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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2018 GSA Awards & Medals ®
Honorary Fellowship GSA Fellowship
Established by the GSA Council in 1909, Honorary Fellowship Fellowship is an honor that is bestowed on the best of our
may be bestowed on individuals who have made outstanding and profession once per year at the spring GSA Council meeting and
internationally recognized contributions to geoscience, or in rare is recognized at GSA’s Annual Meeting. GSA members are
circumstances, provided notable service to the Society. In prac- elected to Fellowship in recognition of distinguished contributions
tice, nearly all candidates are non–North Americans who live and to the geosciences. A member can be nominated for Fellowship
work outside of North America. The awardee does not need to be only by a Fellow of the Society who initiates the process by
a GSA member to receive the award. No more than two Honorary completing the nominating sponsor’s form and identifying two
Fellows will be awarded annually. Honorary Fellows will be other Fellows, or one Fellow and one member, who agree to
recognized during the GSA Annual Meeting and will receive support the nomination. A GSA Fellow may only support two
complimentary lifetime membership to the Society. nominees per election cycle and only one as a primary nominator.
How to Nominate How to Nominate
1. Nomination form: Please go to https://rock.geosociety.org/ The primary nominator:
forms/Awardform.asp to submit the form online. 1. Completes online nomination form at www.geosociety.org/
2. Supporting documents, to be submitted as e-mail attachments FellowNoms;
or via post: 2. Writes a letter of support;
• Curriculum vitae; 3. Collects two (2) additional letters of support (one must be from
• Letter of nomination (300 words or fewer) that clearly
demonstrates the applicability of the selection criteria; a Fellow; both must be GSA members);
• Letters of support from three scientists with at least two 4. Obtains nominees current CV or résumé; and
from GSA Fellows and one from a GSA Fellow or a person 5. Submits all documents in one packet to awards@geosociety
of equivalent international stature; and
• Selected bibliography of no more than 20 titles. .org. Questions? Email awards@geosociety.org
Award Notes Notice of GSA
Council Meetings
Candidates whose names are submitted by the respec-
tive award committees to GSA Council but who do not GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
receive an award will remain under consideration by Seattle, Washington, USA
those committees for three years (does not apply to
GSA Fellows). For those still under consideration, it is Day 1: Saturday, 21 Oct. 2017 (Willow Room*)
recommended that an updated nomination letter be sent
to GSA. Day 2: Wednesday, 25 Oct. 2017 (Ravenna Room*)
Forms and instructions are online at www.geosociety Council Meetings will be held from 8 a.m.–noon in the GSA
.org/awards/; they may also be obtained from Headquarters Hotel—Sheraton Seattle, 1400 6th Ave.,
GSA Grants and Awards, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO Seattle, Washington 98101, USA.
80301-9140, USA.
All GSA members are invited to attend the open portions of
The deadline for receipt of all GSA medal, award, these meetings.
and recognition nominations is 1 Feb. 2018.
*Meeting room is subject to change. Updates will be posted.
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