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2018 Specialized Awards
ROBERT D. HATCHER RESEARCH AWARD JOHN T. AND CAROL G. MCGILL AWARD
Jessica Magolan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Katherine Guns, University of Arizona
The Robert D. Hatcher Research Award supports field-based Annette Patton, Colorado State University
Julianne Scamardo, Colorado State University
research and geologic mapping through an annual award to an
outstanding graduate student in the earth sciences to conduct The John T. and Carol G. McGill Award, which is in the mem-
research for that student’s master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation. ory of John T. McGill, supports graduate student scholarships
Preference may be given to students working in the Appalachian and research grants in engineering geology and geomorphology.
orogeny broadly construed, but is not restricted to this region.
BRUCE L. “BIFF” REED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
WILLIAM B. & DOROTHY HEROY RESEARCH GRANT
David Hernandez Uribe, Colorado School of Mines
Vural Cakir, California State University, Long Beach The Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Fund was established to
Lena Capece, University of California, Davis
Casey Saup, The Ohio State University provide research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in
the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska, primarily, and
The William B. & Dorothy Heroy Research Grant supports also can fund other geologic research.
graduate student research in the geosciences.
CHARLES A. & JUNE R.P. ROSS RESEARCH AWARD
JOHN W. HESS RESEARCH GRANT
Rostislav Kovtun, California State University, Fullerton
Jenny Ni, McGill University Audrey Taylor, University of Notre Dame
The John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies John Rippe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
supports student research involving any aspect of cave and karst
studies aimed at providing improved understanding of how caves The Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Award is given to
and karst work, including how these resources can be better man- support research projects for graduate students, post-graduate
aged. The recipient is determined by the Karst Division of GSA. students, and post-doctorate researchers in the fields of biostra-
tigraphy (including, but not limited to, fossil age dating and the
ROSCOE G. JACKSON II AWARD study of evolutionary faunal successions), stratigraphy and strati-
graphic correlation, paleogeography and paleobiogeography,
Kristina Butler, The University of Texas at Austin interpreting past environments of deposition and their biological
The Roscoe G. Jackson II Award funds one recipient per year significance, and the integration of these research areas into bet-
ter global understanding of (1) past plate motions (plate tectonics
in the field of sedimentology. and sea-floor spreading); (2) past sea-level events, including their
identification and ages; and/or (3) climate changes and effects of
LIPMAN RESEARCH AWARD those climate changes on Earth’s inhabitants through geologic
time. There should be, over time, a balance of money among the
Aaron Ashley, University of South Carolina awards across these various subject sub-field categories depend-
Roy Bassoo, Baylor University ing on the merit of the annual project proposals.
Kadie Bennis, University of Missouri–Kansas City
Melissa Chambers, California State University, Fullerton ALEXANDER SISSON RESEARCH AWARD
Shoshauna Farnsworth-Pinkerton, Louisiana State University
Justine Grabiec, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Elisa Di Meglio, Oregon State University
Lisa Grohn, University of Rochester Family members of Alexander Sisson established a fund in his
Rachel Hampton, University of Oregon
Antonio Luna, University of South Florida memory to promote and support research for students pursuing
Samuel Mitchell, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa studies in Alaska and the Caribbean.
Bryant Platt, California State University, Fresno
Jacob Setera, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey PARKE D. SNAVELY, JR., CASCADIA RESEARCH
Lorenzo Tavazzani, Southern Methodist University AWARD
Samantha Tramontano, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Erin Wales, California State University, Northridge William Duckworth, Western Washington University
Kellie Wall, Oregon State University The Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Cascadia Research Award Fund pro-
The Lipman Research Fund was established in 1993 and is vides support for field-oriented graduate student research that
supported by gifts from the Howard and Jean Lipman contributes to the understanding of the geologic processes and
Foundation. The purpose of the fund is to promote and support history of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin or to the
student research grants in volcanology and petrology. The presi- evaluation of its hazard or resource potential.
dent of the Lipman Foundation, Peter W. Lipman, was the recipi-
ent of a GSA research grant in 1965. The recipient is determined
by the Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology
(MGPV) Division of GSA.
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