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On To the Future (OTF) Research Grant Alexander Sisson Research Award
Iliansherry Santiago, Northern Illinois University Lena Capece, University of California Santa Barbara
The purpose of this grant is to recognize an excellent student Alex Villa, University of Wisconsin Madison
research proposal and connect the student to GSA’s On To the Family members of Alexander Sisson established a fund in his
Future (OTF) Program. OTF is a grassroots initiative that addresses memory to promote and support research for students pursuing
GSA’s overall strategic commitment to building a diverse geosci- studies in Alaska and the Caribbean.
ence community by engaging groups traditionally underrepresented
in the geosciences. The student chosen for this grant will be invited Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Cascadia Research Award
to participate in the On To the Future program and receive a partial David Bruce, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
travel award, full meeting registration, and be recognized at the The Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Cascadia Research Award Fund pro-
Diversity in the Geosciences Reception at GSA Connects. vides support for field-oriented graduate student research that con-
tributes to the understanding of the geologic processes and history
Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Award of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin or to the evaluation of
Sloane Kennedy, Western Washington University its hazard or resource potential.
Mahinaokalani Robbins, Western Washington University
The Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Fund was established to Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award
provide research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in Alejandro Giraldo Ceron, Penn State University
the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and also Stearns established the Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award in
can fund other geologic research. 1973 for student research on aspects of the geology of the Pacific
Islands and the circum-Pacific region.
Charles A. and June R.P. Ross Research Award
Teresa Avila, The Ohio State University Tim F. Wawrzyniec Research Grant
James Beech, University of Southern California Matt Aleksey, University of Wisconsin Madison
Maddie Gaetano, University of Cincinnati Luke Basler, University of Idaho
Anne Kort, Indiana University Bloomington Carlos Montejo, University of Idaho
Jose Marquez, Stanford University The purpose of the Tim F. Wawrzyniec Fund is to support
Noah Slade, Utah State University graduate and undergraduate student research fieldwork in the
Jordan Todes, University of Chicago Rockies and the Colorado Plateau, with preference for projects
Clark Ward, University of Cincinnati in the following areas: structure, tectonics, paleomagnetism,
The Charles A. and June R.P. Ross Research Fund is awarded to petrology, petroleum geology, and Quaternary geomorphology.
support research projects for graduate students, post-graduate stu-
dents, and post-doctorate researchers in the fields of biostratigra- Lauren A. Wright and Bennie W. Troxel Student Research Award
phy (including, but not limited to, fossil age dating and the study Sofia Marino, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
of evolutionary faunal successions), stratigraphy and stratigraphic The Lauren A. Wright and Bennie W. Troxel Student Research
correlation, paleogeography and paleobiogeography, interpreting Fund supports two graduate students in master’s or Ph.D. pro-
past environments of deposition and their biological significance, grams conducting field-based research (1) in the region broadly
and the integration of these research areas into better global centered on Death Valley National Park or (2) in the western and
understanding of (1) past plate motions (plate tectonics and sea- southern Basin and Range Tectonic Province.
floor spreading); (2) past sea-level events, including their identifi-
cation and ages; and/or (3) climate changes and effects of those Continued, p. 16
climate changes on Earth’s inhabitants through geologic time.

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