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”
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.
The LaMoreaux International Lecture Fund supports international travel for the Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss lecturer.
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”
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
The Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award provides support for outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary field of archaeological geology. 2022 Recipient David K. Wright, University of Oslo
The Reed Fund supports research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and also can fund other geologic research. 2022 Recipients Sloane Kennedy, Western Washington University; Project title: “Exploring a possible link between magma evolution and eruption behavior: Evidence from the 400 B.P. eruption at Augustine Volcano,…
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”
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…
The Gladys W. Cole Award supports research in the geomorphology of semi-arid and arid terrains in the United States and Mexico. No awardee for 2022