Student Field Trip Program

Current Field Trip Details

Next trip anticipated for May, 2014.

Overview

The Society of Economic Geologists Foundation, Inc. (SEGF) provides significant annual financial support for its three core student-support programs: Graduate Student Fellowships, Student Research Grants, and Student Field Trips. The Student Field Trip Program includes the following elements:

• SEGF annually supports one or two SEG-organized field trips to major mining districts around the world by providing funding to subsidize student participation on the field trips.
• SEGF pays for the bulk of the transportation and lodging costs for students on these trips, so that the personal cost for participating students will be relatively inexpensive.
• Field trips are usually held over a period of ten consecutive days.
• Participation on each trip is limited to 20 students. Students, regardless of where in the world they are located, are eligible and encouraged to apply for participation on these field trips. SEGF strives for broad geographic representation on each trip. Selection of participants is competitive, with strong preference given to SEG Student Members.

Field trips are organized and led by SEG members with appropriate experience and recognized expertise in the geology of the mining districts included in the field trips. Appropriate arrangements are made with the individual mines being visited for access and to assure availability of mine geology personnel to interact with students. These field trips are very popular and are consistently oversubscribed. All SEG student members are notified of field trip application deadlines via an e-mail announcement.

Previous Field Trips