Support the 2027 Summer GEO-REx
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Welcome to GEO-REx!
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GEO-REx is a four-day summer experience designed to introduce high school students to geoscience through field experiences, hands-on workshops and authentic research.
Over the next several weeks, we'll take you inside GEO-REx one day at a time.
You'll see students discover how science works, explore different areas of geoscience, conduct their own research, work with mentors and professionals, and ultimately share what they've discovered.
More importantly, we'll show you where your donations go.
Gifts to GEO-REx help us provide student housing, meals, transportation, research materials, field supplies and other resources needed to offer this experience while keeping costs for participating students as low as possible.
Thank you for making discovery possible.
Group photo of 2026 GEO-REx students in front of the Cowboys sign.
$10
Calcite
Your donation will go towards supplying a GEO-REx student with an all-weather field notebook or hand lens to keep. Donors of this level will receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$25
Fluorite
Your donation will go towards meals for one GEO-REx student for one day. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$75
Apatite
Your donation will go towards purchasing geology swag (such as Write in the Rain notebooks, hand lens, rock hammer, etc.) for one GEO-REx student. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$200
Feldspar
Your donation will go towards securing one dorm room for one GEO-REx student for the entire GEO-REx program. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$400
Quartz
Your donation will go towards purchasing supplies and transportation for the GEO-REx students' research projects. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$800
Topaz
Your donation will go towards feeding four GEO-REx students for the entire GEO-REx program. Donors of this level will have their names individually listed in a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$1,000
Corundum
Your donation will go towards securing dorm accommodations for four GEO-REx students (four dorm rooms total) for the entire GEO-REx program. Donors of this level will have their names individually listed in a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.
$5,000
Diamond
Your donation will go towards securing dorm accommodations for all GEO-REx students (25 dorm rooms total) for the entire GEO-REx program (~$4000 total). The remaining $1000 will go towards purchasing rock hammers and sun hats for all GEO-REx campers. Donors of this level will have their names individually listed in a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx and receive a GEO-REx sticker.