Donor Support

Geography Department Fund
This fund is for academic support in the broad sense.Ìý
Undergraduate Scholarship Programs
Established by Richard L. Knowlton, Professor Hill's former teammate and friend, and endowed by Myhra and Graham Hill, his wife and son. See Professor Emeritus A. David Hill's person page.
Preference for those with interests in the environment-society relationship. Award is based on merit and demonstrated financial eligibility.
Established in 1983 to honor Professor Emeritus Albert W. Smith at his retirement from the Geography Department faculty after thirty-one years of service to the University.
Established by Katherine and Frank Baxter in honor of Katherine’s parents, Barbara von Dreden (CU class of 1940) and Karl Stacey (CU class of 1936).
Named in honor of long-time Geography instructor and Professor Emeritus Ted C. Myers. Scholarship is awarded to the undergraduate student with the most exceptional honors thesis.
Graduate Scholarship Programs
This award will be used to provide support to graduate students for field research in the Geography Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Funds will be used to cover field research-related expenses, including, but not limited to travel to and from the field area, reimbursable living expenses while in the field, costs associated with workshops, or specialized training courses, field equipment, and other costs associated with carrying out the field research.
This award was generously endowed by Professor Emeritus John Pitlick. Ìý
This fund provides invaluable support for graduate student research by providing funding for travel to conferences during the Summer and Fall semesters.
To support scholarships for Geography graduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder, based on financial need.
Mable was a University of Boulder student who received great financial help from private sources. She gave back generously to the Geography Department by setting up this endowment fund from her will to help other students in financial need.
This fund, in memory of Professor Gary Gaile, provides a fellowship/scholarship for Geography MA and PhD students doing field research addressing social and environmental concerns in developing areas.
Geography Graduate Student Support Funds
Named in honor of Professor Emeritus Gilbert F. White, this fellowship provides funding to outstanding PhD. students in the final year of dissertation preparation.Ìý
Please specify "Gilbert F. White Dissertation Fellowship" in the Comments field if donating to this award.
The Adam Kolff Memorial Research Awards are meant to enhance research opportunities for MA students in Geography. Named after Adam Kolff, a Masters student in Geography, who graduated in May 2000, and worked as a mountain ranger in the Seattle, Washington area. He worked with indigenous people to preserve the mountain range that became the focus of his master's-degree thesis in Geography.
To provide support for graduate students in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder. Support may include research support and equipment purchases. Gifts to this fund can be made in memory of (IMO) Jennifer Dinaburg. Jennifer, a vibrant, active doctoral candidate in the Geography department, passed away on April 26, 2012 at the age of 31. In her memory, the department has established a small, named fellowship for doctoral field research.
Jenn was passionate about geography in many forms: through the environment, the outdoors, and through learning about China. After studying Chinese language and literature at Connecticut College, she traveled and worked extensively on the Tibetan Plateau. After a degree in environmental studies at Prescott College, her journey brought her to the Geography PhD. program in 2008 to study the commercialization of Tibetan medicinal plants in China’s northwest Yunnan province. Jenn brought a love of mountains, travel, and unconventional learning to the department, where she was well loved for her sense of humor, wit and spirit.