The Dillon Award supports field-based studies dealing with the structural and tectonic development of Alaska, and studies that include some aspect of geochronology (either paleontologic or radiometric) to provide new age control for significant rock units in Alaska. 2022 Recipient Alec Lockett, University of Iowa; Project title: “Constraining the age and tectonic setting of unnamed…
The Hess Fund supports student research involving any aspect of cave and karst studies aimed at providing improved understanding of how caves and karst work, including how these resources can be better managed. 2022 Recipient Hanna Leapaldt, The Pennsylvania State University; Project title: “Microbial and Carbonate Biogeochemistry of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Zones”
The Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-Billings Fund for Research in New England Geology funds fieldwork-based proposals focusing on New England and adjacent regions of Canada and New York. Successful proposals emphasize field research that leads to geologic mapping and related spatial analysis; purely sampling or laboratory-based proposals are generally not funded. No Awardee for…
The Kelts Award fund provides support for undergraduate or graduate student research in limnology. In 2026, a significant contribution to this fund was made in honor of Michael R. Rosen. 2022 Recipient Hailey K. Sinon, University of Pittsburgh
The Terman Fund promotes and supports The East Asia Geoscience and Environmental Research (EAGER) project that supports geoscience and environmental research in the member countries of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programs in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP).
The Schumm Fund supports student research in fluvial geomorphology. 2022 Recipient Mickey Means-Brous, Colorado State University; Project title: “Geomorphic influences on salmonid recolonization in a post-fire environment”
The Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Fund provides support for field-oriented graduate student research contributing to the understanding of geologic processes and history of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin, or evaluation of its hazard or resource potential. 2022 Recipient David Bruce, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Project title: “Diatom-Based Quantification of Coseismic Land-Level Change from…
The Roy J. Shlemon Award fund supports graduate students with the best research proposals within the broad field of environmental and engineering geology. 2022 Recipient Cissy Ming, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Project title: “Geochemical drivers of Mn removal under hypolimnetic oxygenation of Roanoke, VA drinking water reservoirs”
The Eugene M. and Carolyn S. Shoemaker Memorial Fund for Crater Studies provides research grants for the study of impact craters, either on Earth or on the other solid bodies in our solar system. 2020 Recipient Hiu Ching Jupiter Cheng, University of Georgia
The Tim Wawrzyniec Fund honors the life and contributions of Tim Wawrzyniec and supports graduate and undergraduate student research field work in the Rockies and the Colorado Plateau, with preference for projects in the following areas; structure, tectonics, paleomagnetism, petrology, petroleum geology, and Quaternary geomorphology. 2022 Recipients Matthew Aleksey, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Project…