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Overview

On To the Future (OTF) Diversity Awards

Overview: A grassroots initiative that has helped more than 500 students from underrepresented groups in the geosciences attend their first GSA Annual Meeting. Provides student travel grants and networking opportunities to promote a more inclusive and welcoming geoscience community.

Geographic Scope: United States

Focus Areas:

  • Diversity in geosciences

  • Support for underrepresented students

  • Professional development and mentorship

  • Access to geoscience community engagement
  • Eligibility:

  • Students from groups underrepresented in the geosciences

  • First-time attendees of GSA Annual Meeting
  • Benefits for Recipients:

  • Individual mentorship

  • Unparalleled networking opportunities

  • Exposure to geoscience career opportunities
  • Program History:

  • Six years of operation as of 2018

  • More than 500 students supported

  • Many early alumni returning as mentors to next generation of OTF students
  • Contact Information:

  • Phone: (303) 357-1054

  • Email: Jeff Tyler (jeff.tyler@gsa-foundation.org)

  • Mailing Address: GSA Foundation, P.O. Box 9140, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO 80301
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    educationstem-educationearth-sciencegeologydiversityyouth-programs

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