Congratulations to the 2022 RMS-SEPM scholarship winners!
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.
Christopher Matson, Colorado School of Mines, The timing and influence of massive volcanism to Ocean Anoxic Event 2 in the Western Interior Sea, Dr. Stephen Sonnenberg
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.
Ethan Schneider, New Mexico State University, Constraining the Oligo-Miocene transition from endorheic (closed basin) rift sedimentation during the earliest stages of the ancestral Rio Grande river south-central New Mexico, Advisor: Dr. Brian Hampton
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.
Nick Ferry, University of Kansas, Evaluating the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation for Aggradational vs. Degradational Cycles using Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Provenance, Southeastern Utah
Advisor: Dr. Mike Blum