ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2008
Since 1982 The Colorado Mountain Club Foundation has awarded fellowships for research which parallel the Statement of Purpose by the Founders of The Colorado Mountain Club, written in 1912:
“To unite the energy, interest and knowledge of the students, explorers, and lovers of the mountains of Colorado; to collect and disseminate information regarding the Rocky Mountains in behalf of science, literature, art and recreation; to stimulate public interest in the mountain area; to encourage the preservation of forests, flowers, fauna and natural scenery; and to render readily accessible the alpine attractions of this region.”
To this purpose, the Foundation
annually solicits applications from students enrolled in
An average of eight students are selected for grants, with the outstanding grantee given the Neal B. Kindig Fellowship, in honor of the late Dr. Kindig, a graduate of West Point and Stanford University, who extended research in electrical engineering and chemistry into medical applications, and was active in The Colorado Mountain Club and The CMC Foundation.
New this year is the Kurt Gerstle Fellowship, in honor of Dr. Gerstle, Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Colorado, who was instrumental in the founding of this academic awards program.
Grants are made to individuals
only, not for assistants, and must be under the direction of a faculty member
of an institution of higher learning in the State of