The Donald L. Smith Research Grant is offered as a tribute to the late Professor Donald Smith of Montana State University (see AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 1830-1832). This grant offers a $2,000 award to a Ph.D. degree candidate. The award is to be used for research that is directly applicable to better understanding the geology of the Rocky Mountain region.
Haley Thoresen, University of Idaho, Basin record of the initiation of extension and core complex exhumation in western Montana and southeastern Idaho, Advisor: Elizabeth Cassel
Edwin D. McKee Grant is offered as a tribute to the late Edwin McKee who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for over 30 years (see AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 491-493). This grant offers a $2,000 award to Undergraduate or Master's degree candidates. The award is to be used for thesis-related research in sedimentology and/or the application of sedimentology to a better understanding of the geology of the Rocky Mountain region.
Savannah Rice, Colorado School of Mines, The Influence of Pennsylvanian-Triassic Salt Tectonics on Laramide Shortening in Central Colorado: A New Tectonic Model, Advisor: Bruce Trudgill
Fluvial Sedimentology Award is offered in the amount of $2,000 to support Masters or Doctoral level student research in modern or ancient fluvial sedimentology.
Lorraine Carnes, Arizona State University, Identifying the geomorphic influence(s) driving transverse river integration of the Gila River, southeast Arizona, Advisor: Arjun Heimsath