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Group to offer an online workshop about “Virtual Contexts” for more than 330 students were funded, with over US$750,000 pro-
~30 educators in conjunction with GSA Connects 2021. vided in total. This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1949901.
FIELD AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Undergraduate Student Research Grants
GeoCorps™ America and The National Park Four GSA Sections awarded 17 undergraduate students with
Service (NPS) Scientists in Parks (SIP) Program research grants, totaling over US$17,000 in funding.
GSA connected 223 students and ECPs with enriching, interdis-
ciplinary projects led by the USDA Forest Service, National Park AGeS-DiG
Service, and Bureau of Land Management. Program participants GSA facilitated applications for the AGeS-DiG (Awards for
were placed at 132 federal public-land sites and offices and com- Geochronology Student Research, Diversity in Geochronology)
pleted more than 116,000 hours of critical work related to the geo- program, which provided six research grants aimed at expanding
sciences and other natural-resource fields. access to geochronology for those underrepresented in the earth
GSA Connects 2021 featured 12 GeoCorps and SIP participants sciences. This material is based upon work supported by the
presenting their work. National Science Foundation under EAR-1759200, -1759353,
-1759201 awards to R.M. Flowers (CU-Boulder), J.R. Arrowsmith
“The biggest take away from this experience for me was (ASU), and V. McConnell (GSA).
realizing how I can use my education background and
skills and apply that in the real world to help make a GSA/ZEISS Research Grant
positive difference. This has been the most meaningful A US$10,000 research grant was provided to Olivia Barbee, an
work experience I’ve had the opportunity to participate early-career researcher at Michigan Technological University, for
in and it felt incredibly fulfilling.” —Summer 2021 a research proposal titled: “Developing novel correlative 3D and
GeoCorps Participant, Superior National Forest 2D microscopy of quartz from volcanic supereruptions on Earth.”
GSA Field Camp Excellence Award TRAVEL GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
This US$10,000 award went to the University of Iowa Field
Camp in recognition of its commitment to safety awareness, On To the Future Program
diversity, and technical excellence. Eighteen scholars who were selected for the OTF program in
“We are so honored to be recognized for our excellent technical 2020 deferred their awards until 2021. They joined 58 diverse stu-
merit and dedication to field safety. We will continue to be dedi- dents who were selected to participate as the 2021 cohort at GSA
cated to those aspects while also focusing on increasing the diver- Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
sity and accessibility of our field camp. We would like to earnestly
thank GSA for supporting us in pursuing these goals.” —Emily Northeast Urban Travel Award
Finzel, The University of Iowa Field Camp Six non-traditional students attending urban universities in
GSA’s Northeastern Section were provided financial assistance
Graduate Student Research Grants to attend the 2022 Northeastern Section Meeting.
GSA continued to support graduate-level research by using
funds from GSA, the GSA Foundation, and a three-year (2020– J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarships
2022) award from the National Science Foundation, which is Thirty undergraduate students were each provided US$2,000 to
aimed at supporting GSA’s efforts to increase the level of diversity attend the field camp of their choice. This year, Brunton gifted
among the students who apply for and receive grants. In 2022,

April The sale of the

building took
Penrose place on 5 April.
Conference titled
“The Geological
Fingerprints
of Slow
Earthquakes” on
Santa Catalina
Island, California,
USA, occurred The Joint North-Central & Southeastern
from 1–5 April. Section Meeting, held 7–8 April in
Launched full Cincinnati, Ohio, was a success.
The GSA Foundation's Death Valley Connects 2022
Rendezvous donor trip reconvened. website build.

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