The Dreiss Fund, in conjunction with the Birdsall Fund, supports the Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer Series. 2022 Recipient Abraham Springer, Northern Arizona University
Stephen E. Dwornik Planetary Geoscience Student Award
The Dwornik Award recognizes the best paper or poster presented at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Applicants may be U.S citizens or international students studying in the United States. 2022 Recipient Matthew Jones, Brown University; Project title: “Impact-Catalyzed Formation of the Lunar Compositional Asymmetry”
John C. Frye Memorial Award in Environmental Geology
The John C. Frye Memorial Award in Environmental Geology is given In cooperation with the American Association of State Geologists for the best environmental geology paper published each year either by GSA or by one of the state geological surveys. 2022 Recipient David J Hart and Anna C. Fehling, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History; Project […]
Warren Hamilton Field Trips at GSA Annual Meetings
The Warren Hamilton Fund supports student field-trip registration for the Warren Hamilton Field Trip during GSA Connects.
Halbouty Distinguished Lecturer Fund
The Michel T. Halbouty Distinguished Lecturer Fund provides an honorarium for the Halbouty Distinguished Lecturer at GSA Connects. 2020 Recipient Tom Gleeson, “Is Groundwater a Local and Global Resource? New Sustainability Ideas and Tools across Scales”
Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer Award
The Jahns Distinguished Lecturer promotes student awareness of engineering geology through a lecture series supported by this award. 2022 Recipient Vincent S. Cronin, Baylor University
Kohout Early Career Award
The Kohout Award recognizes outstanding early-career achievement contributing to the hydrogeologic profession through original research and service, and for the demonstrated potential for continued excellence throughout their career. 2022 Recipient Sam Zipper, Kansas Geological Survey
LaMoreaux International Lecture Fund
The LaMoreaux International Lecture Fund supports international travel for the Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss lecturer.
Marie Morisawa Award
The Morisawa Award supports promising women M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students pursuing a career in geomorphology. 2022 Recipient Hannah Richardson, Boise State University; Project title: “Off-glacier stream source water contribution variation in the Wolverine Glacier Watershed, Alaska”
Petroleum Geoscientists Fund for Undergraduate Field Experience and Research
Undergraduate field experience is considered by professionals and employers to be a critical geoscience training experience, and yet… Only 40% of 2016 geoscience bachelor’s candidates participated in field camp; attendance continues to decrease. Rising field camp costs are increasingly prohibitive to students. Corporate funding for field camp scholarships and student research has dramatically shrunk in […]