Outstanding Educator Award Grant

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.

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

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