The mission of the Marble Fund is to support the advancement and application of geographic information science (GIS) and quantitative methods in geography. By honoring Dr. Duane Marble's contributions, the fund encourages academic excellence and innovation within these domains.
The Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards aim to honor exceptional academic achievement among undergraduate students in the United States and Canada. These students are recognized for their efforts to combine geographic science with computer science, encouraging others to pursue similar interdisciplinary paths. Additionally, the awards seek to foster an environment where more students are inspired to bridge the gap between these fields, promoting the advancement of computational geography and the development of innovative geographic information systems (GIS) technologies.