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2017 GSA Research Grant Recipients

The 2017 GSA Committee on Research Grants awarded B. Goodwin, Timothy W. Grover, Judith L. Hannah, Christopher
US$692,164 to 395 graduate students (50% of the 785 who S. Holm-Denoma, Michael T. Hren, Alexandra R. Isern, Elizabeth
applied), with an average grant of US$1,752. The committee A. Johnson, Sharon L. Kanfoush, Todd A. LaMaskin, Nicholas
also selected 10 alternate candidates in the event that any grantees Lancaster, Rebecca A. Lange, Michelle M. Lorah, Kevin H.
return all or part of their funds due to a change in their research proj- Mahan, Andrew H. Manning, Bryan A. Oakley, Stephen J.
ect or receipt of funds from another source. The GSA Graduate Piercey, William Ian Ridley, Jacob O. Sewall, Ellen Thomas,
Student Research Grant Program is funded by GSA, the GSA Jennifer A. Thomson, James Vogl, Richard B. Waitt.
Foundation, GSA Divisions, and the National Science Foundation.
Alternate Committee Members: Jonathan S. Caine, Alan R.
Committee Members: Daniel M. Sturmer (Chair), Thomas C. Carroll, Ibrahim Çemen, Duane G. Froese, Steven E. Ingebritsen,
Johnson (Past Chair), Robert S. Anderson, James V. Browning, Mark K. Reagan, Benjamin Schwartz, Robert D. Shuster, and
William C. Burton, Timothy M. Demko, Kristin Dorfler, Joshua Dylan Ward.
M. Feinberg, Rebecca M. Flowers, Martin B. Goldhaber, Laurel

The following awards will be presented at the
GSA 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Seattle, Washington, USA.

2017 Outstanding Mentions

(proposals having exceptional merit in conception and presentation)

Janet Barclay, University of Connecticut Pan Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology Inoka Peiris, University of Texas at Dallas
Shelby Rader, University of Arizona
Cassandra Brigham, University of Esra Mescioglu, University of California Kaitlin Salley, University of Kansas
Washington Santa Cruz Alison Tune, University of Texas at Austin

Zheng Gong, Yale University Alexandra Nagurney, Virginia Tech

2017 ExxonMobil/GSA Student Geoscience Grants

ExxonMobil has recognized 10 of the top 30 GSA student research grant proposals with grants of US$5000 each.

Hannah Blatchford, University of Jonathan Ingram, New Mexico State Andrew Walters, University of
Minnesota University Wisconsin–Madison

Ibukun Bode-Omoleye, Oklahoma State Emily Perry, Colorado School of Mines Jeffrey Westrop, University of
University Nebraska–Lincoln
Justin Shawler, Virginia Institute of
Harrison Gray, University of Colorado Marine Science Emily White, University of Idaho

Katherine Guns, University of Arizona

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