The Janet Cullen Tanaka
$1500 Geosciences Undergraduate
Scholarships since 1989
Eligibility Requirements
- Undergraduate women committed to completing a Bachelor’s Degree and pursuing a career or graduate work in the geosciences, including:
- Geology, environmental/engineering geology, geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology or hydrology.
- Sophomore, junior, or senior women enrolled in a university or 2-year college in the states of Washington or Oregon.
- Minimum of 3.2 GPA (or equivalent academic achievement).
- Deadline: December 30, 2023.
- Watch for a new announcement in the fall.
Application Documents
Past Chapter Scholarship Recipients
| Year | Student | School |
| 2022 | Haskelle White | OSU |
| 2021 | Alexis Naranjo | CWU |
| 2020 | Mandy Jackson | North Seattle College |
| 2019 | Katelyn Frizzell | WWU |
| 2018 | Bonnie Baker | PSU |
| 2017 | Katie Brower | WWU |
| 2016 | (N/A) | |
| 2015 | Adriana Peters | PLU |
| 2014 | (N/A) | |
| 2013 | Emma Meyers | WWU |
| 2012 | Adrenne Nichols | PSU |
| 2011 | Symone Stinson Bridget Smith ($500) | WOU Clackamas CC |
| 2010 | Xiyue ‘Sally’ Zhang Symone Stinson ($500) | UW Linn Benton CC |
| 2009 | Alyssa Pratt | WOU |
| 2008 | Sarah Rodgers | CWU |
| 2007 | Susan Black | UW: Tacoma |
| 2006 | Jennifer Fernandez | WWU |
| 2005 | Jennifer Perry | CWU |
| 2004 | Melinda Menke Shimizu | CWU |
| 2003 | Paula York | Pierce College |
| 2002 | Emily Mullen | WWU |
| 2001 | Eliza Ghitis | SCCC |
| 2000 | Robin Smith | GRCC |
| 1999 | Elaine Silley | WWU |
| 1998 | Laura Forrest | GRCC |
| 1997 | Jennifer Hilden | PLU |
| 1996 | Nancy Saunders | GRCC |
| 1995 | Lua Olsen | WWU |
| 1994 | Emily Inkpen | PLU |
| 1993 | Robin Stephani | Evergreen State College |
| 1992 | Michele LaFontaine | Pierce College |
| 1991 | Lynne Holland | |
| 1990 | Anna Christine Hazelton | WWU |
| 1989 | Mary Raines | WWU |
Our scholarship is financed by donations. to make a donation to our scholarship fund, there are two ways:
1) Mail a check made out to “AWG Foundation” to: AWGF Treasurer, 652 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Be sure to write “AWG-PNW Tanaka Scholarship” on the memo line. 2) Go to the AWG Online Store at https://www.awg.org/donations/donate.asp?id=21688 and type “AWG-PNW Tanaka Scholarship” in the donor comments box.
The AWG Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation. Your donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER Association for Women Geoscientists 
