This fund provides an annual award to a scientist who is no older than 40 years of age at the time of selection based on excellence in research and publication. The award will cover any research within the scope of Soils and Soil Processes Division, including, but not limited to, pedogenesis, paleosols, ichnology, paleontology, astropedology, […]
Roscoe G. Jackson II Award
One recipient per year in the field of sedimentology.
Robert K. Fahnestock Award
The Robert K. Fahnestock Award honors the memory of Dr. Fahnestock, a former member of the Research Grants Committee, who died indirectly as a result of service on the committee. The grant is awarded for the best proposal in sediment transport or related aspects of fluvial geomorphology, Dr. Fahnestock’s field.
Peter W. Birkeland Distinguished Career Award
The purpose of the Fund is to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the general field of soil or paleosol (buried or fossilized soil) science
Donald L. Biggs Memorial Education Award
The Biggs Award recognizes innovative and effective teaching of earth science among early career faculty. 2022 Recipient Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University
John M. Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer Fund
The Birdsall Fund, in combination with the Shirley J. Dreiss Memorial Fund, supports the Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture Series on hydrogeology. 2022 Recipient Dr. Kenneth Belitz, USGS; Project titles: “The Quality of Groundwater Used for Public Supply in the Continental United States,” and “Old Problems, New Approach: Applications of Ensemble-Tree Machine Learning to Hydrogeology”
Randolph W. and Cecile T. Bromery Award
The Bromery Award recognizes any member of a minority, preferably African Americans, who has made significant contributions to research in the geological sciences, or those who have been instrumental in opening the geoscience field to minorities. 2022 Recipient Frederic Henley Wilson, USGS
Kirk Bryan Award
The Kirk Bryan Award recognizes the author or authors of a published paper of distinction advancing the science of geomorphology or related field, such as Pleistocene Quaternary geology. 2022 Recipient Timothy Beach, The University of Texas; Project title: 2019. Ancient Maya wetland fields revealed under tropical forest canopy from laser scanning and multiproxy evidence: Proceedings […]
Gilbert H. Cady Award
The Gilbert H. Cady Award is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of coal geology. Coal geology refers to the field of knowledge concerning the origin, occurrence, relationships and geologic characteristics of the many varieties of coal and associate rocks, including economic implications. 2022 Recipient Susan M. Rimmer, Southern Illinois […]
Bruce R. and Karen H. Clark Fund Supporting Geoscience Communication
The Bruce R. and Karen H. Clark Fund will be used to bring about an improved level of understanding between the members of GSA and the non-scientific community.