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Nominate a Deserving Colleague for Halbouty Lecture Nominations for the
GSA Fellowship 2020 Annual Meeting

GSA members are elected to Fellowship in recognition of All GSA members are encouraged to submit nominations for
distinguished contributions to the geosciences. The primary nom- the Michel T. Halbouty Distinguished Lecturer. The Halbouty
inator must be a current GSA Fellow. Election requirements are Lectures typically encompass a broad swath of geology centered
online at www.geosociety.org/Fellowship. Deadline: 1 Feb. 2020. on natural-resource issues. The winner of this award will give a
presentation at the 2020 GSA Annual Meeting in Montréal,
How to Nominate Québec, Canada, in October. The award comes with an hono-
1. Write a letter of support; rarium that will be presented to the awardee at the meeting.
2. Collect two additional letters of support (one must be from a www.geosociety.org/GSA/About/awards/GSA/Awards/
Fellow; both must be current GSA members); Halbouty.aspx
3. Obtain the nominee’s CV or résumé (two-page limit); and
4. Complete the online nomination form and upload the support-
ing documents at www.geosociety.org/FellowNoms.

2020 Graduate Student Research Grants

The primary role of the GSA research grants program is to pro-
vide partial support of master’s and doctoral thesis research in the
geological sciences for graduate students enrolled in universities in
the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. In 2019,
the program awarded US$812,000 to 392 graduate students
(~52% of the 748 who applied), with an average grant of US$2,071.
GSA strongly encourages women, minorities, persons with
disabilities, and other groups that are underrepresented in the
geosciences to participate fully in this program. Apply online
(www.geosociety.org/gradgrants) starting 1 Dec. 2019.
Submissions must be completed by 3 Feb. 2020, at 5 p.m. MST.
Attend the webinar on 19 Nov. 2019 at 11 a.m. MST for application
strategies; see https://bit.ly/2AScoeg. Folarin Kolawole used his 2018 research grant for a study of pre-
existing structures in the Precambrian basement rocks in the
Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA, to assess their implications
for induced seismicity.

More Research Grants for Graduate Students and Others
GSA provides members with additional opportunities to apply
for research funding. Applications for these programs will be
accepted starting 1 Dec. 2019. Submissions must be completed
by 3 Feb. 2020, at 5 p.m. MST.

www.geosociety.org/gradgrants • Farouk El-Baz Student Research Grant—Desert studies
researchgrants@geosociety.org • Awards for Geochronology Student Research2 (AGeS2)
+1-303-357-1025 Program—Geochronology
• ZEISS-GSA Research Grant—Microscopy

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