An important distinction among awards that concern the Division is the difference between Division awards and GSA awards. The QG&G Division Management Board and Panel administer the nomination, application, selection, and awarding of Division awards. They also administer these aspects of the Kirk Bryan Award, which is the GSA award officially associated with the Division (only one such named GSA award is allowed per division). Other Division awards are funded by accounts set up to fund specific awards within the Division. Except for the Kirk Bryan Award, the Division does not handle the nomination, application, selection, or awarding process for GSA awards. Although they are restricted to geomorphic research, the Cole Research Award and Fahnestock Award are GSA awards, not Division awards. Nevertheless, each year the GSA Committee on Research Grants asks the Division for evaluations of Cole Research Award proposals. Nominations for awards are accepted throughout the year, but nomination packages received after the deadline (below) will not be considered until the following year.

Please note: Nomination packages (preferably as PDF attached to email) are to be submitted electronically. Paper submissions of nomination packages will be accepted ONLY by permission of the QG&G Division Officer who handles the award.

Student Awards:
The application form for QG&G's student awards and the student research grants is now online. Any research grant application that has "Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology" selected as the General Field of Research Project will be automatically eligible for consideration for our three awards (the Howard Award for MS students; Mackin Award for PhD students, and the Morisawa Award for female MS or Ph.D students) unless a potential applicant has previously received a GSA Graduate Student Research Grant. PLEASE NOTE that a single application can be considered for both the Morisawa and either the Howard or Mackin Award at the same time. If a student has not previously received a GSA Graduate Student Research Grant, then separate applications for the three awards need not be submitted. Any student who has already received a GSA student research grant for the same degree work may still apply for the Mackin, Howard, or Morisawa awards. To apply, use the GSA research grant application and appraisal forms available online, but rather than submitting them online to GSA, submit them as PDF files to the Division secretary and indicate for which award the application is being submitted. The secretary will forward these applications to the QG&G review committee.

If you are applying for one of the above QG&G Division student awards, please visit http://rock.geosociety.org/qgg/ for more instructions. THE 2009 APPLICATION PROCEDURES ARE AVAILABLE AT: http://www.geosociety.org/grants/index.htm

STUDENT AWARDEES - 2009

Kirk Bryan Award
Given for a publication (within past 5 years) of distinction advancing the science of geomorphology or Quaternary geology.
How to nominate a publication.
Nomination DEADLINE: 15 January.

Gladys W. Cole Memorial
Research Award
Given for research in the geomorphology of semiarid and arid terrains of the U.S. and Mexico.
Application DEADLINE: 1 February.

Robert K. Fahnestock Memorial Research Award
Given for student research in sediment transport or related aspects of fluvial geomorphology.
Application DEADLINE: 1 February.

Distinguished Career Award
Given to Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists who have demonstrated excellence in contributions to science.
How to nominate someone for the award.
Nomination DEADLINE: 1 April.

Farouk El-Baz Award for
Desert Research
Given for an outstanding body of work in the field of warm desert research.
How to nominate someone for the award.
Nomination DEADLINE: 1 April.

Easterbrook Distinguished
Scientist Award
Given for unusual excellence in published research that has substantially increased knowledge in Quaternary geology or geomorphology.
How to nominate someone for the award.
Nomination DEADLINE: 1 April.

J. Hoover Mackin Award (Ph.D.) and
Arthur D. Howard Award (M.S.)
Given for graduate student research in Quaternary geology or geomorphology.
How to compete for a student award.
Application DEADLINE: 1 February.

Marie Morisawa Award (M.S. or Ph.D) to support promising female M.S. or Ph.D. students pursuing a career in geomorphology.
How to compete for this award.
Application DEADLINE: 1 February.