Student Research Awards

The W. Storrs Cole Fund supports research in invertebrate micropaleontology. No Awardee for 2022    

The Arthur D. Howard Award is presented to an outstanding M.S. student, on the basis of a research proposal submitted to the GSA student research grant program by the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. 2022 Recipient Hannah Holtzman, State University of New York at Buffalo; Project title: “Using leaf wax hydrogen isotopes to reconstruct Holocene…

The Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Award provides research scholarships and fellowships for graduate students in the earth sciences or archaeology. 2022 Recipient Tristan Bench, University of Washington; Project title: “Examining the Chronology of the Foothills Erratics Train, Alberta with In-situ Optical Surface Exposure Dating”

The El-Baz Desert Research Award recognizes an outstanding body of work by a young scientist in warm desert research. 2022 Recipient Ronald Amundson, University of California, Berkeley

The Cox Fund supports research grants in geophysics. 2022 Recipient Osadebamwen Ohenhen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Project title: “Mining-induced Subsidence and Its Impact on Landslides in West Virginia”  

The El-Baz grant  is to encourage and support desert studies by students world-wide either in their senior year of their undergraduate studies, or at the Masters or Ph.D. level. 2021 Recipients Mohamed Elhebery, Western Michigan University; Project title: “Origin of mega-streamlined landforms in the Saharan-Arabian Desert” Julianne Scamardo, Colorado State University; Project title: “Watershed-scale connectivity…

The Alexander Sisson Fund was established by family members in his memory to promote and support research for students pursuing studies in Alaska and the Caribbean. 2022 Recipients Lena Capece, University of California Santa Barbara; Project title: “Quantifying the extent of organic matter sulfurization in mangrove sediments of Little Ambergris Cay” Alexandra Villa, University of…

The Mackin Award supports graduate research (Ph.D.) in Quaternary geology or geomorphology. 2025 Recipient Jason Drebber | Colorado School of Mines | Project Title: “Measurements of in-situ 3He, 21Ne, and 14C for production rate calibration of in-situ 14C in olivine.”

The Harold T. Stearns Award supports research on one or more aspects of circum-Pacific geology. 2022 Recipient Luis Giraldo Ceron, Penn State University; Project title: “Did insect herbivore assemblages track Eucalyptus from Eocene Patagonia to modern Australasia?”    

The Black Award funds graduate student field-based research in coastal geomorphology, with a preference for field-based research on coastal processes located in the USA, Puerto Rico, or Canada. 2022 Recipient Pedro Matos-Llavona, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Project title: “Quantifying sediment delivery to reservoirs after Hurricane Maria”