geologist.

The application form and complete submission guidelines can be found on the division’s website at https://shorturl.at/PSyrL 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 2025-26 academic year.

Previous grant recipients have conducted studies that examined effects of coastal erosion structures on the Lake Erie shore, mapped bedrock stratigraphy and landforms, characterized groundwater aquifers, and assessed impacts of human activities on

soils and surface streams, among other projects.