PRACTITIONERS & ADDITIONAL FUNDS
About Practitioners & Additional Funds
The AEG Foundation supports scholarship, grant, and practitioner programs through its Johnston Operations Fund and Greatest Need Fund. The Johnston Operations Fund provides the infrastructure for the AEG Foundation to operate efficiently and to focus on the core mission of the organization for long term impact on the environmental and engineering geology profession. The Greatest Need Fund collects donations that are then allocated based on the greatest current needs. Past examples of how these funds are allocated include scholarships and annual meeting support for young professionals.
Programs for practitioners are specific funds to support research, publications, conferences/workshops, and the Jahns lecture program. These programs are meant to bolster the opportunities and professional development for professionals across the country. Programs for educators include funding for field trips and other opportunities to expose students to environmental and engineering geology.
Foundation Support Programs
Programs for Practitioners & Educators
DIVERSITY FIELD TRIPS FUND
Supports geoscience enrichment field trips for middle/junior-high and high-school students, and academic scholarships for college/university students.
K-14 EDUCATION FUND
The purpose of this fund is to encourage K-14 students, teachers, and their elementary/middle/high schools and community colleges to explore new methods and techniques to teach geology.
JAHNS FUND
Supports speaker programs, especially the Jahns Lecturers who are jointly selected by AEG and the Geological Society of America's Environmental & Engineering Geology Division, to deliver talks to college/high school students and practitioners around the continent. Other speaker programs and
audiences are possible.”
LEGGET FUND
Supports traditional and web-based publications in environmental and engineering geology to benefit the professional practitioner, faculty, students, and the public. Program expansion plans include public information outreach and a web-based library of classic books and papers, bibliographies, and professional practice resources.
SHLEMON SPECIALTY CONFERENCE FUND
Initiated by Roy Shlemon in 1997, this fund supports specialty conferences in engineering geology and related fields.
CORNERSTONE FUND
This fund supports university-level teaching of engineering geology and geological engineering in the United States.
SHLEMON CONTINUING EDUCATION FUND
The Continuing Education Fund supports local workshops through AEG Chapters.