SRG Recipients (2025)
The Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) and the SEG Canada Foundation (SEGCF) are pleased to announce the SRG awards for 2025. This year the SEGF received 111 applications, of which 53 were selected to receive funding for a total of of US$218,109 (US$154,200 SEGF and US$63,909 SEGCF).
These grants will assist students with field and laboratory expenses for thesis research on mineral deposits as required for graduate degrees at accredited universities. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis and are available to students worldwide.
This year's successful candidates make up 25 nationalities and attend 41 different universities in 19 countries and distributed as follows: Australia (1), Argentina (1), Brazil (2), Canada (7), Chile (1), China (2), Colombia (1), Ghana (1), Hungary (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Nigeria (3), Peru (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Scotland (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), and United States (7).
Hugo T. Dummett Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Emrecan Yurdakul |
US$5,000 |
University of Tasmania (Australia) |
|
Constraining the age of enigmatic submarine high-sulfidation epithermal style mineralization at the Western Tharsis deposit, Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia |
Alberto Terrones L. Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Tenoch Galeana Cornejo |
US$4,200 |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
|
Mapping diamond potential of Meya Kimberlite dyke: Petrographic and thermobarometric studies |
| Luis Yagual |
US$1,800 |
University of Texas at El Paso (United States) |
|
United States; Metal zonation and evolution of the Bron¬son Slope Cu-Au deposit in the Iskut Region of British Columbia, Canada |
Timothy Nutt Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| This year there were no recipients. |
Hugh E. McKinstry Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Travis Fisher |
US$2,400 |
University of Nevada (United States) |
|
Geology, geochemistry, and relationships in the Taylor mining district (preliminary) |
| Muhammad Fatih Qodri |
US$5,000 |
Kyushu University (Japan) |
|
Characterization and geochemistry of platinum group element (PGE) in Pomalaa nickel laterite deposits, southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Fuseini Atanga |
US$2,500 |
University of Tasmania (Australia) |
|
Deposit char¬acterisation and exploration vectors for the Akyem orogenic gold deposit, Ghana |
| Paul Visaa |
US$3,400 |
University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) |
|
Exploration of lithium minerals in lead-zinc-barites mineralization at Ubaru area, Ebonyi State, south eastern Nigeria |
| Theophilus Owusu Agyapong |
US$2,500 |
University of Ghana (Ghana) |
|
Mineral prospectivity mapping of the Atwima Mponua District, Ashanti Region, Ghana, using field observation, geochemistry and machine learning approach |
| Germano Solomita |
US$5,000 |
Univer¬sity of Naples "Frederico II" (Italy) |
|
Vanadium and its minerals: crystal-chemical structural aspects and concentration mechanisms of a strategic Critical Metal (CM) in various geological contexts |
| Maëlys Bévan |
US$2,500 |
Comenius University Bratislava (Slovakia) |
|
Petrogenesis of the intrusive complex related to the Mo-W porphyry deposit Ochtiná-Rochovce |
| Kashif Shamsher |
US$2,500 |
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland) |
|
Geochemical and petrographic characterization of lithium-bearing pegmatites in the Kohistan island arc, northeastern Himalayas: Implications for mineral¬ization and regional geodynamics |
| Alonso Hidalgo Gajardo |
US$5,000 |
Universidad de Concepción (Chile) |
|
An integrated mineral chemistry toolkit for porphyry copper exploration |
| Saadatu Abdullah |
US$2,500 |
Missouri State University (United States) |
|
Remote sensing and mineral prospectivity analysis of Li-bearing pegmatites at Ewoyaa, southern Ghana |
| Yi Li |
US$5,000 |
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) |
|
Petrophysical characterization and controls in the Kalatongke large-size Cu-Ni sulfide orefield, central Asian orogenic belt |
| Jianan Fu |
US$2,500 |
China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (China) |
|
Enrichment of Au-rich rims of disseminated pyrite in hydrothermal systems |
| Morgana Carvalho |
US$2,500 |
University of Porto (Portugal) |
|
Advancing exploration techniques for beach placer deposits using earth observation technologies |
| Alexander Cerminaro |
US$5,000 |
Texas Tech University (United States) |
|
Visual and geochemical insights into the Gallinas Mountains REE deposit |
| Candela Pita |
US$4,200 |
Complutense University (Spain) |
|
Genetic model and evolution of porphyry-like tungsten deposits and its position in the W-Sn metallogenesis of Iberia |
| Jingyuan Zhang |
US$4,000 |
China University of Geosciences (China) |
|
Li isotopes as a tracer for hydrothermal alteration of orogenic gold deposits |
| Poliana Salgado |
US$2,500 |
University of Tasmania (CODES) (Australia) |
|
Characterization and paragenesis of the Magdalena VHMS deposit, Spain |
| Andres Caceres-Bottia |
US$4,500 |
Eafit University (Colombia) |
|
Textural and chemical characterization of U-REEs-bearing minerals for uranium exploration in the Vetas-California mining district, Santander Massif - eastern Colombian Andes |
| Olivia Grime |
US$2,700 |
University of St. Andrews (United Kingdom) |
|
Fe-Ti-V-PGE mineralisation in the Bjerkreim-Sokndal intrusion, southern Norway: Petrogenesis, structure, and economic potential |
| Felipe Brito Mapa |
US$5,000 |
University of São Paulo (Brazil) |
|
Genesis of copper deposits related to the Ediacaran-Cambrian rift magmatism in the Mantiqueira and Borborema Provinces, Brazil |
| Gustavo Salomon Sinca Condori |
US$2,500 |
Universidad Nacional de Altiplano Puno (UNAP) (Peru) |
|
Alteration, mineralization, and vectoring of the intermediate sulfidation Pb-Zn El Santo deposit: Exploration perspec¬tives in the XXI-A belt, Caylloma, southern Peru |
| Vinicius Godoi Pereira da Cruz |
US$2,500 |
University of Tasmania (CODES) (Australia) |
|
Characterisation of the complex orebodies in the southern Rosebery mine: Implications for ore processing and mineral exploration |
| Jasmin Hiller |
US$1,200 |
University of South Australia (Australia) |
|
Developing a model for the exploration of clay-hosted rare earth elements |
| Asimiyu Sulaiman |
US$5,000 |
Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria) |
|
Integrated geographic information system (GIS), airborne data, and geochemical signatures for enhanced structural geology mapping and mineral prospectivity: A case study of Alabameta |
| Zachary Smith |
US$4,900 |
University of California, Berkeley (United States) |
|
Mineral exploration within distribut¬ed fault zones using interferometric synthetic aperture radar and field validation |
| Bader Bilgin |
US$3,200 |
Colorado School of Mines (United States) |
|
Geo¬chemical characterization of stratigraphy, lithofacies, and alteration of the Hod Maden deposit, Turkey |
Hickok-Radford Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Philipp Siebold |
US$4,250 |
Colorado School of Mines (United States) |
|
Exploration vectors in granitic lithium pegmatite systems |
| Maxwell Porter |
US$4,250 |
The University of British Columbia (Canada) |
|
Camp Creek copper-molybdenum-(gold) porphyry-alteration mineralogy and geochemistry: Exploring for blind copper mineralization in northern British Columbia |
Eric P. Nelson Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| La Donna Fredericks |
US$4,900 |
University College Dublin (Ireland) |
|
Geometry and nature of inversion structures in the Irish Orefield and their impact on mineral deposits and associated mineralization |
| Madison Styles |
US$2,600 |
The University of Melbourne (Australia) |
|
A structural analysis of the Hyde-Macraes shear zone hosted gold deposit, Aotearoa New Zealand |
James Mwale Education Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Malena Cazorla Martinez |
US$2,500 |
University College Dublin (Ireland) |
|
Cobalt mineralization in the Central African Copperbelt: Insights from carrollite geochemistry of multiple deposits |
Spora's Explorers Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Mikidadi Shaha |
US$4,600 |
Akita University (Japan) |
|
Insights into the metamorphic history and origin of graphite mineralization in the Neoproterozoic Mozambique belt, Tanzania |
| Talha Yousif |
US$5,000 |
Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Nigeria) |
|
Lithostructural settings and petrogenesis of gold mineralization in Arkawit area, NE Sudan |
SEG Foundation General Fund Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Pengcong Zhang |
US$1,000 |
China University of Geosciences, Beijing (China) |
|
Permeability evolution and fluid flow in disseminated ores of orogenic gold deposits: Insights from the Zaozigou deposit, China |
Canada Foundation (SEGCF) Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Jack Halloran |
US$6,662 |
University of Ottawa (Canada) |
|
Characterization of high-grade mineralization and patchy texture alteration at the Valeriano copper-gold porphyry system, Chile |
| Jordan Pawlowski |
US$6,662 |
University of Toronto (Canada) |
|
Experimental insights into pyrite-fluid trace element partitioning in hydrothermal systems |
| Niyayesh Khorshidi |
US$6,662 |
University of New Brunswick (Canada) |
|
Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of historic Lake George antimony mine tailings, environmental assessment, and evaluating the potential for reprocessing and reuse |
| Bernardo Filgueiras |
US$3,000 |
McGill University (Canada) |
|
Willemite as a green source of the critical metal Zn: Developing the thermodynamic and trace element partitioning tools to understand its formation |
| Jennifer Cann |
US$3,575 |
University of Toronto (Canada) |
|
The trace element content of pyrite from the orogenic gold deposits of the Abitibi greenstone belt |
| Victoria Scoging |
US$6,662 |
University of British Columbia Okanagan (Canada) |
|
Secondary critical metal enrichment by post-emplacement deformation of sulphides in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia |
| Gary Fung |
US$6,662 |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
|
The origin of large (>1 carat) diamonds: Insights from mineral inclusions |
| Kaan Onat |
US$5,700 |
University of Ottawa (Canada) |
|
Deciphering multiple geologic events by integrated in-situ Rb-Sr and K-Ca dating: implications for orogenic Au in Kirsehir Massif, Turkey |
| Luis Krampert |
US$6,662 |
Université Laval (Canada) |
|
Tracking the degassing evolution of ore-related magmas at the Mines Gaspé porphyry Cu-Mo deposit using in situ sulfur isotope analysis in apatite |
| Eve Gosselin |
US$6,662 |
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (Canada) |
|
Application of deep learning models for predictive mapping of vol¬canogenic massive sulphide deposits |
| Federico Pingitore |
US$5,000 |
Université Laval (Canada) |
|
Tracing the sources and processes leading to the formation of REE-enriched intrusive complexes in the central Grenville Province of Québec |
Newmont Mining Corporation Student Grant Details
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Michael Kwame Peters |
US$4,000 |
University of Ghana (Ghana) |
|
Mineralisation, deformation and structure of Obuom Gold Prospect in the Ashanti belt of Ghana |
| Andrea Montoya |
US$4,600 |
Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina) |
|
Study of hydrothermal alteration and Au-Ag-Cu mineralization in a high sulphidation epithermal enviroment. Taguas Project, San Juan, Argentina |
| Tatiana Moreira Cezar |
US$4,900 |
University of Campinas (Brazil) |
|
Structural control and petrochronology of the breccia target, Paraíba gold mine, Alta Floresta Mineral Province: Towards new footprints for Paleoproterozoic Au porphyry |
Awarded From Multiple Grants
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Kathryn Graham |
US$2,000 Hugo T. Dummett + US$3,000 General |
Binghamton University (United States) |
|
Paleotemperatures from fluid inclusions in Late Permian evaporite deposits in the Delaware basin (New Mexico and Texas) |
| Mohamed Mahmoud |
US$3,500 General + US$1,500 Newmont |
Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) |
|
Mineral systems of hydrothermal gold deposits hosted by shear zones in the southeastern desert, Egypt |