Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Research Award

About this program

The Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Research Award, administered by the Wanek Fund, provides research support for studies addressing coal and petroleum resources, mapping and engineering geology, marine resources, petroleum economics, appraisal and evaluation, and the geology of phosphate resources. Funding is intended to enable original research, data collection, and analysis within these specified topical areas. Eligible applicants are researchers, faculty, and graduate students conducting relevant geoscience or petroleum-economics projects; specific eligibility criteria, application procedures, and deadlines are set by the Wanek Fund and should be confirmed on the fund’s official webpage.