Outstanding Educator Award Grant

Outstanding Educator Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Association for Women Geoscientists
Last Updated: February 20, 2026

Summary

The Outstanding Educator Award, established in 1988 by the Association of Women Geoscientists, honors exceptional women educators in geoscience. Recognizing those with over 20 years of service, this award celebrates their contributions to mentoring, curriculum development, and outreach, fostering diversity in the field. By acknowledging these educators, the award aims to inspire future generations of geoscientists and raise the profile of the discipline, ensuring broader participation and representation.

Overview

Established in 1988, the premier professional award of the Association of Women Geoscientists acknowledges the role of teachers and mentors in every woman geoscientist’s life story. The Outstanding Educator Award honors well-established women college or university teachers who have played a significant role in the education and support of geoscientists within and beyond the classroom, in advancing the persistence of females and underrepresented minorities in geoscience careers, and in raising the profile of the geosciences by teaching to and for the broadest audience of students.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Outstanding Educator Award is a career award, and the committee will consider nominations for women educators with 20 or more years of service to the geoscience community.Nominations will be evaluated on the basis of exemplary contributions in at least two of the following three areas: MentoringInstruction and CurriculumOutreach