The Mineralogical Association of Canada awards travel and research grants to assist honours undergraduate and graduate students in the mineral sciences to:

• Present their research at a conference
• Visit a facility, laboratory, or field area to gather data for their research
• Pay for analyses or equipment for a research project undertaken to complement the main research topic.

The maximum grant value is CAN$1200 per student.
Grants will fund up to 50% of costs incurred for registration, travel, and subsistence, and up to 100% of other research costs (e.g., equipment, analyses). Quotations and receipts may be requested for any equipment purchased.

Graduate students and honours students at the undergraduate levels in one of the fields covered in The Canadian Mineralogist (mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, economic geology, and geochemistry)

Following the event, grant recipients must submit a report of their travel or research for possible publication by MAC.

Complete applications will be judged based on the merit of the proposals (for research
grant) and abstract (for travel grants), and the other submitted material, including the forms, cv, supervisor's letter, etc.

The following will be considered:

•  "what you propose to study, why the research is important or interesting, as well as how you will do this research (including when you will do it). The independence of the research project and how it will complement your main research project".

Submit the application form and a CV along with a signed letter of support from your supervisor. Write brief but thorough statements and be clear as to how the proposed activities will benefit your education or research. If the space provided for the budget is insufficient, then attach your budget on a separate sheet.

If presenting a talk or poster at a meeting, include an abstract of the research that will be presented. Grants will be conditional to acceptation of the abstract for the meeting.

If you are requesting a research grant, include a one-page research proposal. This should explain what you propose to study, why the research is important or interesting, as well as a detailed description of how you will do this research (including when you will do it). The research proposal should also explain the independence of the research project and how it will complement your main research project.

December 31, 2024

A subcommittee of the MAC Council will review all proposals received by December 31. The MAC Council reserves the right to make no awards.