While federal agencies are reviewing grant awards, we are proceeding with recruitment for grant-funded positions as specified in our current award contracts. We are continuing with planned selection processes, though we must note that all positions dependent on federal funding could be subject to change. The Grants Office and campus partners are actively monitoring the situation and will provide updates as they become available.
Welcome to the Keck Geology Consortium
The Keck Geology Consortium consists of twelve liberal arts colleges focused on enriching undergraduate education through the development of high-quality research experiences. Each summer, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Consortium offers a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program to engage undergraduate students in four- to five-week field and laboratory research projects in the earth sciences. Advanced students continue their summer research projects during the following academic year using cutting-edge laboratory techniques. All students are encouraged to participate in a professional conference. The Keck Geology Consortium is currently administered through Macalester College.
Funding for this REU site is provided by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Earth Sciences, located in Alexandria, VA, to the Keck Geology Consortium (NSF-REU Award No. 1659322 and 2050697).
Important Info
Flyer for 2025-26 Projects
Application for 2025 Programs
17 Feb: Applications due
15 Mar: Acceptance letters sent
Keck Program Blog
The goals of this blog are (1) to raise the visibility of Keck Geology Consortium programs, (2) to provide Keck research projects with a venue for communicating the process and results of science, and (3) to foster student learning about communicating science to the general public. We invite contributions to the blog from project students, faculty and staff. Submissions will undergo brief review before posting.
Geologizing in the time of COVID
What a summer! As the summer research season ends and the new school year begins, I thought I’d catch everyone up on the exciting (but not-so-smooth) arc of our Keck Geology Consortium Advanced Project.
A Whole New World
For someone who’s deathly afraid of drowning, scuba diving was NOT on my bucket list of things to do. But I always had a fascination for the ocean sciences
Can’t Blow Us Out!
Storms come up fast on you in Ambergris Caye. One moment you can be engulfed by sun, surrounded by crystal clear, turquoise waters, and the next you can be thrown into a violent thunderstorm that beats the water unmercifully with torrents of rain.
Spotted: A Wild Near Peer Mentor
Would they listen to me? NOPE. Would they respect my “authority”? NOPE. Would they snark at me and think of me as a huge dork? YUP.
UTAH PROJECT VIDEO
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nevada 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Team Nevada discovered two new soil-stratigraphic exposures Team Nevada discovered two new soil-stratigraphic exposures with younger, presumably late-Pleistocene soil profiles
Glacier 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Eight Gateway students spent two weeks in the wilds of Glacier National Park
Catalina 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Students started the project in Oberlin, learning about metamorphic geology, and collecting major element data using SEM/EDS