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Foundation. The purpose of the fund is to promote and support PARKE D. SNAVELY, JR., CASCADIA RESEARCH AWARD GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
student research grants in volcanology and petrology. The presi-
dent of the Lipman Foundation, Peter W. Lipman, was the recip- Rebekah Lee, Boise State University
ient of a GSA research grant in 1965. The Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Cascadia Research Award Fund
JOHN T. AND CAROL G. MCGILL AWARD provides support for field-oriented graduate student research that
contributes to the understanding of the geologic processes and
DeAnna Laurel, Colorado State University history of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin, or to the
Dorothea Lundberg, University of Maryland evaluation of its hazard or resource potential.
The John T. and Carol G. McGill Award, which is in the memory HAROLD T. STEARNS FELLOWSHIP AWARD
of John T. McGill, supports graduate student scholarships and
research grants in engineering geology and geomorphology. Kirstin Washington, University of Southern California
Dr. Stearns established the Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award
JOHN MONTAGNE AWARD
in 1973 for student research on aspects of the geology of the Pacific
Ny Riavo Voarintsoa, The University of Georgia Islands and the circum-Pacific region.
The John Montagne Fund is awarded annually in support of
ALEXANDER & GERALDINE WANEK FUND
research in the field of quaternary/geomorphology.
Benjamin Barnes, University of Wisconsin–Madison
BRUCE L. “BIFF” REED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD The Wanek Fund was established in 2002 to support research
Tess Caswell, Brown University dealing with coal and petroleum resources, mapping, and engi-
The Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Fund was established to neering geology, marine resources, petroleum economics, appraisal,
and evaluation, and the geology of phosphate resources.
provide research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in
the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and also LAUREN A. WRIGHT & BENNIE W. TROXEL STUDENT
can fund other geologic research. RESEARCH AWARD
CHARLES A. & JUNE R.P. ROSS RESEARCH AWARD Nur Uddin Md. Khaled Chowdhury, Texas Tech University
Zachariah Fleming, University of Texas at El Paso
Christine Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Allison Karp, Pennsylvania State University The Lauren A. Wright & Bennie W. Troxel Student Research
Andrew Kleinberg, Florida State University Fund supports two graduate students in masters or Ph.D.
Hadley Mcintosh, University of Maryland programs conducting field-based research (1) in the region
broadly centered on Death Valley National Park or (2) in the
The Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund is awarded to western and southern Basin and Range Tectonic Province.
support research projects for graduate students, post-graduate This research grant is associated with GSA’s Structure and
students, and post-doctorate researchers in the fields of biostratig- Tectonics Division.
raphy (including, but not limited to, fossil age dating and the
study of evolutionary faunal successions), stratigraphy and strati- FAROUK EL-BAZ STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS
graphic correlation, paleogeography and paleobiogeography,
interpreting past environments of deposition and their biological Christine Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for
significance, and the integration of these research areas into better “Reconstructing past precipitation changes from ancient
global understanding of (1) past plate motions (plate tectonics and high-altitude lakes in the Central Andes.”
sea-floor spreading); (2) past sea-level events, including their Elena Favaro, University of Calgary, for “Initiation of Yardangs
identification and ages; and/or (3) climate changes and effects of in Northwestern Argentina and the Implications for Martian
those climate changes on the earth’s inhabitants through geologic Surface Evolution.”
time. There should be, over time, a balance of money among the
awards across these various subject sub-field categories depending This grant is to encourage and support desert studies by students
on the merit of the annual project proposals. world-wide either in their senior year of their undergraduate studies,
or at the master’s or Ph.D. level.
ALEXANDER SISSON RESEARCH AWARD
Renee Pelletier, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Family members of Alexander Sisson established a fund in his
memory to promote and support research for students pursuing
studies in Alaska and the Caribbean.
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