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2018 GSA Research Grant Recipients

The 2018 GSA Committee on Research Grants awarded Joshua M. Feinberg, Rebecca M. Flowers, Julie C. Fosdick,
US$778,594 to 381 graduate students (52% of the 730 who Martin B. Goldhaber, Andrew M. Gombos, Jr., Judith L Hannah,
applied), with an average grant of US$2,044. The committee Ellen K. Herman, Brian R. Jicha, Sharon L. Kanfoush, Nicholas
also selected 10 alternate candidates in the event that any grant- Lancaster, Rebecca A. Lange, Michelle M. Lorah, Kevin H.
ees return all or part of their funds due to a change in their Mahan, Bryan A. Oakley, Cindy Palinkas, Stephen J. Piercey,
research project or receipt of funds from another source. The Christopher J. Potter, William Ian Ridley, Jacob O. Sewall, Ellen
GSA Graduate Student Research Grant Program is funded by Thomas, Jennifer A. Thomson, Ben A. van der Pluijm, and Gary
GSA, the GSA Foundation, GSA Divisions, and the National Weissmann.
Science Foundation (Award #1712071).
Alternate committee members: Lyndsay B. Ball, Whitney M.
Committee members: Alexandra R. Isern (Chair), Robert S. Behr, John Bershaw, Mark J. Caddick, Michelle L. Coombs,
Anderson, James V. Browning, William C. Burton, Cathy J. Steven G. Driese, Qinhong Hu, Peter J. Modreski, Gregory Nadon,
Busby, Kristin Caddick, Timothy M. Demko, Besim Dragovic, Nathan A. Niemi, Michael R. Rosen, and James D. Wright.

The following awards will be presented at the GSA 2018 Annual Meeting & Exposition
in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

2018 Outstanding Mentions

(proposals having exceptional merit in conception and presentation)

Jonathan Graham Madelyn Percy Nicholas Spano
University of Wisconsin–Madison University of North Carolina University of California, Berkeley
at Chapel Hill
Abigail Kelly Thomas Van Der Weide
University of Cincinnati Elizabeth Pettitt Boise State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MacKenzie Mark-Moser Alexander Wood
Oregon State University Logan Schmidt Northern Arizona University
University of Texas at Austin
Frank Pavia
Columbia University

2018 ExxonMobil/GSA Student Geoscience Grants

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

Grace Beaudoin Bari Hanafi Kelly Thomson
University of Texas at Austin Rutgers, The State University of The University of Texas at Austin
New Jersey
Matt Edgin Emily White
University of Wyoming Brittany Hupp University of Idaho
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Karol Faehnrich Chenliang Wu
Dartmouth College Georgina Lukoczki William Marsh Rice University
Oklahoma State University
Romain Gougeon
University of Saskatchewan www.geosociety.org/gsatoday

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