Recognition Awards

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 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