Mineralogical Society of America, Founded December 30, 1919
revised 03/28/2022
The Mineralogical Society of America Award is intended to recognize outstanding published contributions to the science of mineralogy by relatively young individuals or individuals near the beginning of their professional careers. The work must have been accomplished either [1] before reaching the age of 35 or [2] within 7 years of the awarding of the terminal degree. If the former, the candidate must be 36 years old or younger on January 1 of the year the award is decided. If the latter, the award must be decided prior to December 31 of the seventh year past the terminal degree. These time limits are exceptionally extended by 18 months for the 2023 award, in recognition of delays to research caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This extended time limit can be further extended for up to two years based on circumstances which have interrupted the nominee's career; such an extension should be discussed with and approved by the Committee Chair. Mineralogy is broadly defined and the candidate need not qualify as a mineralogist. Rather, her/his published record should be related to the mineralogical sciences and should make some outstanding contribution to them. Nationality or place of employment shall not be considered; however, current members of MSA Council are not eligible to be considered for the award.
The recipient of the MSA Award receives a certificate, is made a Life Fellow of the Society, and gives a scientific presentation which is published in American Mineralogist.
With Links to the Presentation (P) and Acceptance (A) Articles
1951 Orville F. Tuttle P, A 1952 Frederick H. Stewart P, A 1953 L.H. Ahrens 1954 Hatten S. Yoder, Jr. 1955 Julian R. Goldsmith 1956 George C. Kennedy 1957 Rustum Roy 1958 Charles E. Weaver 1959 Harry F.W. Taylor 1960 Donald L. Graf 1961 Joseph V. Smith 1962 Douglas S. Coombs 1963 Nobuo Morimoto 1964 William S. Fyfe 1965 Peter J. Wyllie 1966 David B. Stewart 1967 Alfred E. Ringwood 1968 Barclay Kamb 1969 W. Gary Ernst 1970 Bernard W. Evans 1971 Robert A. Berner 1972 Arthur L. Boettcher 1973 Paul Brian Moore |
1974 James J. Papike 1975 Roger G. Burns 1976 Friedrich A. Seifert 1977 J.G. Liou 1978 J. Stephen Huebner 1979 Ho-Kwang Mao 1980 Susan Werner Kieffer 1981 Alexandra Navrotsky 1982 Robert M. Hazen 1983 David R. Veblen 1984 Bernard J. Wood 1985 John M. Ferry 1986 Antonio C. Lasaga P, A 1987 Donald J. DePaolo P, A 1988 Raymond Jeanloz P, A 1989 Michael A. Carpenter P, A 1990 Russell J. Hemley P, A 1991 Mark D. Barton P, A 1992 Jonathan Stebbins P, A 1993 Lukas Baumgartner P, A 1994 Ronald E. Cohen P, A 1995 Zachary S. Sharp P, A 1996 Donald B. Dingwell P, A |
1997 Jillian F. Banfield P, A 1998 James M. Brenan P, A 1999 Yingwei Fei P, A 2000 Quentin Williams P, A 2001 Peter C. Burns P, A 2002 John M. Eiler P, A 2003 Guillaume Fiquet P, A 2004 Kevin M. Rosso P, A 2005 Tiziana Boffa-Ballaran P, A 2006 Daniel J. Frost P, A 2007 Richard John Harrison P, A 2008 James Badro P, A 2009 Thomas Patrick Trainor P, A 2010 Benjamin Gilbert P, A 2011 Motohiko Murakami P, A 2012 Karim Benzerara P, A 2013 Wendy Li-Wen Mao P, A 2014 Fang-Zhen Teng P, A 2015 Nicholas J. Tosca P, A 2016 Anat Shahar P, A 2017 Dustin Trail P, A 2018 Laura Nielsen Lammers 2019 Olivier Namur 2020 Jin Liu 2021 Chenguang Sun 2022 Benjamin Tutolo 2023 Shaunna Morrison |
Nominations for the award consist of a completed Nomination Checklist, a cover letter from the nominator outlining the candidate's qualifications in light of the criteria for the award (limit 2 pages), curriculum vitae and a bibliography of published works exclusive of abstracts, book reviews, and papers that have not yet been accepted for publication, any supplementary materials that bear on the award criteria, and supporting letters from three (3) other individuals that are focused on how the candidate meets the criteria of the award (limit 2 pages per letter).
The completed nomination package must be sent to the committee chair and received by June 1 for consideration by the Committee for the following year's award.
The Nomination Checklist is available either online as an html, text, pdf, or MicroSoft Word file that you may copy from the screen or download to complete, or by mail from the MSA Business Office, 3635 Concorde Pwky Ste 500, Chantilly, VA 20151-1100 USA, telephone: +1 (703) 652-9950, fax: +1 (703) 652-9951, e-mail: abenbow@minsocm.org.
The committee asks that the nominator compile into a single electronic file the nomination, all letters of support, and supplementary materials before submitting then nomination to the Committee Chair. This single electronic nomination package makes it easier and less expensive for the committee members, who are increasingly international, to do their work.
Nominations can be carried over to following years if the nomination package is updated by the sponsor. Any nomination not renewed after two (2) years will be not considered further.
The next award will be decided during 2023. Thus the awardee's birth date must be on or after July 1, 1985 or the terminal degree must have been awarded on or after July 1, 2014.
2023 Chair of the MSA Award Nomination Committee (for the 2024 MSA Award)
Astrid Holzheid
Universitaet Kiel
Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 10
DE-24118 Kiel, Germany
ph: +49 431 880 1451
e-mail: astrid.holzheid@ifg.uni-kiel.de