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MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROLOGY,
AND VOLCANOLOGY (MGPV) DIVISION
community.geosociety.org/mgpvdivision/awards
Nominations due 31 March. For each of the following awards,
send materials to J. Alex Speer, Mineralogical Society of
America, 3635 Concorde Pkwy Suite 500, Chantilly, Virginia
20151-1110, USA; jaspeer@minsocam.org. MGPV awards empha-
size achievements in geologic and multidisciplinary approaches.
Geologic work is by nature generalistic and has an important field
component, with Earth as the natural laboratory. Send (1) a cover
letter from an MGPV Division member, no longer than three
pages, summarizing the nominee’s most important accomplish-
ments in geologic approaches to mineralogy, geochemistry,
petrology, and/or volcanology. Special attention should be 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 the nominator as well as from whom letters
of support can be expected; (2) a curriculum vitae of the nominee
and (3) three letters of support that can be either from members or
non-members of GSA or the MGPV Division.
• The MGPV Distinguished Geologic Career Award will go
to an individual who, throughout his or her career, has made
distinguished contributions in one or more of the following
fields of research: mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, and/
or volcanology, with emphasis on multidisciplinary, field-
based contributions. Nominees need not be citizens or resi-
dents of the United States, and GSA membership is not
required.
• The MGPV Early Career Award will go to an individual
near the beginning of his or her professional career who has
made distinguished contributions in one or more of the fol-
lowing fields of research: mineralogy, geochemistry, petrol-
ogy, and/or volcanology, with emphasis on multidisciplinary,
field-based contributions. Nominations are restricted to those
who are within eight years of receiving their final degree. For
example, awards decided before 31 Dec. 2016 will include all
candidates whose final degree was awarded no earlier than 1
Jan. 2009. Extensions of up to two years will be made for
nominees who have taken career breaks for family reasons or
caused by serious illness. Nominees need not be citizens or
residents of the United States, and GSA membership is not
required.
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND
GEOMORPHOLOGY
community.geosociety.org/qggdivision/awards/
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• Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence: Nominations
due 1 February. This award is presented to the author or
authors of a published paper of distinction that advances the
science of geomorphology or related field, such as
[Pleistocene] Quaternary geology, and has been published not
more than five years prior to its selection for the award.
• Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research: Nominations
due 1 April. This award recognizes excellence in desert geo-
morphology research worldwide. It is intended to stimulate
research in desert environments by recognizing an individual
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whose research has significantly advanced the understanding
of the Quaternary geology and geomorphology of deserts.
• Distinguished Career Award: Nominations due 1 April.
This award is presented annually to a Quaternary geologist
or geomorphologist who has demonstrated excellence in their
contributions to science.
• Student Awards: Proposals due 1 February. Proposals will
be considered for the following awards by selecting
“Quaternary geology and geomorphology” as the general
field or research when submitting a GSA Graduate Student
Research Grant. QG&G administered awards include:
J. Hoover Mackin Award (Ph.D. research), Arthur D.
Howard Award (M.S. research), Marie Morisawa Award
(female M.S./Ph.D.), and Peter Birkeland Award (soil geo-
morphology). GSA specialty awards include the Robert K.
Fahnestock Award (sediment transport or fluvial geomor-
phology), John Montagne Fund (Quaternary geology or
geomorphology), John A. Black Award (coastal processes),
and Stanley A. Schumm Research Grant Award (fluvial
geomorphology).
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY DIVISION
community.geosociety.org/Sedimentarygeologydiv/awards/sloss
Laurence L. Sloss Award for Sedimentary Geology:
Nominations due 1 March; send materials to Linda Kah, lckah@
utk.edu, including (1) a cover letter describing the nominee’s
accomplishments in sedimentary geology and contributions to
GSA, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) any additional supporting
letters. Nomination materials remain active for three years. This
award is given annually to a sedimentary geologist whose lifetime
achievements best exemplify those of Larry Sloss (i.e., achieve-
ments that contribute widely to the field of sedimentary geology
and service to GSA).
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY DIVISION/
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS
DIVISION JOINT AWARD
community.geosociety.org/sedimentarygeologydiv/awards/
laubach
Stephen E. Laubach Structural Diagenesis Research Award:
Nominations due 1 April. This award promotes research that
combines structural geology and diagenesis and also curriculum
development in structural diagenesis. It addresses the rapidly
growing recognition that fracturing, cement precipitation and dis-
solution, evolving rock mechanical properties, and other struc-
tural diagenetic processes can govern recovery of resources and
sequestration of material in deeply buried, diagenetically altered
and fractured sedimentary rocks. The award also highlights the
growing need to break down disciplinary boundaries between
structural geology and sedimentary petrology, as exemplified by
the work of Dr. Stephen Laubach and colleagues. Graduate stu-
dents, postgraduates, and faculty-level researchers are eligible.
Note that the application includes a budget page; we anticipate
giving one award of US$2,500 in 2017.
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