Eligibility
- Students must be undergraduates at UWM or MATC . UW-Waukesha and UW-Washington County students also qualify. Students starting college in the Fall are welcome to apply for the preceding summer.
- Students of any major must be in their first two years of school (or equivalent credits) OR intended/declared undergraduate majors in Geosciences or a related discipline in any year of their degree program.
- The goal of the GO FoRWARD program as sponsored by the National Science Foundation is to increase the number of students in geosciences from groups that are underrepresented in the geosciences relative to their proportions in the general population. We encourage applications from undergraduate students who identify as members of groups that have been historically underrepresented in geosciences, including: Black, African American, Native American, American Indian, Native Pacific Islanders, Native Alaskan, Hispanic, Latino/Latina/Latinx, and others. Not sure if you qualify? Please ask or just apply and explain your situation. We want to open this experience to as many student as possible.
Students can opt to join one, several, or all fieldtrips (select which ones you will attend in your application).
- Saturday June 3: Chicago Field Museum Evolving Planet exhibit with Jake Potter
- Friday June 9: Devil’s Lake State Park with Darian Dixon
- Friday June 16: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Henry Crown Space Center with Darian Dixon
- Saturday June 17: Cave of the Mounds with Jake Potter
Wednesday June 28: Everyone who participates in GO FoRWARD fieldtrips this year will be invited to an evening picnic with all GO FoRWARD program alumni.
Application Process
To apply online, please follow this link and read the information prior to filling out the online form. You will not be able to save your application prior to submission, so make sure you have time to complete the application when you start it.
For the online form, you will need to provide basic contact information about yourself, information on how many college credits you have completed so far, a statement about why you are interested in the program, and short descriptions of your experiences related to geosciences (it is OK if you don’t have any experience yet!).
Be sure to check out the eligibility criteria before you apply.
In addition to the online form, you will need to submit a transcript (unofficial is fine) to demonstrate you are a current student at MATC or UWM (incoming Fall 2023 students also welcome- you may submit a copy of your acceptance letter in lieu of transcript if you prefer) to GO FoRWARD via email (gofoward@uwm.edu).
Apply now- application window for all remaining trips closes on Friday June 9 at 4:00 PM! Once you apply, you will be notified of your acceptance via email.