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2017 Specialized Awards
Sponsored by the GSA Foundation
MARLAND PRATT BILLINGS AND KATHARINE DIVERSITY AWARD
FOWLER-BILLINGS RESEARCH AWARD
Shondricka Burrell, Temple University
Graduate Award: Shannon Neale, University of Cincinnati This award is presented to the top student(s), based on applicant
Undergraduate Award: Katie Woltner, Keene State College race/ethnicity status and overall quality of the research.
The Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-Billings
Research Award encourages and promotes geological fieldwork ROBERT K. FAHNESTOCK AWARD
and related research in New England and adjacent regions.
Hima Hassenruck-Gudipati, University of Texas at Austin
JOHN A. BLACK AWARD The Robert K. Fahnestock Award honors the memory of Dr.
Fahnestock, a former member of the Research Grants Committee,
Paul Russell, The Ohio State University who died indirectly as a result of service on the committee. The
The John A. Black Award supports graduate student field-based grant is awarded for the best proposal in sediment transport or
research on coastal processes. All field-based coastal geomorphol- related aspects of fluvial geomorphology, Dr. Fahnestock’s field.
ogy research should be located in the USA, Puerto Rico, or
Canada. In the event there are no worthy graduate student field- ROBERT D. HATCHER RESEARCH AWARD
based research projects in coastal geomorphology, the award may
be used to support graduate student field-based research in volca- Jessica Robinson, University of Connecticut
nology. All field-based volcanology research should be located in The Robert D. Hatcher Research Award supports field-based
the USA, New Zealand, or Iceland. research and geologic mapping through an annual award to an
outstanding graduate student in the earth sciences to conduct
GRETCHEN L. BLECHSCHMIDT AWARD research for that student’s master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation.
Preference may be given to students working in the Appalachian
Sarah Kogler, Ohio University orogeny broadly construed, but is not restricted to this region.
The Gretchen Louise Blechschmidt Award Fund was established
for women in the geological sciences who have an interest in JOHN W. HESS RESEARCH GRANT
achieving a Ph.D. in the fields of biostratigraphy and/or pa-
leoceanography, sequence stratigraphy analysis, particularly in James Shelley, Western Kentucky University
conjunction with research in deep-sea sedimentology, and a career The John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies sup-
in academic research. ports student research involving any aspect of cave and karst stud-
ies aimed at providing improved understanding of how caves and
ALLEN V. COX RESEARCH AWARD karst work, including how these resources can be better managed.
Zongbo Xu, Boise State University ROSCOE G. JACKSON II AWARD
The Allen V. Cox Research Award supports research grants in
geophysics. Scott Borchardt, University at Buffalo, SUNY
The Roscoe G. Jackson II Award funds one recipient per year in
JOHN T. DILLON ALASKA RESEARCH AWARD the field of sedimentology.
Heather Bervid, Oregon State University LIPMAN RESEARCH AWARD
Molly Johnson, Western Washington University
The John T. Dillon Alaska Research Award honors the memory of Katie Ardill, University of Southern California
Dr. Dillon who was particularly noted for his radiometric age- Jade Bowers, Oregon State University
dating work in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA. Two areas that Emily First, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
serve as guidelines for selection of the award are field-based stud- Michael Mohr, Boise State University
ies dealing with the structural and tectonic development of Mackenzie Taylor, Miami University
Alaska, and studies that include some aspect of geochronology The Lipman Research Fund was established in 1993 and is sup-
(either paleontologic or radiometric) to provide new age control ported by gifts from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation.
for significant rock units in Alaska. The purpose of the fund is to promote and support student
research grants in volcanology and petrology. The president of the
Lipman Foundation, Peter W. Lipman, was the recipient of a GSA
research grant in 1965.
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