GBGM Student Presentation Awards at GSA 2023

GSA 2023 in Pittsburgh is coming up soon, and we are excited to announce another year of GSA GBGM student awards for outstanding student oral and poster presentations. This is a great opportunity to get to know professionals in your field and show off the fantastic work you’re all doing.

If you are a student presenting research at GSA 2023 this year and you would like to be considered for one of the GSA GBGM student awards, please fill out the following Google Form by October 6th, 2023:

https://forms.gle/ijJcfZZqBf9NNN6g8

Your GSA GBGM student representatives will assemble a team of judges to view your presentations and collect their feedback. We will announce the winners via email shortly after GSA ends. This year’s winners will be recognized during next year’s GSA meeting during our GBGM Division Award Presentation Event & Business Meeting.

If you are a postdoc or faculty member, we are looking for judges for our GBGM student presentation awards this year! Sign up here: https://forms.gle/uaqcnCt3Z8YcJuCr5

We look forward to hearing from everyone and seeing your presentations this year! If you have any questions, feel free to email Zoë Havlena (zoe.havlena@student.nmt.edu) and Lucy Webb (lcwebb@stanford.edu). 

GBGM GSA 2021 Student Presentation Awards!

Attention all student members of GBGM!

GSA 2021 in Portland is coming up soon, and we are excited to announce another year of GSA GBGM student awards for outstanding student oral and poster presentations. This is a great opportunity to get to know professionals in your field and show off the fantastic work you’re all doing.

If you are a student presenting research at GSA 2021 this year, either in person or virtually, and you would like to be considered for one of the GSA GBGM student awards, please fill out the following Google Form before September 10, 2021:

https://forms.gle/9xutpCGFHGaGmVGd8

Your GSA GBGM student representatives will assemble a team of impartial judges to view your presentations and collect their feedback, and we will announce the winners via email shortly after GSA ends. This year’s winners will be recognized during next year’s GSA meeting during our GBGM Division Award Presentation Event & Business Meeting.

We look forward to hearing from everyone and seeing your presentations this year! If you have any questions, feel free to email Zoë Havlena (zoe.havlena@student.nmt.edu) or Alison Cribb (cribb@usc.edu).

GSA Student Opportunities 

Expanding Representation in the Geosciences (ERG) Scholarship

Undergraduate students who are pursuing a degree in the geosciences are encouraged to apply for this opportunity. Six awardees will receive a $1,500 scholarship, one year GSA membership, and full meeting registration to GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon. GSA welcomes applications from students who are marginalized in the geosciences including racially and ethnically diverse communities and individuals with disabilities. Apply by 15 May.
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Send your questions to awards@geosociety.org

On To the Future (OTF) Mentoring and Award Program

"OTF connects me to people now and in the future that I can look to for advice should I encounter any issues, and who will support me as a geologist regardless of who I am."

- Jazzy Graham-Davis, 2019 OTF participant

The OTF program offers partial travel funding, full meeting registration, one-year membership, and mentoring at the GSA 2021 Connects meeting in Portland, Oregon. Apply by 28 May. GSA welcomes full participation of students and early career professionals who are underserved in the geosciences. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals from racially and ethnically diverse communities, individuals with disabilities, individuals from the LGBTQ+ communities, first generation, low-income, women, veterans, and individuals who experience intersectionality with one or more of these identities.

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Student Research Awards

Hello members of the GBGM,

The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is offering the following student research awards. 

Dutro Award

In recognition of the importance of basic systematic research to the science of paleontology, the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is once again proud to be able to offer support to a deserving graduate student for research in systematic paleontology.

This award of $500 is available to any student enrolled in an advanced degree program (Masters or Ph.D.) who is pursuing research in any area of systematic paleontology. Acceptable costs are research supplies, bench fees, and/or travel in support of fieldwork, museum visits, or to present research at a scientific meeting.

A brief description of the student's research project (two-page maximum, including a simple budget of how the funds will be used, references, any images, etc.) should be emailed to studentaward@priweb.org by the application deadline of March 1, 2020; please include "DUTRO AWARD" in the subject line. The student's primary research advisor must email a separate letter of recommendation in support of the project to studentaward@priweb.org, also by March 1.

John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program

The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) invites applications from undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers for the 2020 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program to support collections based research in any field of paleontology. The program awards grants of up to $500 to visit PRI’s collections.

This grant honors John W. Wells (1907 – 1994), past President of the PRI Board of Trustees, a long-time geology faculty member at Cornell University, and one of the world’s leading authorities on fossil and living corals.

PRI houses one of the largest collections of invertebrate fossils in North America, with particular strengths in Cenozoic mollusks from the Western Hemisphere, and marine invertebrates of the northeastern U.S., especially the Devonian of central New York.

 Applications should include a brief (one page) description of the research project, a budget justification and a letter of recommendation. Application deadline is February 15, 2020.

 Please e-mail your application material to Dr. Gregory P. Dietl, Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates at gpd3@cornell.edu.

Undergraduate Student funds for GSA through PaleoSoc

The Paleontological Society seeks to support undergraduate students interested in a career in paleontology who plan to attend the 2019 Geological Society of America meeting in Phoenix, Arizona (Sept 21-25, 2019). A limited number of grants are available to offset travel costs: $1,000 if the undergraduate is presenting original research at GSA and $500 if the undergraduate is just attending the meeting.

In addition to travel support, students will participate in mentoring opportunities with professional paleontologists and graduate students while at the meeting and receive a free 1‐year student membership to the Paleontological Society

In exchange, PS‐SAP students will be expected to volunteer at the PS booth for at least 5 hours during the meeting, and to use social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, Twitter) to communicate to the Society about their experience at the meeting. In this way, students will serve as “ambassadors” for the Society.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled as an undergraduate student at an institution of higher education, have a stated interest in learning more about careers in paleontology, and be willing to use social media to promote PS activities at the conference. Students with diverse backgrounds (including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, accessibility, first-generation college, etc.) are encouraged to apply.

All documents must be received by Thursday, August 1, 2019.
For more info, please see: https://paleosoc.org/students/paleontological-society-student-ambassador-program/

Paleontological Society Student Ambassador Program
The Paleontological Society is pleased to report that nearly 650 registrants from 34 countries, including 200 students, are planning to attend the 11th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC), which will start this Sunday, June 23 and run through Thursday, June 27.

Summer Internship at Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park is hosting a Natural Resource Interpretive Assistant summer internship through the NPS Mosaics in Science program. The deadline for applications is February 3, 2019.
The Mosaics in Science Program is focused on persons that are under-represented in STEM fields. Students and recent graduates that are African American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American are encouraged to apply for these internships. In order to be eligible for a MIS intern position, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent legal resident (“green-card-holder”) between the ages of 18 and 35 years old. A Mosaics Intern within the Mosaics in Science Diversity Program is an entry-level natural resource science internship that focuses on career exploration and building fundamental natural resource science skills. Each Mosaics Intern will receive a weekly stipend of $400, park-provided housing or a housing allowance and paid travel expenses. Interns who successfully complete 640 hours of work in one or more eligible internships and are under the age of 30 will be eligible for the Public Land Corps Non-competitive Hiring Authority for two years following the completion of the internship. Successful completion of a Mosaics in Science internship does not guarantee that the participant will be hired into a federal position. 

Position Description: The Natural Resource Interpretive Assistant will primarily develop wayside content for a geology-themed loop drive in the park. The participant will receive adequate training in Foundations of 21st Century interpretation techniques to effectively communicate the geology of the park to visitors. The park is an ideal place to interpret geologic history, paleontology, evolution, past climate change, and tectonics. The participant can, therefore, expect to do extensive research on the geology and paleontology of the park utilizing academic journal articles and textbooks. The participant may also work on other interpretive media related to geologic resources of the park, such as written brochures, temporary exhibits, and/or outdoor signs/displays. In addition, the participant may develop curriculum-based learning materials. This position is offered through the National Park Service's Mosaics in Science Internship Program in partnership with Environment for the Americas and Greening Youth Foundation.

More info can be found here: https://www.mosaicsinscience.org/job/pollinator-steward/. 

Posted on behalf of the park's Education Specialist Ricardo Escobar (ricardo_escobar@nps.gov).

Paleontological Society Undergraduate Ambassador

The Paleontological Society seeks to support undergraduate students interested in a career in paleontology who plan to attend the 2018 Geological Society of America meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana (Nov 3-7, 2018)

A limited number of grants are available to offset travel costs: $1,000 if the undergraduate is presenting original research at GSA and $500 if the undergraduate is just attending the meeting.

In addition to travel support, students will participate in mentoring opportunities with professional paleontologists and graduate students while at the meeting and receive a free 1‐year student membership to the Paleontological Society

In exchange, PS‐SAP students will be expected to volunteer at the PS booth for at least 5 hours during the meeting, and to use social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, Twitter) to communicate to the Society about their experience at the meeting. In this way, students will serve as “ambassadors” for the Society.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled as an undergraduate student at an institution of higher education, have a stated interest in learning more about careers in paleontology, and be willing to use social media to promote PS activities at the conference. Student with diverse backgrounds (including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, accessibility, first-generation college, etc.) are encouraged to apply.

All documents must be received by Friday, August 10, 2018.

For more info, please see:

https://paleosoc.org/students/paleontological-society-student-ambassador-program/

Summer Fellowship (Paleontology Collection), Indiana University, Bloomington

A competitive fellowship to support two weeks of summer research in the Indiana University Paleontology Collection is available through the IU Institute for Advanced Study (http://ias.indiana.edu/fellows/summer-research-fellowship/) The IU Paleontology Collection contains 1.3 million fossils with specialties in mid Paleozoic macroinvertebrates (http://www.indiana.edu/~palcoll/). Deadline for applications is March 23, 2018.
The Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study is now accepting applications for its 2018 Summer Repository Research Fellowship. In partnership with repositories on the IU Bloomington campus and supported by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the program funds a short-term fellowship for a faculty member or community scholar to conduct in-depth research in the collections of one or more of our partner repositories. Applicants from Minority Serving Institutions, community colleges, and source communities are welcome. Preference will be given to applicants who are collaborating with Indiana University Bloomington faculty members.

This initiative is intended to support research in the rich collections of the IU Bloomington campus and to build partnerships between scholars at and beyond IUB. The fellowship provides funding for travel costs, accommodation, per diem, and a two-week stipend. Please note: This fellowship is intended to support research in IU Bloomington’s unique collections; the application should focus on materials that cannot be accessed elsewhere.

Summer 2018 partner repositories include the Archives of African American Music and Culture, the Archives of Traditional Music, the IU Archives, the Black Film Center/Archive, the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, the Indiana Geological Survey, the IU Herbarium, the Kinsey Institute, the IU Libraries, the IU Paleontology Collection, the Jerome Hall Law Library, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, the Lilly Library, the Sage Collection, and the Wylie House Museum. Applications are due by March 23, 2018. For application materials and additional information, please visit our website at http://ias.indiana.edu/.

Projects focusing on items that can be purchased, borrowed through interlibrary loan, or utilized effectively from a distance via digital surrogates are not within the scope of this program.

Invertebrate Paleontology Summer Internship - AMNH (applications due March 16th)

The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History is offering a small number of full-time, 8-week internships for graduate or undergraduate students in geology, invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields (June 11, 2018 start). The interns will participate in an IMLS-funded project to curate the Mapes collection in the Invertebrate Paleontology department at AMNH.

A description of the Mapes collection at the AMNH can be found here:

http://www.amnh.org/our-research/paleontology/collections/fossil-invertebrates/royal-mapes-collection

A summary of the IMLS-funded project to curate the Mapes collection can be found here:

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ma-30-15-0491-15

The interns will work with collection management staff to rehouse, conserve, catalog and database specimens. A stipend will be provided as support over the internship period.

Required Qualifications: 

Applicants should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree course, or about to apply to a graduate course in invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields. Ability to work with paleontological research collections, ability to perform tasks requiring physical strength and high manual dexterity, proficiency in the use of Mac and PC based software, good organizational, excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work independently. Experience working in museum collections a plus.

Interested parties should apply online:

pa495.peopleadmin.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=52732

Applications must be received no later than March 16, 2018. Applications cannot be accepted via email or snail mail. Due to the high volume of applications, we cannot respond to email inquiries about application status. Applicants will only receive notification if they qualify for an interview.

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world's cultures.

The American Museum of Natural History is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Museum does not discriminate due to age, sex, religion, race, color, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other factor prohibited by law. Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. Please be advised that due to the high volume of applicants, we are only able to contact those candidates whose skills and background best fit the needs of the open position.

NHMLA Collections Study Awards

The next deadline for submissions for NHM Los Angeles Collections Study Awards is coming up on Sunday, October 1st. Details of the award, including eligibility guidelines, review criteria, and the application can be found here: https://nhm.org/site/research-collections/grants

Awards are made in either partial or full support of travel, lodging, and incidental costs while visiting the NHM collections. Individual award amounts can vary, but typically range from $500-$1000, with a maximum of $1500. Prospective applicants should also be reaching out to relevant curators and collections managers (see below) about their proposed collections work prior to submitting an application.

Invertebrate Paleontology - Austin Hendy (ahendy@nhm.org)
Vertebrate Paleontology - Sam McLeod (smcleod@nhm.org)
La Brea Tarpits - Aisling Farrell (afarrell@tarpits.org), Gary Takeuchi (gtakeuch@tarpits.org)

Types of projects funded in the past include the collection-based biodiversity, morphologic, and paleoecologic, and taxonomic investigations.

Grad/Undergrad internship at the AMNH

The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History is offering 1 part-time (18 hours per week), 1-year internship for a graduate or undergraduate student in geology, invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields (~October 30, 2017 start). The intern will participate in an NSF-funded project to image and geo-reference specimens in the Invertebrate Paleontology department at AMNH. A summary of the NSF-funded project can be found here.

The intern will work with collection management staff to curate, image, geo-reference, catalog, and database specimens. A stipend will be provided as support over the internship period.

Required Qualifications:
Applicants should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree course, or be a recent graduate of a degree course in invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields. Ability to work with paleontological research collections, ability to perform tasks requiring physical strength and high manual dexterity, proficiency in the use of Mac and PC based software, good organizational, excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work independently. Experience working in museum collections a plus.

Interested parties should apply online:
careers.amnh.org/applicants/Central?quickFind=52586

Applications must be received no later than October 9, 2017

PaleoSoc student ambassador program

The Paleontological Society seeks to support undergraduate students interested in a career in paleontology who plan to attend the 2017 Geological Society of America meeting in Seattle, Washington (Oct 22-25, 2017).

A limited number of grants are available to offset travel costs: $1,000 if the undergraduate is presenting original research at GSA and $500 if the undergraduate is just attending the meeting. In addition to travel support, students will participate in mentoring opportunities with professional paleontologists and graduate students while at the meeting and receive a free 1‐year student membership to the Paleontological Society

In exchange, PS‐SAP students will be expected to volunteer at the PS booth for at least 5 hours during the meeting, and to use social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, Twitter) to communicate to the Society about their experience at the meeting. In this way, students will serve as “ambassadors” for the Society.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled as an undergraduate student at an institution of higher education and have a stated interest in learning more about careers in paleontology.

All documents must be received by Thursday, July 20, 2017.

For more info, please see: http://paleosoc.org/students/paleontological-society-student-ambassador-program/

GSA GBGM student presentation award winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the second annual GSA GBGM student presentation awards. We were all truly blown away by both the quality and sheer diversity of research conducted by our student members. It was an extraordinary experience for many of us, scurrying between back-to-back talks on topics as disparate as biogeochemical cycling, mass extinctions, using goats to manage invasive plants, soft tissue preservation in the fossil record, the early evolution of complex life.From amongst all of these, we've identified some outstanding research that we thought we should recognize with student presentation awards. This was not an easy decision and a very competitive field of great talks and posters. Because there were so many excellent presentations (and only 4 awards to give out), we've also highlighted some honorable mentions. Without further ado: Oral presentations Winners: Amanda Godbold: 'The refugia concept following the End-Permian mass extinction'Ross Anderson: 'Sediment composition of Burgess Shale type Lagerstätten: Implications for soft-tissue preservation' Honorable mentions: Amanda Garcia: 'Reconstructed ancestral enzymes suggest that Earth's photic-zone temperature markedly decreased over geologic time'Joshua Zimmt: 'Revisiting growth increment counting as a method for biologically aging Crassostrea virginica from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic' Poster presentations Winners: Natalia Bykova: 'Ediacaran macroalgae and the early evolution of animals'Dylan Wilmeth: 'Methanotrophy in 2.7 Ga South African Lakes' Honorable mentions: Amanda Facciol: 'A novel experimental instrument for the study of tissue decay and exceptional preservation'Elizabeth Clark: 'Soft tissue preservation in Paleozoic Ophiuroids: novel insights through 3D imaging' As per last year, we'll be handing out prizes at the GBGM awards luncheon next year, shortly after we announce our faculty awards. We'd like to thank all of the students who contacted us and put their names forward for consideration...it was a real privilege to see and hear about the work you've all been doing, and we encourage you to enter again next year. Recognizing the excellent work of our members is the most important aspect of the GBGM Division. It is wonderful to see the diversity of the student population of GSA GBGM and there is a bright future ahead for this group.

AMNH Internship (Grad or Undergrad)

The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History is offering 1 part-time (18 hours per week), 1-year internship for a graduate or undergraduate student in geology, invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields (November 7, 2016 start). The intern will participate in an NSF-funded project to image and geo-reference specimens in the Invertebrate Paleontology department at AMNH. A summary of the NSF-funded project can be found here:

The intern will work with collection management staff to curate, image, geo-reference, catalog, and database specimens. A stipend will be provided as support over the internship period.

Required Qualifications: Applicants should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree course, or be a recent graduate of a degree course in invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields. Ability to work with paleontological research collections, ability to perform tasks requiring physical strength and high manual dexterity, proficiency in the use of Mac and PC based software, good organizational, excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work independently. Experience working in museum collections a plus.

Interested parties should apply online:careers.amnh.org/applicants/Central?quickFind=52189
Applications must be received no later than October 21, 2016.

GSA Lunch and Awards 2016

Hello GBGM division!

Please join us at GSA this year for the Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Award Presentation Event & Business Meeting on Monday, 26 September 2016 (12:00 - 1:30 pm) in the Hyatt Regency Denver, Capitol Ballroom. 

Also, for students presenting research at GSA, we will be continuing our tradition of awarding prizes for the best poster and talk at GSA. To be considered for this award, please email Selva Marroquin or Anna Weiss with the following information by Wednesday September 21st:
     1. Your name
     2. Talk or Poster
     3. Session
     4. Date and Time
     5. Room number

See you in Denver!
Marc, Simon, Jim, Vicky, and Rowan

Paleontology Summer Internships AMNH

The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History is offering a small number of full-time, 8-week internships for graduate or undergraduate students in geology, invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields (June 27, 2016 start). The interns will participate in an IMLS-funded project to curate the Mapes collection in the Invertebrate Paleontology department at AMNH.

The interns will work with collection management staff to rehouse, conserve, catalog and database specimens. A stipend will be provided as support over the internship period. Applicants should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree course, or about to apply to a graduate course in invertebrate paleontology, life sciences, museum studies, or related fields. Ability to work with paleontological research collections, ability to perform tasks requiring physical strength and high manual dexterity, proficiency in the use of Mac and PC based software, good organizational, excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work independently. Experience working in museum collections a plus.

Applications must be received no later than April 1, 2016. Interested parties should apply online:
careers.amnh.org/applicants/Central?quickFind=51978
Due to the high volume of applications, we cannot respond to email inquiries about application status. Applicants will only receive notification if they qualify for an interview.

A description of the Mapes collection at the AMNH can be found here:
http://www.amnh.org/our-research/paleontology/collections/fossil-invertebrates/royal-mapes-collection. A summary of the IMLS-funded project to curate the Mapes collection can be found here:

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ma-30-15-0491-15