The GSA Geology and Society Division’s Best Student Paper Award honors outstanding graduate research presented at the annual meeting that addresses the intersection of geoscience and societal issues.
Supports outstanding graduate student research projects in sedimentary geology through supplemental funding from the Geological Society of America’s Sedimentary Geology Division.
The GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Student Presentation Awards honor outstanding graduate research presentations exploring the interplay between biological and geological processes.
The GSA Energy Geology Division Best Paper Award honors the top graduate student research paper presented in energy geology sessions at the GSA annual meeting.
The Robert D. Hatcher Research Award funds graduate student field-based earth sciences research and geologic mapping, with preference for Appalachian orogeny studies but open to all regions.