• Any Buffalo-area high school or college student (need not be a geology major).

• The BGP specifically invites African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian or Micronesians) and persons with disabilities.

• Other persons may be eligible and should contact the program coordinator for more information.

NSF Directorate

The National Science Foundation's Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences program supports activities that will increase the number of members of underrepresented groups that:

• Participate in informal geoscience education programs
• Are involved in formal pre-college geoscience education programs
• Pursue bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in the geosciences
• Enter geoscience careers