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.
Derek Lichtner, University of Wyoming Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Advisor: Dr. Brandon McElroy, Modulation of Internal Fluvial Dynamics by Climate Events: A Combined Channel Architecture-Floodplain Approach
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. Here the Award is split.
Samantha Bartnik, New Mexico State University, Advisor: Dr. Brian Hampton, Stratigraphic, provenance, and sediment dispersal trends from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous clastic strara of the Sevier foreland basin (Great Plains region), northeastern, New Mexico
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.
Ethan Parrish, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Advisor: Dr. Alan Carroll, Influence of the Paleo-Aspen River on the Sedimentology and Mineralogy on the Green River Formation of the Bridger Basin, WY