The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Society’s 2026 annual scholarship awards. These scholarships recognize academic achievement and support the continued success of outstanding students in cartography and geographic information science. They also recognize achievement—or strong potential for achievement—in original research that advances the disciplines of cartography and/or geographic information science.
CaGIS will award up to three Master’s Scholarships ($400 each) and up to five Doctoral Scholarships ($1,000 each) to outstanding applicants.
Application Deadline: May 15, 2026
Apply Here: https://forms.gle/es7sALFUShRtotWb8
Required application materials:
- A 1000-word statement that includes: discussion of your educational objectives and research activities, the importance and impacts of your research, your future study and research plans, how your research supports the mission of CaGIS, and your service activities in the profession of cartography or geographic information science. This statement should not be a research proposal. Instead, your statement should clearly and concisely describe who you are as a cartography or geographic information science student, the contributions and impacts of your work, and your potential to excel in the profession.
- A curriculum vitae (CV).
- A digital copy of your transcript showing records from at least the last two years. Highlight, underline, or circle courses that contribute to your “core GPA” listed on your application form. Coursework considered to fall within your “core GPA” are those strongly related to the disciplines of cartography and geographic information science such as geography, geographic information systems, cartography, computer science, mathematics, statistics, geodetic science, data visualization, and remote sensing.
- A letter of nomination from a faculty member or supervisor who is familiar with your academic and research activities. The applicant or the author of the letter of nomination must be a current CaGIS member.
Please see the Student Scholarships page (https://cartogis.org/awards/students/) for more information about the requirements, selection criteria, and previous awardees. Award recipients will be announced in June 2026.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the CaGIS Scholarship Committee co-chairs (Dr. Yue Lin: linyue@illinois.edu or Dr. Lei Zou: lzou@tamu.edu).
We look forward to receiving your applications!
Previous Student Scholarship Award Winners
| 2025 | Ph.D. | Joynal Abedin (Texas A&M University) Advisor: Lei Zou |
| Ph.D. | Yin Liu (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Advisor: Chunyuan Diao | |
| Ph.D. | Zhenqi (Ryan) Zhou (University at Buffalo) Advisor: Yingjie Hu | |
| Masters | Yanbing Chen (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Advisor: Jonathan K. Nelson | |
| Masters | Chenglong Wang (Zhaoya Gong & Pengjun Zhao) Advisor: Peking University | |
| 2024 | Ph.D. | Timothy Prestby (Pennsylvania State University) Advisor: Anthony Robinson |
| Ph.D. | Binbin Lin (Texas A&M University) Advisor: Lei Zou | |
| Ph.D. | Lily Houtman (Pennsylvania State University) Advisor: Anthony Robinson | |
| Masters | Lucy Roberts (University of Oregon) Advisor: Carolyn Fish | |
| Masters | Zhaoxu Sui (University of Oregon) Advisor: Carolyn Fish | |
| 2023 | Ph.D. | Yuhao Kang (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Advisor: Song Gao |
| Ph.D. | Jinwen Xu (University of South Florida) Advisor: Yi Qiang | |
| Ph.D. | Yue Lin (The Ohio State University) Advisor: Ningchuan Xiao | |
| Masters | Barira Rashid (Arizona State University) Advisor: Stephanie Deitrick | |
| Masters | Oladunni Farinloye (Western Illinois University) Advisor: Christopher Sutton | |
| 2022 | Ph.D. | Bing Zhou (Texas A&M) Advisor: Lei Zou |
| Ph.D. | Hoeyun Kwon (University of Iowa) Advisor: Caglar Koylu | |
| 2019 | Ph.D. | Brent Dell (University of Texas at Dallas) Advisor: May Yuan |
| 2018 | Ph.D. | Amber Bosse (University of Kentucky) Advisor: Matthew Wilson |
| 2017 | Ph.D. | Carolyn Fish (Penn State) Advisor: Cynthia Brewer |
| Master’s | Daniel Stephen (Oregon State) Advisor: Bernhard Jenny | |
| Master’s | Kristen Vincent (Wisconsin-Madison) Advisor: Robert Roth | |
| 2016 | Ph.D. | Yingjie Hu (UC Santa Barbara) Advisor: Krzysztof Janowicz |
| Master’s | Kelsi Davis (University of Alabama) Advisors: Broadbent & Zambrano | |
| Master’s | Rudy Omri (University of Oregon) Advisor: Amy Lobben | |
| 2015 | Ph.D. | Bojan Šavrič (Oregon State University) Advisor: Bernhard Jenny |
| Master’s | Pai Hui Yu (Arizona State University) Advisor: Stephanie Deitrick | |
| Master’s | Annalisa Ingegno (University of Montana) | |
| 2014 | Ph.D. | Song Gao (UC Santa Barbara) Advisors: Janowicz & Goodchild |
| Master’s | Mingshu Wang (University of Georgia) Advisor: Marguerite Madden | |
| Master’s | Helena Merschdorf (University of Salzburg, Austria) Advisor: Thomas Blaschke | |
| 2013 | Ph.D. | Alexandre Bevington (University of Ottawa) Advisor: Antoni Lewkowicz |
| Master’s | John Brakeall (Florida International University) Advisor: Jeffrey Onsted | |
| Master’s | Paulo Raposo (Penn State University) Advisor: Cynthia Brewer |