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 Doris M. Curtis Award recognizes a woman who has impacted the field of the geosciences in a major way based on their Ph.D. research. 2022 Recipient Annie Bauer, University of Wisconsin
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
The Biggs Award recognizes innovative and effective teaching of earth science among early career faculty. 2022 Recipient Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University
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”
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
The Dreiss Fund, in conjunction with the Birdsall Fund, supports the Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer Series. 2022 Recipient Abraham Springer, Northern Arizona University
The James B. Thompson, Jr., Fund was established through a generous bequest from the estate of Dr. James B. Thompson, Jr. Income from the fund provides for a range of research grants, specialty meeting start-up funds, distinguished international lecture tours, and support of the MGPV Division. 2021 Recipients Haley Olson, Harvard University; Project title: “Using…