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GSA DIVISION AWARDS
GSA GeoCorps™ America Program ■ HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY
History and Philosophy of Geology Student Award
Temporary, short-term geoscience opportunities
in America’s amazing public lands. Deadline: 15 June
Fall/Winter 2017–2018 GeoCorps Positions This award is for the best paper in history and philosophy of
geology to be submitted for presentation by the student at the
Apply by 1 July annual GSA meeting. The proposed paper may be: (1) a paper in
GeoCorps provides geoscience opportunities on federal the history and philosophy of geology; (2) a literature review of
public lands. Project areas include a wide variety of topics, ideas for a technical work or thesis/dissertation; or (3) some
such as paleontology, hydrology, geohazards, caves/karst, imaginative aspect of the history and philosophy of geology we
have not thought of before. For more information, please contact
GIS/mapping, and more. Kathleen Lohff at kathylohff@msn.com or go to community
.geosociety.org/histphildiv/awards#student.
www.geosociety.org/geocorps
www.facebook.com/GeoCorps ■ LIMNOGEOLOGY
Kerry Kelts Student Research Award
Bureau of Land U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Management (BLM) (USDA) Forest Service Deadline: 30 June
National Park Service Geoscientists-in-the-Parks This award for undergraduate or graduate student research is
(GIP) Opportunities named in honor of Kerry Kelts, a visionary limnogeologist and
inspiring teacher. Send your application to Division Chair Joop
Varekamp with “Kelts Award application” in the subject line.
For more information, go to community.geosociety.org/
limnogeologydivision/awards/kerrykelts.
■ PLANETARY GEOLOGY
Ronald Greeley Award for Distinguished Service
Deadline: 30 June
This award may be given to those members of the Planetary
Geology Division or those outside of the Division and GSA who
have rendered exceptional service to the Division for a multi-year
period. For more information, go to http://rock.geosociety.org/
pgd/distinguished-service.html.
Fall/Winter 2017–2018 GIP Positions GeoCorps Enterprise
Apply by 1 July GeoCorpsTM America is now accepting industry partners!
The NPS-GIP program places college students and early Use GSA to find the best students for your short-term projects
career professionals (18–35 years old) in National Park Service
units for three months to one year to assist with geology and during the summer and other times of the year.
integrated science projects. This program is a partnership You focus on the geoscience, and we’ll take care of the
between the National Park Service, the Geological Society of administration. Contact Matt Dawson for more information,
America, and Environmental Stewards. +1-303-357-1025.
www.geosociety.org/gip geocorps@geosociety.org
National Park Service Environmental Stewards www.geosociety.org/GeoCorpsEnterprise
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