Wilson Research and Travel Support Grant | Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Focus

Awards for research activities and travel are up to $3,000. Awards are disbursed on a first come, first served basis until funds are depleted. NO department/institute match is required; however, if a match is available, it may increase the chance of funding.

Computers and peripherals are generally used for various activities such as instruction, research, administration, and personal use. Therefore, awards for computer purchase/replacement are limited to $1,000. Our budget currently provides for this amount of funding toward one new computer for each eligible faculty every four years, on average.

Eligibility

Full-time EMS faculty members, except those with discretionary funds available to pay for expenses incurred in support of professional activities (e.g., startup funds, endowed professor and chair positions, special faculty support funds or awards).
Only one application per faculty member, per award cycle.
A faculty member may not receive RTS funding in consecutive years.
All monies awarded, and equipment purchased with the awards, are intended for the conduct of research by members of EMS at University Park and are not transferable to another campus, college, or university.
Funding should not go towards course development, salary supplement, or administrative support for research in general.
Requests must be completed and submitted PRIOR to travel, purchase or research activity.

Submission Guidelines

Requests may be submitted at any time through the InfoReady website https://psu.infoready4.com/
Application materials include:
- Requested amount
- Results and/or benefits from prior Research and Travel Support (if applicable)
- Description of how the funds will be used to benefit the faculty member’s scholarship of research (1 page maximum).

Review Criteria

Requests will be evaluated using the following criteria:

Soundness and suitability of request
Potential impact on scholarship of research, innovative research activities, attracting external funding, enhancing research collaborations (Does not apply for computer replacement requests)
Availability of funds

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The following EMS faculty members have received funding:

Year	Faculty/Department
2022 - 23	Hamid Emanmi-Meybodi, Energy and Mineral Engineering Amin Mehrabian, Energy and Mineral Engineering Suzanne Mohney, Materials Science and Engineering Haley Sankey, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
2021 - 22	No traveling due to COVID-19
2020 - 21	Chris House, Geosciences
2019 - 20	Hamid Emanmi-Meybodi, Energy and Mineral Engineering Maureen Feineman, Geosciences Chris House, Geosciences David Miller, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Jon Nese, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Karl Zimmerer, Geography
2018 - 2019	David Babb - Meteorology Sekhar Bhattacharyya - Energy and Mineral Engineering Kevin A. Bowley - Meteorology Seth Blumsack - Energy and Mineral Engineering Hamid Emami-Meybodi - Energy and Mineral Engineering Hamid Emami-Meybodi - Energy and Mineral Engineering Jose Fuentes - Meteorology Alan MacEachren - Geography Suzanne Mohney - Materials Science and Engineering Mark Patzkowsky - Geosciences Joan Redwing - Materials Science and Engineering James H. Ruppert - Meteorology John Yilin Wang - Energy and Mineral Engineering Meng Wang - Energy and Mineral Engineering Peter Wilf - Geosciences
2017 - 2018	Hamid Emami-Meybodi - Energy and Mineral Engineering Jenni Evans - Meteorology Matt Fantle - Geosciences Christopher Fowler - Geography Jose Fuentes - Meteorology Venkatraman Gopalan - Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Klippel - Geography Chiara LoPrete - Energy and Mineral Engineering Zi-Kui Liu - Materials Science and Engineering Suzanne Mohney - Materials Science and Engineering Jon Nese - Meteorology Joan Redwing - Materials Science and Engineering Erica Smithwick - Geography David Stauffer - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Arash Taleghani - Energy and Mineral Engineering
2016 - 2017	Alison Beese - Materials Science and Engineering Zi-Kui Liu - Materials Science and Engineering Paul Markowsky - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Joan Redwing - Materials Science and Engineering James Runt - Materials Science and Engineering John Yilin Wang - John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
2015 - 2016	Jose Fuentes - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Gary Messing - Materials Science and Engineering Sukyoung Lee - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Joshua Robinson - Materials Science and Engineering Susan Sinnott - Materials Science and Engineering James Runt - Materials Science and Engineering Raymond Najjar - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Jon Nese - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Scott Richardson - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Jennifer Macalady - Geosciences Suzanne Mohney - Materials Science and Engineering
2014 - 2015	Kirby Calvert - Geography Elizabeth Kupp - Materials Science and Engineering Maureen Feineman - Geosciences Mark Patzkowsky - Geosciences Alan MacEachren - Geography Peter Wilf - Geosciences Jon Nese - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Yvette Richardson - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
2013 - 2014	Deryck Holedsworth - Geography Serguei Lvov - Energy and Mineral Engineering Long-Qing Chen - Materials Science and Engineering Suzanne Mohney - Materials Science and Engineering Allison Beese - Materials Science and Engineering Joshua Robinson - Materials Science and Engineering
2012 - 2013	Alexander Klippel - Geography Jon Nese - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Joshua Robinson - Materials Science and Engineering Ekaterina Bazilevskaya – EMS Energy Institute Yongsheng Chen - Energy and Mineral Engineering Ken Davis - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science James Runt - Materials Science and Engineering Gary Messing - Materials Science and Engineering Antonio Nieto - Energy and Mineral Engineering
2011 - 2012	Jenni Evans - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Matthew Fantle - Geosciences David Green - Materials Science and Engineering Ronald Redwing - Educational Equity James Runt - Materials Science and Engineering Deryck Holdsworth - Geography Gary Messing - Materials Science and Engineering
2010 - 2011	Zuleima Karpyn - Energy and Mineral Engineering Jon Nese - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Anthony Robinson - Geography Yongsheng Chen - Energy and Mineral Engineering Deryck Holdsworth - Geography Frank Hardisty - Geography T.C. Chung - Materials Science and Engineering Jenni Evans - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Lorraine Dowler - Geography Gary Messing - Materials Science and Engineering
2009 - 2010	Andre Boehman - Energy and Mineral Engineering Marcelo Chamecki - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Yongsheng Chen - Energy and Mineral Engineering Zi-Kiu Liu - Materials Science and Engineering Gary Messing - Materials Science and Engineering James Runt - Materials Science and Engineering George Young - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
2008 - 2009	Andre Boehman - Energy and Mineral Engineering Yongsheng Chen - Energy and Mineral Engineering Ralph Colby - Materials Science and Engineering Coray Colina - Materials Science and Engineering Matthew Fantle - Geosciences Mku Ityokumbul - Energy and Mineral Engineering Paul Knight - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Lee Kump - Geosciences Zi-Kui Liu - Materials Science and Engineering Gary Messing - Materials Science and Engineering Paul Painter - Materials Science and Engineering James Runt - Materials Science and Engineering Qing Wang - Materials Science and Engineering Melissa Wright - Geography George Young - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
2007 - 2008	Andre Boehman - Energy and Mineral Engineering Jenni L. Evans - Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Maochen Ge - Energy and Mineral Engineering David J. Green - Materials Science and Engineering Xianoliang Ma - Energy and Mineral Engineering Paul Painter - Materials Science and Engineering