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The EAOG makes two types of Award, the Pieter Schenck Award and the EAOG Travel Scholarships. The Awards Committee is chaired by Dr L. Schwark.

Pieter Schenck Award

The Pieter Schenck Award is given every second year to a scientist normally under 35 years of age who has made a major contribution in any specific area of organic geochemistry or a related field. The previous awardees are (reverse chronological order):
  • Helen Talbot (2009)
  • Marcel Kuypers (2007)
  • Richard Pancost (2005)
  • Kliti Grice (2001)
  • Stefan Schouten (1999)
  • Katherine H. Freeman (1997)
  • Mark A. McCaffrey (1995)
  • Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (1993)

The 2009 award was conferred at the 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry in Bremen, Germany.

Anyone wishing to propose a candidate for consideration of the next Schenck Award should send details of their candidate(s) including CV, full list of publications, and a written justification (ca 2000 words) to the Chairman of the Award Committee. The closing date for the next Award will be 30th April 2011.

The selection will be made by the Pieter Schenck Award Committee composed of:
  • Dr L. Schwark (Chairman)
  • Dr J. Curiale
  • Dr R. Evershed
  • Dr K. Grice
  • Dr R. Summons

Please send your nominations (as pdf, MS Word, or text files) by email to the Committee Chair.

EAOG Travel Scholarships

Since 1989 the EAOG has offered travel scholarships for young scientists studying in the field of Organic Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry. This offer is being continued. The scholarships are intended to foster international exchange, by providing young scientists the opportunity to undertake research in a country other than their own, through utilizing facilities in a host laboratory and by exchanging ideas, expertise and techniques.

Several scholarships are available each year, the value of each is up to 5,000 Euro. The following companies have generously provided sponsorship for these awards:
     Chevron
     Geoservices
     Schlumberger
     Shell
The new travel awards will be known by the name of the sponsoring company.

Eligible students are those in the last stages of their Ph.D. studies (i.e. within one year of completion of their thesis) or newly qualified Ph.D.s who wish to work on a project related to their thesis.

It is the responsibility of each applicant to arrange, in advance, agreement with the host laboratory.

At the end of the scholarship it is expected that a short report on the work performed in the host laboratory will be submitted to the Award Committee. The reports will be published in the EAOG Newsletter and the website and those available to date are available below.

Applications are open to both Europeans and non-Europeans.

There are two deadlines for applications per year: 31st March and 30th September. Candidates not selected could be considered just once more at the following session.

Applications will be considered by an adjudication committee, comprising:
  • Dr L. Schwark (Chairman)
  • Dr J. Curiale
  • Dr R. Evershed
  • Dr K. Grice
  • Dr R. Summons

Applicants are requested to send a specific proposal (not more than 1000 words) outlining their proposed research and budget, together with a CV and letter of recommendation to Dr L. Schwark (address below).

Applications submitted (as pdf, MS Word, or text files) by email to the Committee Chair are encouraged.

Up to now, the EAOG Travel Scholarship has been awarded to:

March 2009
  • Christiane Eiserbeck (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) – EAOG Award
  • Preeti Kaur (University of Bristol, U.K.) – EAOG Award
  • Christopher Knappy (University of York, U.K.) – EAOG Award
September 2008
  • Jo Helawell (Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland) – EAOG Award
  • Caroline Jaraula (University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.) – EAOG Award
March 2008
  • Kevin Mueller (Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.) – EAOG Award
  • Dominique Tobler (University of Leeds, U.K.) – EAOG Award
September 2007
  • Supriyo Das (University of Stockholm, Sweden) – Schlumberger Award
  • Nefeli Kafousia (University of Athens, Greece) – EAOG Award
March 2007
  • Ozlem Bulkan (University of Istanbul, Turkey) – Shell Award
  • Christian Hallmann (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) – Geoservices Award
  • Belen Martrat (Chem. Env. Res. Inst. Barcelona, Spain) – Chevron Award
September 2006
  • Eileen Eckmeier (University of Zurich, Switzerland) – Schlumberger Award
  • Amber Hardison (College of William and Mary, U.S.A.) – Shell Award
March 2006
  • Juan A. Placencia (University of Concepcion, Chile) [report]
  • Charlotte Stalvies (University of Newcastle, U.K.)
September 2005
  • Montserrat Ferrer Carrillo (Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical and Environmental Research, Barcelona, Spain)
  • Hippolite Mihamle Nkaba (University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon)
  • James Peter Sáenz (MIT/WHOI, Boston, U.S.A.) [report - see Newsletter 22]
March 2005
  • Emmanuel Oyata Ekanem (Cross River University of Chemical Sciences, Calabar, Nigeria) [report - see Newsletter 25]
September 2004
  • Aliyu Jauro (Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria) [report]
  • Marcos Yukio Yoshinaga (Oceanographic Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil) [report - see Newsletter 21]
March 2004
  • Elizabeth Gordon (Organic Geochemistry Laboratory, University of South Carolina, U.S.A.)
  • Lindsay Powers (Large Lake Observatories, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.) [report]
September 2003
  • Constancia López-Martinez (Department of Environmental Chemistry, Barcelona, Spain) [report]
  • Alon Amrani (Department of Organic Chemistry, Hebrew University, Israel) [report]
March 2003
  • Sarah Caradec (Laboratoire d'Oceanographie et de Biogeochimie, Marseille, France) [report - see Newsletter 21]
  • Erika J. Clesceri (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.)
September 2002
  • Kenneth A. Ibe (University of Calabar, Nigeria) [report]
  • Jeremy Jacob (Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans, France) [report]
March 2002
  • Orok Esu Oyo-Ita (University of Calabar, Nigeria) [report - see Newsletter 22]
  • Sokratis Papaspyrou (University of Athens, Greece) [report]
March 2001
  • Gregor Muri (National Institute of Biology, Slovenia) [report - see Newsletter 15]
September 2000
  • Thérèse Ntonzi Nganje (University of Calabar, Nigeria) [report - see Newsletter 22]
  • Ruth L. Airs (Departmen of Chemistry, University of York, U.K.) [report]
March 2000
  • M. Algarra-Gonzáles (Universidad de Málaga, Spain) [report - see Newsletter 13]
  • J.R. Marlow (University of Newcastle, U.K.)
Prior to 2000
  • M. Russel (University of Liverpool, U.K.) [report - see Newsletter 13]
  • J. Tonsa (University of Nis, Yugoslavia) [report - see Newsletter 12]
  • C.P. Florencio (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) [report - see Newsletter 12]
  • X. Yu (Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide, Australia) [report - see Newsletter 10]
  • Th. Nadalig (University of Bordeaux, France) [report - see Newsletter 10]
  • J. Werne (Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, U.S.A.) [report - see Newsletter 9]
  • V. Grossi (University of Marseille, France) [report - see Newsletter 9]
  • M. Hamor-Vido (Geological Institute of Hungary, Hungary)
  • Mac Kinney (Pennstate University, U.S.A.)
  • C. Vane (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.)
  • L. Mansuy (Crégu, France)
  • D. Cook (University of Plymouth, U.K.)
  • A. Rosell (University of Bristol, U.K.)
  • M. Kohnen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Address for both awards:
Dr L. Schwark,
Institute of Geosciences,
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel,
Kiel, Germany
e-mail: ls@gpi.uni-kiel.de

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