The Blechschmidt Fund supports women in the geological sciences who have an interest in achieving a Ph.D. in the fields of biostratigraphy and/or paleoceanography, sequence stratigraphy analysis, particularly in conjunction with research in deep-sea sedimentology, and a career in academic research.
2022 Recipient
Catherine Nield, University of Cincinnati; Project title: “Late glacial climate in central Alaska as inferred from land snail shells preserved in permafrost soils”