Supports graduate student field-based research in surficial geology or physical volcanology of fragmented materials, emphasizing hands-on geologic investigation.
The Tim F. Wawrzyniec Research Award funds student field research in the Rockies and Colorado Plateau, with emphasis on structure, tectonics, paleomagnetism, petrology, petroleum geology, and Quaternary geomorphology.
Supports graduate student field-based research in geochronology through the Geological Society of America's Geochronology Division.
Supports geoscience students conducting fieldwork or research in Nevada's Great Basin, emphasizing environmental and engineering geology, through the Association of Engineering Geologists Foundation.
Supports graduate research on the interaction of structural geology and diagenetic processes in sedimentary rocks to advance understanding of structural diagenesis.