Publication Charge Grants

Publication Charge grants are intended to help Rocky Mountain geoscientists offset costs for publication. The costs can include page charges, color charges, and or open-access charges for articles relevant to Rocky Mountain geoscience.

Grants are awarded by the Trustees either as part of the scholarship award process or on a standalone application.

For 2024, a Publication Grant was awarded to:

Lauren Guido, Ph.D. candidate, Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Lauren’s dissertation is titled “Investigating Changes in Erosivity Along the Path of Post-Wildfire Debris Flows.” Her work is under the direction of Dr. Paul Santi. The goal of Lauren’s research is to constrain the cumulative impact of the geomorphic factors and processes occurring in situ that contribute to rapid increases in yield rate during debris flow transport. Her work will focus on run-off initiated post-wildfire debris flows. She will use a mix of field data and remotely sensed data to create a geologically, topographically, and to a degree, a climatically varied dataset. The goals of this research are to characterize changes in erosion and yield rate along the length of debris flow paths, as observed in the field, to better understand the mechanisms that control erosion, entrainment, and debris flow magnitude.

Lauren has M.S. and B.S. degrees in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Standalone Grant Application Guidelines:

• Authors must submit proof of publication and an invoice for charges in a credible journal.
• Valid charges are page charges, color charges, and/or Open Access charges
• Requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis and grants will be offered at the sole discretion of the Trustees of the RMAG Foundation
• The Grant amount will be at the sole discretion of the Trustees of the RMAG Foundation

Grant Requests must include the following:

• Article title and authors’ names
• Publication, journal or book name
• Summary of new and unique information disseminated in this publication as it relates to Rocky Mountain geosciences (300-500 words maximum)
• Estimated publication date
• The grantee agrees to Provide one copy of the publication to the RMAG Foundation
• The grantee agrees that the publication name, article title and author(s) name(s) be published for publicity purposes on the following:
  • RMAG Foundation website
  • RMAG Outcrop newsletter article
  • Slides promoting the Foundation at RMAG functions

Grant Request Submission:

Submit grant requests via email to rstucker06@hotmail.com