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2019 Specialized Awards

Sponsored by the GSA Foundation

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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