Patty Daw Memorial Grant

The Southwestern Region of the NSS Patty Daw Memorial Grant program provides small grants to individuals / organizations for cave/karst scientific research and/or cave conservation purposes. Grants range from less than $100 to around $600. The SWR can provide one or two grants per year or none. The deadline for applying for a grant is September 30th. All applications will be considered by the SWR Executive Committee. The committee will present their recommendations to the SWR membership at the Winter Technical meeting (usually the first weekend in December). The membership will have the final vote on the grants for that year. In 2012 the SWR grant was renamed the Patty Daw Memorial Grant fund in honor of our former treasurer and SWR member.

An SWR member can download the Patty Daw Memorial Grant Individual Form to request a grant for a worthwhile cave or karst-related project. Organizations or individuals can apply for a grant using the Patty Daw Memorial Grant Organization Form. Print out the appropriate form for your request. Completed applications / request forms should be mailed to the SWR Treasurer at:

Southwestern Region of the NSS
c/o Kate Bach, Treasurer
PO Box 65622
Albuquerque, NM 87193
SWRegionTres@gmail.com

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Kate Bach.

Grants that have been awarded since 2005, the first year that an NSS Southwestern Region Grant was given

Year		Awardee		Grant in Support of:
2019		John Lyles		Carbon Dioxide Monitoring at Edgewood Caverns
2018		Natasha Sekhon		Fluorescent banding analyses of stalagmites from Sitting Bull Falls Cave
2014		C.L. Kieffer		Radiocarbon Dating at Midnight Terror Cave, Belize.
2011		Jennifer Foote		Cave Monitoring Equipment
2010		Ken Harrington		Cave Monitoring Equipment
2009		Jason Kimble		Investigation of Nitrogen Cycling by Bacteria in Spider Cave, NM
2008		Jessica R. Snider		Nutrient Analysis of Microbial Energy Sources in Three New Mexico Lava Tubes
2007		NSS Save the Caves Fund
2006		NSS Save the Caves Fund		In memory of Ransom Turner, Warren "Doc" Lewis, Martin Combs, Richard Garner, Tom Zannes & Brian Galbraith
2005		Jessica R. Snider		Identification of Biology in Roots Galore Lava Tube