The purpose of the Fund is to support graduate student research in the fields of fluvial geomorphology, paleoflood hydrology, or planetary geomorphology.
Gary Fuis and Stacey Andrews Fund
The Gary Fuis and Stacey Andrews Fund’s purpose is to support graduate student research grants for research, including both geology and geophysics.
Claude C. Albritton Memorial Research Grant
The Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Award provides research scholarships and fellowships for graduate students in the earth sciences or archaeology. 2022 Recipient Tristan Bench, University of Washington; Project title: “Examining the Chronology of the Foothills Erratics Train, Alberta with In-situ Optical Surface Exposure Dating”
Peter Birkeland Soil Geomorphology Award
The Peter Birkeland Soil Geomorphology Award supports research grants to students in the field of soil geomorphology. 2022 Recipient Nora Vaughan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Project title: “Factors Controlling Holocene Piedmont Hillslope Processes”
Marland Pratt Billings and Katherine Fowler-Billings Research Award
The Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-Billings Fund for Research in New England Geology funds fieldwork-based proposals focusing on New England and adjacent regions of Canada and New York. Successful proposals emphasize field research that leads to geologic mapping and related spatial analysis; purely sampling or laboratory-based proposals are generally not funded. No Awardee for […]
John A. Black Research Award
The Black Award funds graduate student field-based research in coastal geomorphology, with a preference for field-based research on coastal processes located in the USA, Puerto Rico, or Canada. 2022 Recipient Pedro Matos-Llavona, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Project title: “Quantifying sediment delivery to reservoirs after Hurricane Maria”
Gretchen L. Blechschmidt Research Fund
The Blechschmidt Fund supports women in the geological sciences who have an interest in achieving a Ph.D. in the fields of biostratigraphy and/or paleoceanography, sequence stratigraphy analysis, particularly in conjunction with research in deep-sea sedimentology, and a career in academic research. 2022 Recipient Catherine Nield, University of Cincinnati; Project title: “Late glacial climate in central […]
Ian S.E. Carmichael Research Award
The Ian S.E. Carmichael Fund supports graduate student research and related activities in the fields of igneous petrology and volcanology. 2022 Recipient Ami Ward, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Project title: “Investigating Post-Magmatic Alteration of Plutons through in situ B Isotope Analysis of the Late Cretaceous Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, CA”
Donald R. Coates Geomorphology Student Research Fund
The Donald Coates Geomorphology Student Research Award is intended to recognize “individuals who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color as well as all other groups that are underrepresented in the geosciences.” 2022 Recipient Cameron Reed, The University of New Mexico; Project title: “Bedrock Incision History of the Rio Grande and Pecos River Systems of […]
Storrs Cole Memorial Research Award
The W. Storrs Cole Fund supports research in invertebrate micropaleontology. No Awardee for 2022