Scientific prizes and awards / Earth sciences

Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award

Geological Society of America

Description

In partnership with Subaru and in memory of Doris M. Curtis, GSA makes an annual Outstanding Woman in Science Award as a means to encourage women in the geosciences.

The Woman in Science Award will be awarded to a woman that has impacted the field of the geosciences in a major way based on their Ph.D. research. Women are eligible for the first 3 years following her degree. The 2006 award will be $2,500 and it will be presented at the GSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Doris Curtis was GSA's 103rd President. Her popularity was widespread and she pioneered many new directions for geology, not the least of which was her tenure as GSA President after an unbroken chain of 102 men. Causes dear to Doris were women, public awareness, minorities and education.

Recipients

2005 Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award : Michelle A. Walvoord
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver