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American Association of Geographers

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  1. AAG Honors

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers annual Honors recognizing outstanding accomplishments in geographic research, teaching, education, disciplinary or public service, public and engaged scholarship, and lifetime achievement.

    OtherGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  2. AAG Media Achievement Award

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers the Media Achievement Award to recognize exceptional accomplishments in communicating geographical insights through television, film, video, social media, and other public media.

    OtherGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  3. AAG Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) awards the annual Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography to an individual geographer or team demonstrating originality, creativity, and significant intellectual breakthroughs across field or lab research, methods, technological or arts/humanities intersections, or conceptual/theoretical advances; the prize is $1,000 and recipients are presented at the AAG Annual Meeting.

    OtherGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  4. AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) awards the annual Globe Book Award—a $1,000 prize (with possible Honorable Mention)—to a book that most powerfully conveys the nature and importance of geography to non-academic audiences.

    OtherGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  5. AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers the annual Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography, recognizing a book that most powerfully communicates geography’s nature and importance to nonacademic audiences; the author(s) receive $1,000, and an honorable mention may also be awarded.

    Publishing/EditorialGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  6. AAG John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) administers the J. B. Jackson Prize to honor sole- or dual-authored books by geographers that effectively convey professional geographic insights to a general audience, with a $500 award to the author and possible Honorable Mention.

    OtherGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  7. AAG Marble Fund Award for Innovative Master’s Research in Quantitative Geography

    The American Association of Geographers awards the Marble Fund Award to recognize innovative quantitative Master’s research, granting two annual prizes of $2,000 plus a $1,000 travel stipend for recipients who attend the AAG annual meeting.

    FellowshipGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  8. AAG Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Award

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) funds the Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Award to honor undergraduates who bridge geographic science and computer science, awarding up to three recipients annually a $1,500 cash prize and a $1,000 travel grant for attendance at the AAG Annual Meeting.

    ScholarshipGeographic science; Computer Science

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,500

  9. AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers the annual Meridian Book Award, a $1,000 prize (plus possible honorable mention) recognizing a book that makes an unusually important contribution to advancing the science and art of geography.

    Publishing/EditorialGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  10. AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers the annual Meridian Book Award for a scholarly book making an unusually important contribution to advancing the science and art of geography; the winning author(s) receive $1,000, with possible recognition for an honorable mention.

    OtherGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  11. International Geographic Information Fund (IGIF) Scholarship

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG), through the endowed International Geographic Information Fund established by Laura and Jack Dangermond and Esri, offers up to 34 scholarships of $1,200 to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in applied spatial analysis and geographic information science/systems (SA/GISS).

    ScholarshipGeographic Information Science/Systems and Applied Spatial Analysis

    Deadline
    Amount
    $40,800

  12. Marble Fund Award for Innovative Master’s Research in Quantitative Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG), through the Marble Fund, offers a $2,000 award recognizing innovative, quantitatively focused master’s research, along with a $1,000 travel grant for recipients attending the AAG annual meeting in person.

    Research ProjectGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  13. AAG Dissertation Research Grants

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers Dissertation Research Grants of up to $1,000 to support doctoral dissertation research; the 2027 competition will reopen in 2026 with a deadline of November 15, 2026 (midnight EST).

    FellowshipGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  14. AAG International Geographic Information Funds (AAG-IGIF)

    The American Association of Geographers administers the AAG International Geographic Information Funds (AAG‑IGIF) to support undergraduate and graduate student career development in applied spatial analysis and geographic information science and systems through three award types: Student Paper Awards ($600), Graduate Research Awards (up to $600), and Scholarship Awards ($1,200).

    ScholarshipGeography; Geographic Information Science and Systems (SA/GISS)

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,200

  15. AAG Research Grants

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers Research Grants of up to $500 to cover direct research and fieldwork expenses for geographic projects; funds may not be used for salary or institutional overhead and do not support master’s or doctoral dissertation research.

    Research ProjectGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  16. AAG Research Grants

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers AAG Research Grants—small awards of up to $500 to support direct research and fieldwork expenses in geography (salary and institutional overhead are ineligible); applications are due by midnight EST on November 15, 2026, with decisions roughly three months after the deadline.

    Research ProjectGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  17. AAG Research Grants

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG) offers small research grants of up to $500 to support direct research and fieldwork expenses (salary and institutional overhead are excluded).

    Research ProjectGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  18. AAG Research Grants

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG), supported in part by several affiliated research funds, offers grants of up to $500 for direct research and fieldwork expenses.

    Research ProjectGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  19. AAG Student Travel Grants

    AAG offers student travel grants of $500 plus the cost of in-person registration to subsidize travel for students presenting at the AAG Annual Meeting; applications are due by November 15, 2026 (midnight ET) and AAG expects to award at least 20 grants.

    TravelGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  20. Darrel Hess Community College Geography Scholarship

    The American Association of Geographers offers the Darrel Hess Community College Geography Scholarship to support community college students transferring to four-year institutions as geography majors.

    ScholarshipGeography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,500

  21. William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography

    The American Association of Geographers (AAG), via the Marble Fund for Geographic Science, offers the biennial William L. Garrison Award for the best dissertation in computational geography, providing a $4,000 cash prize, a $1,000 travel grant for recipients who attend the AAG Annual Meeting, and an invited formal presentation at the meeting.

    FellowshipGeography (Computational Geography)

    Deadline
    Amount
    $4,000

  22. William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography

    The Association of American Geographers (AAG), through the Marble Fund for Geographic Science, offers the biennial William L. Garrison Award for innovative dissertations applying advanced computational approaches to geographic science and space-time analysis.

    FellowshipComputational Geography

    Deadline
    Amount
    $4,000
6 closed programsDeadline passed before Sep 21, 2026

  1. AAG Award for Program Excellence

    Closed
    Amount
    $2,000

  2. AAG E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award

    Closed
    Amount
    $1,000

  3. AAG J. Warren Nystrom Award

    Closed
    Amount
    $1,000

  4. AAG Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award

    Closed

  5. AAG Wilbanks Prize for Transformational Research in Geography

    Closed
    Amount
    $2,000

  6. Harold M. Rose Award for Anti-Racism Research and Practice

    Closed

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