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History and Philosophy of Geology Student Award PLANETARY GEOLOGY DIVISION
Nominations due 15 June
Submit nominations to the Division’s secretary/treasurer. Shoemaker Award
The Division provides a student award in the amount of US$1000 Nominations due 19 Aug.
for a paper to be given at the GSA annual meeting. The proposed This award is for undergraduate or graduate students, of any
paper may be (1) a paper in the history or philosophy of geology; nationality, working in any country, in the disciplines of geology,
(2) a literature review of ideas for a technical work or thesis/disser- geophysics, geochemistry, astronomy, or biology. The award,
tation; or (3) some imaginative aspect of the history or philosophy which will include US$2500, is to be applied to the study of
of geology we have not thought of before. Award funds are adminis- impact craters, either on Earth or on the other solid bodies in the
.
tered by the GSA Foundation. https://community.geosociety org/ solar system. https://community.geosociety.org/pgd/awards/
histphildiv/awards/student shoemaker
LIMNOGEOLOGY DIVISION Ronald Greeley Award for Distinguished Service
Nominations due 30 June
Israel C. Russell Award This award goes to those who have rendered exceptional service
Nominations due 15 Mar. to the Planetary Geology Division (PGD) for a multi-year period.
Submit nominations to the Division treasurer, David Finkelstein. Nominations may be made by any PGD member to the manage-
This award recognizes major achievements in limnogeology ment board. https://community.geosociety.org/pgd/awards/
through contributions in research, teaching, and service. https:// greeley
community.geosociety.org/limnogeologydivision/awards/russell
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND
Kerry Kelts Research Award GEOMORPHOLOGY DIVISION
Nominations due 30 June
Submit nominations to the Division chair. Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research
This award is for undergraduate or graduate student research Nominations due 1 Apr.
related to limnogeology, limnology, or paleolimnology. Submit nominations to Anne Chin (anne.chin@ucdenver.edu).
https://community.geosociety.org/limnogeologydivision/ This award recognizes excellence in desert geomorphology
awards/kerrykelts research worldwide. It is intended to stimulate research in desert
environments by acknowledging an individual whose research
MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROLOGY, has significantly advanced the understanding of the Quaternary
AND VOLCANOLOGY (MGPV) DIVISION geology and geomorphology of deserts. https://community
.geosociety.org/qggdivision/awards/el-baz
MGPV awards emphasize achievements in geologic and multidis-
ciplinary approaches. Geologic work is by nature generalistic and Distinguished Career Award
has an important field component, with Earth as the natural labora- Nominations due 1 Apr.
tory. More information is online at https://community.geosociety This award goes to a Quaternary geologist or geomorphologist
.org/mgpvdivision/home. who has demonstrated excellence in their contributions to science.
https://community.geosociety.org/qggdivision/awards/
MGPV Distinguished Geologic Career Award distinguished-career
Nominations due 31 Mar.
This award recognizes distinguished contributions over the course SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY DIVISION
of a career in one or more of the following fields of research: mineral-
ogy, geochemistry, petrology, volcanology, with emphasis on multi- Laurence L. Sloss Award for Sedimentary Geology
.
disciplinary, field-based work. https://community.geosociety org/ Nominations due 15 Feb.
mgpvdivision/awards/dgca This award recognizes a sedimentary geologist whose lifetime
achievements best exemplify those of Larry Sloss—i.e., achievements
MGPV Early Career Award that contribute widely to the field of sedimentary geology and service
Nominations due 31 Mar. to GSA. Award funds are administered by the GSA Foundation.
This award recognizes distinguished contributions by an indi- https://community.geosociety.org/sedimentarygeologydiv/awards/
vidual near the beginning of his/her professional career in one or sloss
more of the following fields of research: mineralogy, geochemis-
try, petrology, volcanology, with emphasis on multidisciplinary, Sedimentary Geology Division and Structural
field-based contributions. Nominations are restricted to those who Geology and Tectonics Division Joint Award:
are within eight years past the award of their final degree. https:// Stephen E. Laubach Structural Diagenesis Research
community.geosociety.org/mgpvdivision/awards/earlycareer Award
Nominations due 1 Apr.
This award promotes research combining structural geology and
diagenesis and curriculum development in structural diagenesis.
The award highlights the growing need to break down disciplinary
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