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GIS Awards

• Inaugural BAAMA Educational Award

GIS Grants

• ESRI Sponsored Grants
• GeoMedia Education Grants
• Intergraph Open Interoperability Grant Program
• MapInfo Government Grant Program
• Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Funding
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Other Links for GIS Grants (care/of VGIS)

Local GIS Courses

Local colleges and universities offer GIS courses - see the Bay Area GIS Certifiate Programs and Colleges with GIS Courses/Programs sections below

• GIS Academy
• ESRI Instructor Led Training

On-Line GIS Courses

• Autodesk On-Line Store: Courseware & Manuals
• ESRI Virtual Campus

Bay Area GIS Certificate Programs

• City College of San Francisco
• Diablo Valley College
• Ohlone College
• San Francisco State University - GIS
• San Jose State University
• U.C. Extension GIS
• Foothill College
• American River College (Sacramento area)

Colleges with GIS Courses/Programs

• American River College (Sacramento area)
• City College of San Francisco
• Foothill College, Los Altos
• Ohlone College
• Skyline College, San Bruno (650) 738-4155
• San Francisco State University
• San Jose State University
• Santa Rosa Junior College
• Sonoma State University
• U.C. Berkeley Geographic Information Science Center (GISC)
  
  
• ESRI's On-line Database of Academic GIS Programs
• GIS in the California State Universities

CAD Education/Training

• Autodesk Official Training Courseware
  
• Autodesk Reseller Training Center
  
• Martinez Technology Education Center
  
• Napa Valley College
  
• San Francisco State University
  

Scholarships

Scholarships are being made available for GIS Doctoral Students to attend the to Vespucci Summer Institute in Fiesole, Italy on June 10-15 2007.

National Geographic Cartography Awards
Undergraduate students and master's-degree candidates are invited to apply.

Los Angeles Geographical Society
Dr. Richard F. Logan Scholarships and McKnight-Clemmons Scholarships
(annual $500 scholarship)

For more information:
Mark Drayse
LAGS Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 8042
Van Nuys, CA 91409-8042

K-12 GIS Programs

• Chabot Science Center
  
• ESRI K - 12 Support Program
• Intergraph: Solutions for Education