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2019 Specialized Awards










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          Michele Aldrich History and Philosophy of            Allan V. Cox Research Award
          Geology Student Research Award                       Ogochukwu Ozotta, University of North Dakota
          Joseph Moffitt, Mississippi State University          The Allan V. Cox Research Award supports research grants in
            The Michele Aldrich History and Philosophy of Geology   geophysics. The recipient is determined by the GSA Geophysics
          Student Research Award Fund supports research grants through   and Geodynamics Division.
          the History and Philosophy of Geology Division for students
          who conduct historical research within the geosciences.   John T. Dillon Alaska Research Award
          Preference will be given first to doctoral then master’s-level    Joseph Biasi, California Institute of Technology
          students. Graduates who received their Ph.D. in the previous   Caitlin Meadows, The University of Chicago
          five years may also be considered. The recipient is determined   Scott Pantaleone, University of Alaska Anchorage
          by the GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division.  Ben Suranovic, University of Alaska Anchorage
                                                               Matthew Trembath, University of Iowa
          Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-          The John T. Dillon Alaska Research Award honors the mem-
          Billings Research Award                              ory of Dr. Dillon, who was particularly noted for his radiometric
          Ian Hillenbrand, University of Massachusetts Amherst  age-dating work in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA. Two areas
          Joshua Zimmt, University of California Berkeley      that serve as guidelines for selection of the award are field-based
            The Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-Billings   studies dealing with the structural and tectonic development of
          Research Award encourages and promotes geological fieldwork   Alaska and studies that include some aspect of geochronology
          and related research in New England and adjacent regions.   (either paleontologic or radiometric) to provide new age control
                                                               for significant rock units in Alaska.
          John A. Black Award
          Katya Jay, Oregon State University                   Robert K. Fahnestock Award
            The John A. Black Award supports graduate student field-  Ian Armstrong, Indiana University Bloomington
          based research on coastal processes. All field-based coastal   The Robert K. Fahnestock Award honors the memory of Dr.
          geomorphology research should be located in the United   Fahnestock, a former member of the Research Grants Committee,
          States, Puerto Rico, or Canada. In the event there are no wor-  who died indirectly as a result of service on the committee. The
          thy graduate student field-based research projects in coastal   grant is awarded for the best proposal in sediment transport or
          geomorphology, the award may be used to support graduate   related aspects of fluvial geomorphology, Dr. Fahnestock’s field.
          student field-based research in volcanology. All field-based
          volcanology research should be located in the United States,   Gould Research Grant
          New Zealand, or Iceland.                             Alan Seltzer, University of California San Diego–Scripps
                                                               Institution of Oceanography
          Gretchen L. Blechschmidt Award                       Michelle Valkanas, Duquesne University
          Rebecca Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst    The Gould Research Grant supports graduate student research
            The Gretchen Louise Blechschmidt Award Fund was estab-  in the geosciences.
          lished for women in the geological sciences who have an interest
          in achieving a Ph.D. in the fields of biostratigraphy and/or paleo-  Robert D. Hatcher Research Award
          ceanography, sequence stratigraphy analysis, particularly in con-  Michael Say, University of Nevada, Reno
          junction with research in deep-sea sedimentology, and a career   The Robert D. Hatcher Research Award supports field-based
          in academic research.                                research and geologic mapping through an annual award to an
                                                               outstanding graduate student in the earth sciences to conduct
          Ian S.E. Carmichael Research Award                   research for that student’s master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation.
          Allison Pease, University of Michigan                Preference may be given to students working in the Appalachian
            The Ian S.E. Carmichael Research Award supports graduate   orogeny broadly construed, but it is not restricted to this region.
          student research and related activities in the fields of igneous
          petrology and volcanology. The recipient is determined by the   William B. & Dorothy Heroy Research Grant
          GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology   Michael Frothingham, University of Colorado Boulder
          Division.                                            Megan Saalfeld, Montana State University

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