Other Education Programs

Educating Others To Promote Our Purpose

The Foundation proudly supports the endeavors of the world's largest professional geological society, AAPG. Our educational programs help further the AAPG’s goals of fostering scientific research, advancing the science of geology, promoting technology and inspiring high professional conduct.

Education Programs

K-12 Initiatives

The Foundation supports a number of K-12 education initiatives, aimed at educators and students, intended to foster passion and knowledge in the next generation of geoscientists.

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Distinguished Lectures

Established in 1941, the Distinguished Lecture Program supports lecture tours on pertinent geoscience topics to universities and geological groups throughout the world.

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Visiting Geoscientist

The Visiting Geoscientist Program has provided campus visits by active and experienced geoscientists for over 30 years, reaching students worldwide.

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Michel T. Halbouty Lecture

The Michel T. Halbouty Lecturer program supports an annual lecture given at the AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition covering wildcat exploration in any part of the world.

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Imperial Barrel Award

AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award Program (IBA) is an annual prospective basin evaluation competition for geoscience graduate students from universities around the world.

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Hartman Student Leadership Summit

The James A. Hartman Student Leadership Summit encourages and supports the future leaders of the petroleum geoscience community at the undergraduate level.

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