Advancing Imaging and Geospatial Information Science and Technology              

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

The ASPRS Foundation currently funds the following Awards and Scholarships given annually by ASPRS:

 Award/Scholarship 2025 Payout Value1
 Talbert Abrams Award $4,000
 Robert E. Altenhofen Memorial Scholarship $3,000
 John I. Davidson President’s Award for Practical Papers $3,000
 William A. Fischer Memorial Scholarship $3,000
 Kenneth J. Osborn Memorial Scholarship $3,000
 Ta Liang Memorial Award $3,000
 Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship $5,000
 Robert N. Colwell Memorial Fellowship $9,000
 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award $8,000
 ASPRS Student Assistantship Program $7,000
 Francis H. Moffitt Memorial Scholarship $9,000
 Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship $3,000
 John O. Behrens Institute for Land Information (ILI) Memorial Scholarship $3,000
 Government Services Scholarship $7,000
 Estes Memorial Teaching Award $3,000
 The ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS $3,000
 International Educational Literature Award Variable
 
1Annual payout amount represents 4% of the available award/scholarship corpus, and is adjusted periodically based on increases from donor-specified contributions and the general investment performance of the corpus funds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Foundation is also the Trustee for contributions to the following ISPRS Award:

The Foundation was the depository for contributions which provided the initial seed funding grant for the following project:

The Foundation was the depository for contributions which provided funding for the following completed projects:

The Foundation Board of Trustees continuously analyzes the total funding level required to fully endow the awards and scholarships at target levels. The current estimate is that approximately $2,500,000 will be required to reach our interim goal to fund all awards at a minimum annual payout of $4,000. The Foundation balance as of the end of 2022 was approximately $2,175,000.