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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
GSA DIVISION AWARDS
■ COAL GEOLOGY
Gilbert H. Cady Award
Nominations due 28 Feb. 2015
Submit nominations to Mark Engle at mercurous@gmail.com.
This award, first presented in 1973, recognizes outstanding
contributions in the field of coal geology that advance the science Outreach Program. An additional travel reimbursement is also
both within and outside of North America. For more information,
go to www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/GSA/awards.htm.
■ ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING
GEOLOGY
Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Nominations due 28 Feb. 2015
Submit nominations to Matt Crawford at mcrawford@uky.edu.
This lectureship was established in 1988 by the Division in
conjunction with the Assoc. of Environmental & Engineering
Geologists to commemorate Jahns and to promote student aware-
ness of engineering geology through an annual series of lectures at may also be given for second place. The award is made possible by
academic institutions. The award is given to an individual who
through research or practice has made outstanding contributions
to the advancement of environmental and/or engineering geology.
The awardee will speak on topics of earth processes and the
consequences of human interaction with these processes or the
application of geology to environmental and/or engineering
works. Award funds are administered by the GSA Foundation.
For more information, go to http://rock.geosociety.org/egd/
Awards.html#Jahns.
■ GEOPHYSICS
George P. Woollard Award
Nominations due 15 Feb. 2015
Submit nominations via e-mail attachment to Samantha Hansen
at shansen@geo.ua.edu.
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to geology
through the application of the principles and techniques of
geophysics. A highlight of the presentation is the honorary George
P. Woollard Technical Lecture by the recipient before the award
ceremony. To submit a nomination, all you need is a name,
contact information, and a short summary of the nominee’s quali-
fications, including his or her specific work or outcomes and how
these have contributed to geology. The nominee’s CV is helpful
but not required. Award funds are administered by the GSA
Foundation. For more information, go to www.geosociety.org/
divisions/geop/Awards.htm.
■ GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching
Nominations due 15 Feb. 2015
Submit nominations at http://community.geosociety.org/
gedivision/news/awards/biggsaward. Any questions should be
directed to geoedgsa@gmail.com. GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/
This award recognizes innovative and effective teaching in
college-level earth science. Earth-science instructors and faculty
members from any academic institution engaged in undergrad-
uate education who have been teaching full-time for 10 years or
fewer are eligible (part-time teaching is not counted in this
requirement). Both peer- and self-nominations will be accepted.
This award, administered by the GSA Foundation, is made
possible by support from the Donald and Carolyn Biggs Fund, the
GSA Geoscience Education Division, and GSA’s Education and
available to the recipient to enable him or her to attend the award
presentation at the GSA Annual Meeting. For more information,
go to http://community.geosociety.org/gedivision/news/awards/
biggsaward.
■ HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY
History and Philosophy of Geology Student Award
Nominations due 15 June 2015
Submit nominations to Kathleen Lohff at kathylohff.msn.com.
This award, in the amount of US$1,000, recognizes excellence
in a student paper to be given at GSA’s Annual Meeting. An award
a bequest from the estate of Mary C. Rabbitt. Oral presentations
are preferred. Faculty advisors may be listed as second author but
not as the lead author of the paper. The proposed paper may be
(1) on the history or philosophy of geology; (2) a literature review of
ideas for a technical work or thesis/dissertation; or (3) some imagi-
native aspect of the history or philosophy of geology we have not
thought of before. Students should submit an abstract of their
proposed talk and a 1,500–2,000-word prospectus for consideration.
Currently enrolled undergraduates and graduate students are
eligible as are students who received their degrees at the end of the
fall and spring terms immediately preceding the national GSA
meeting. The award is open to all students regardless of discipline,
provided the proposed paper is related to the history or philosophy
of a geological idea/person. For more information, go to www
.gsahist.org/hapg_award/awards.htm.
■ MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROLOGY,
AND VOLCANOLOGY (MGPV)
Nominations due 15 July 2015
Submit nominations to J. Alex Speer, Mineralogical Society of
America, 3635 Concorde Pkwy, Ste 500, Chantilly, VA 20151-1110,
USA; jaspeer@minsocam.org.
MGPV awards emphasize achievements in geologic and multi-
disciplinary approaches. Geologic work is by nature generalistic
and has an important field component, with Earth as the natural
laboratory. For either award outlined below, please submit
(1) a cover letter from an MGPV Division member, no longer than
three pages, summarizing the nominee’s most important accom-
plishments in geologic approaches to mineralogy, geochemistry,
petrology, and/or volcanology, with special attention paid to
describing how the nominee’s published work demonstrates field-
based multidisciplinary geologic accomplishments of a ground-
breaking nature. The letter should include the name, address, and
contact information of nominator as well as from whom letters of
support can be expected; (2) the nominee’s CV; and (3) three letters
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