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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2018 GSA Awards & Medals ®
Penrose Medal How to Nominate
The Penrose Medal was established in 1927 by R.A.F. Penrose Jr. To ensure thorough consideration by the respective committees,
to be awarded in recognition of eminent research in pure geology, for please follow these nomination instructions carefully; additional
outstanding original contributions, or for achievements that mark a information supplied will not enhance the nomination. For each
major advance in the science of geology. This award is made only at candidate please submit the following:
the discretion of the GSA Council, and nominees may or may not be 1. Nomination form: Please go to https://rock.geosociety.org/
members of the Society. Penrose’s sole objective was to encourage
original work in purely scientific geology, which is interpreted as forms/Awardform.asp to submit the form online.
applying to all scientific disciplines represented by GSA. Scientific 2. Supporting documents, to be submitted as e-mail attachments
achievements should be considered rather than contributions in
teaching, administration, or service. Mid-career scientists who have or via post; for Penrose, Day, and Donath, the following
already made exceptional contributions should be given full consid- supporting documents are required:
eration for the award.
• Curriculum vitae;
Day Medal • Summary (300 words or fewer) of the scientific contribu-
The Arthur L. Day Medal was established in 1948 through a tions to geology that qualify the candidate for the award;
donation by Arthur L. Day, founding director of the Geophysical • Selected bibliography of no more than 20 titles (for the
Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. It is awarded
annually, or less frequently at the discretion of the Council, to recog- Donath Medal, only 10 titles are required); and
nize outstanding distinction in the application of physics and chem- • Letters of support from each of five GSA Fellows or
istry to the solution of geologic problems, with no restriction to the
particular field of geologic research. It was Dr. Day’s wish to provide members in addition to the person making the nomination.
an award to recognize outstanding achievement in research and to For the Day Medal only: letters from five scientists with
inspire further effort, rather than to reward a distinguished career, at least three of those being from GSA Fellows or members
and so it has been the longstanding practice of the Society to award and up to two from fellows or members of the
this medal to geoscientists actively pursuing a research career. Mineralogical Society of America, Geochemical Society,
or American Geophysical Union.
Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal)
The Young Scientist Award was established in 1988 to be
awarded to a young scientist (35 years or younger throughout the
year in which the award is to be presented—for 2018, only those
candidates born on or after 1 Jan. 1983 are eligible) for
outstanding achievement in contributing to geologic knowledge
through original research that marks a major advance in the earth
sciences. The award consists of a gold medal (the Donath Medal)
and an honorarium.
The deadline for receipt of all GSA medal, award, and recognition nominations is 1 Feb. 20178 9
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