Overview
Every cohort of graduate students engages in exciting field-based courses and field trips as part of their education in earth sciences at Carleton. We want to help support the students’ travel costs.
The K. Sethu Raman Endowment for Field Education in Earth Sciences was established in 2018 by Dr. Raman, with contributions from Carleton University and the Department of Earth Sciences. The purpose of this fund is to support both domestic and international travel for field courses for graduate students. Awards are made from the annual interest on the endowment. In 2024, ~ $9,000 from the K. Sethu Raman Endowment for Field Education was awarded to help subsidize the travel costs of six graduate students. Students participated in field courses to Hawaii and the Swiss Alps, as well as field trips to the Sudbury area. Every year, in perpetuity, the K. Sethu Raman Endowment for Field Education will help graduate students gain advanced field experience.
Our graduate students commonly enrol in field courses to parts of the world that provide key training events in their education. We want to help support the travel costs associated with these field training opportunities, especially in this time of rapidly escalating travel costs. This fund is the department’s sole source of financial support for graduate student travel for field courses. We plan a new initiative that would have funds from the K. Sethu Raman Endowment used to subsidize a field trip for new graduate students to familiarize them with eastern Ontario geology and provide a bonding experience for our incoming graduate cohort.
