Recognition Awards

One recipient per year in the field of sedimentology.

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.

The Pete Mouginis-Mark Prize in Planetary Volcanology recognizes outstanding undergraduate and graduate student presentations in planetary volcanology.

The purpose of the Fund is to annually honor significant contributions to geology through the application of geophysics and geodynamics by a young scientist of outstanding ability.

The Michael R. Rosen Research Award in Limnogeology supports graduate student research in the field of limnogeology.

The Warren Hamilton Fund supports student field-trip registration for the Warren Hamilton Field Trip during GSA Connects.

Undergraduate field experience is considered by professionals and employers to be a critical geoscience training experience, and yet… Support undergraduate field experience by becoming part of the Petroleum Geoscientists Fund for Undergraduate Field Experience and Research. What is the purpose of the fund? What makes this fund unique? Who will benefit from the fund? Where…

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…

The Young Scientist Award was established in 1988 to be awarded to a young scientist (35 or younger throughout the year in which the award is to be presented) for outstanding achievement in contributing to geologic knowledge through original research that marks a major advance in the earth sciences. 2022 Recipient Kimberly V. Lau, Penn…

The Arthur L. Day Medal was established in 1948 and is awarded to recognize outstanding distinction in the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems, with no restriction to the particular field of geologic research. 2022 Recipient Timothy W. Lyons, University of California