The Michele Aldrich History and Philosophy of Geology Student Research Award Fund supports research grants through the History and Philosophy of Geology Division for students who conduct historical research within the geosciences. Preference will be given first to doctoral, then master’s level students. Graduates who received their Ph.D. in the previous five years may also […]
Robert D. Hatcher Award
Dr. Thomas C. Winter Graduate Student Research Award
Ben van der Pluijm Graduate Student Research Grant Award.
The purpose of the Fund is to support graduate student research in the fields of structural geology and tectonics.
Victor R. Baker Graduate Student Research Grant Award
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”