Award Winners and Grant Recipients

Theropod trackway, Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, Wyoming, photo credit: Thomas Holtz

Robert Lynn Carroll Award

2021 Anjali Goswami
2022 Matt Friedman
2023 Hesham Sallam
2024 Sterling Nesbitt

 

Steven Cohen Award

2015 Jasmina Wiemann
2016 Leonard Dewaele
2017 Niels J. de Winter
2018 Savannah Olroyd
2019 Armita Manafzadeh
2020 Emily Lessner
2021 Kyla Beguesse
2022 Dana Korneisel
2023 Liam Norris
2024 Brenlee Shipps

 

Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Prize

1998 Andrea R. Bair and Kenshu Shimada, Jason J. Head (Honorable Mention)
1999 Steven C. Wallace, Gerald Grellet-Tinner (Honorable Mention), Laura J. Panko (Honorable Mention), Jonathan G. Wynn (Honorable Mention)
2000 Gerald Grellet-Tinner
2001 Walter Joyce
2002 Kelli Trujillo
2003 Jennifer Scott
2004 Marc E. H. Jones
2005 Laura K. Säilä
2006 Laura Porro
2007 Magdalena Muchlinski
2008 Tatsuya Hirasawa
2009 Yuri Kimura, Barbara Shaw
2010 Taketeru Tomita
2011 Ryoko Matsumoto
2012 Stephanie Crofts
2013 Kohei Tanaka
2014 Henry P. Tsai
2015 Jaqueline K. Lungmus
2016 Sarah Widiansky
2017 Christopher Griffin
2018 Ben Kligman
2019 Miranta Kouvari
2020 Daichi Nakai
2021 Noe-Heon Kim
2022 Meghan Forcellati
2023 Amanda Gardiner
2024 Samantha P. Zbinden

 

Mary R. Dawson Grant

1994 Mark D. Uhen
1995 Sean Modesto
1996 Mason Meers
1997 Richard Blob, Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra (Honorable Mention)
1998 Adam Mathew Yates
1999 Brenda Chinnery, Robin O'Keefe (Honorable Mention)
2000 Andrew Heckert
2001 Gina Wesley
2002 Allison Beck
2003 Robert Feranec
2004 Anjali Goswami
2005 Richard Butler
2006 John A. Finarelli
2007 Vera Weisbecker
2008 Sterling J. Nesbitt
2009 Kerin M. Claeson
2010 Michael D'Emic
2011 Yuri Kimura
2012 Ashley Heers
2013 Danielle Fraser
2014 Eugenia Gold
2015 Akinobu Watanabe
2016 Nicholas A. Famoso
2017 Megan R. Whitney
2018 Sara ElShafie
2019 Luke Weaver
2020 Logan King
2021 Brennen Wynd
2022 Kaedan O'Brien
2023 Selina Viktor Robson
2024 Niall Whalen

 

Richard Estes Memorial Grant

1993 Michael Kass
1994 Daniel L. Brinkman
1995 Lois J. Roe
1996 Maureen Kearney
1997 Derek L. Parker
1998 Christian A. Sidor
1999 Jason Head
2000 Walter Joyce
2001 Patrick M. O'Connor
2002 Krister T. Smith
2003 Casey M. Holliday
2004 Heather Jamniczky
2005 Laura K. Säilä
2006 Juliana Sterli
2007 Jennifer Olori
2008 A. Michelle Lawing
2009 Adam Huttenlocke
2010 Juan Liu
2011 Ryoko Matsumoto
2012 Stephanie Crofts
2013 Sandy Kawano
2014 Tetsuto Miyashita
2015 Eric Lund
2016 No award given
2017 Krista Koeller
2018 Evan Whiting
2019 Kaleb Sellers
2020 Hank Woolley
2021 Lazaro William Vinola Lopez
2022 Maria Camila Vallejo-Pareja
2023 Ammresh
2024 Derrick Leong

 

Field Training Award

2023 Sara Slack
2024 Catalina Tomé

 

Jon C. Graff International Paleontology Award

2009 Fredrick Kyalo Manthi
2010 Federico Anaya
2011 Ruzan Mkrtchyan
2012 Zhikun Gai
2013 Nirina Oliver Ratsimbaholison
2014 Sanaa El-Sayed
2015 Tsiory H. Andrianavalona
2016 Sara Saber
2017 Job Munuhe Kibii
2018 Hazel Ratidzo Taruvinga
2019 Nadia Rasolofomanana
2020 Michel Zondo
2021 Abdullah Gohar
2022 Meyrick Tablizo
2023 Luke Allan Norton
2024 Aswatha Biju / Anubhav Preet Kaur

 

Joseph T. Gregory Award

1992 Joseph T. Gregory
1993 Clayton E. Ray
1994 Wann Langston, Jr.
1995 Jiri Zidek
1996 Donald Baird
1997 Judith Bacskai, George V. Shkurkin, Bonnie Rauscher
1998 Mike Woodburne
1999 Malcolm McKenna
2000 Brent Breithaupt
2001 David P. Polly
2002 William A. Clemens
2003 David W. Krause
2004 Judith Scotchmoor
2005 Louis L. Jacobs
2006 John R. Bolt
2007 John J. Flynn
2008 Mark V. H. Wilson
2009 Bruce J. MacFadden
2010 Patrick Leiggi, Ted J. Vlamis
2011 Steven Cohen
2012 Louis H. Taylor
2013 Steven Spielberg
2014 Catherine Badgley
2015 Donald R. Prothero
2016 Richard Cifelli
2017 Hans-Dieter Sues
2018 Blaire Van Valkenburgh
2019 Peter May
2020 No Award
2021 No Award
2022 Lawrence J. Flynn
2023 Emily Rayfield
2024 Kenshu Shimada

 

Marvin and Beth Hix Preparators' Grant

1999 Helder de Paula Silva and Raul Gordillo
2000 Wenqing Feng and Pablo Puerta
2001 Renaud Vacant
2002 Jane Down
2003 Olga Patapova, Albert Khupin, Konstantin Grekhov
2004 Diego Pol
2005 Steven C. Wallace
2006 Guntapalli V. R. Prasad
2007 Mohamed Sameh Mohamed Anter Abed ElHamid
2008 Bolortsetseg Minjin
2009 Jason Bourque
2010 Hesham Mohamed Sallam
2011 Matthew Brown
2012 Meredith Rivin
2013 James D. Clark
2014 Alan Zdinak
2015 Amon Mugume
2016 Sanaa El-Sayed
2017 Tetsuya Sato
2018 Rose Nyaboke
2019 Ana Moreno and Leonardo Pazo
2020 Alejandro Lopez-Jimenez
2021 Shorouq Fawzi Amin Al Ashqar
2022 Stephany Potze and Cornelia Clarke
2023 Jared Heuck
2024 Cliff Ochieng Odida

 

Honorary Membership Award

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Institutional Membership Award

2009 Anambra State University, Uli, Nigeria
2010 The National Museums of Kenya
2011 The Pakistan Museum of Natural History
2012 Instituto Superior Politecnico Da Tundavala and Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola
2013 Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology
2014 No Prize Awarded in 2014
2015 Museu Nacional de Geologia, Maputo, Mozambique
2016 Departamento de Geologia da universidade Eduardo, Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
2018 Mansoura University, Egypt
2019 The Pakistan Museum of Natural History

 

John J. Lanzendorf-National Geographic PaleoArt Prize

2-Dimensional Art

2000 John Gurche
2001 Michael Skrepnick
2002 Mark Hallett
2003 Douglas Boyer
2004 Peter Trusler
2005 Todd Marshall
2006 Mark Fordham
2007 Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger
2008 Luis V. Rey
2009 Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger
2010 Julius T. Csotonyi
2011 Jason E. Brougham
2012 Julius Csotonyi
2013 Davide Bonadonna
2014 Julius Csotonyi
2015 James Havens
2016 Franco Tempesta
2017 Sergey Krasovskiy
2018 Brian Engh
2019 Oscar Sanisidro
2020 Beth Zaiken
2021 Rodlofo Nogueira
2022 Danielle Dufault
2023 Beth Zaiken
2024 Robert Nicholls

3-Dimensional Art/Sculpture

2000 Michael Trcic, David Krentz (Honorable Mention)
2001 Michael Trcic
2002 Gary T. Staab
2003 Gary T. Staab
2004 Gary Staab
2005 Brian Cooley
2006 Michael Anderson
2007 Gary T. Staab
2008 Tyler Keillor
2009 Esben Horm
2010 Elisabeth Daynès
2011 John A. Gurche
2012 Tyler Keillor
2013 Mark Barill
2014 A. and A. Kennis
2015 A. and A. Kennis
2016 Jim Burt
2017 Esben Horn
2018 Boban Filipovic
2019 Tim Quady
2020 James Herrmann
2021 Gary Staab
2022 Benjamin Paysnoe
2023 Brian Engh
2024 Stacy Darren Wiik/10 Tons

Scientific Illustration

2000 Thomas Carr and Dino Pulera, Carol Abraczinskas (Honorable Mention)
2001 Peter Trusler
2002 Shawn Gould
2003 Mark A Klingler
2004 Pat Ortega
2005 Carol Abraczinskas
2006 Mauricio Antón
2007 Bonnie J. Miljour
2008 Carol Abraczinskas
2009 Julia Molnar
2010 Davide Bonadonna
2011 Jeffrey W. Martz
2012 Robert Laws
2013 Davide Bonadonna
2014 Robert Laws
2015 Rodolfo Nogueira Soares Ribeiro
2016 Danielle Dufault
2017 Mark Hallett
2018 Alex Tirabasso
2019 April Neander
2020 Andrey Atuchin
2021 Victor Carvalho
2022 Márcio L. Castro
2023 Henry Sharpe
2024 Alex Boersma

Digital Modeling and Animation

2010 Alex Tirabasso
2011 Evan Boucher
2014 Chris Sloan
2015 David Schürch, Thomas Erdin, Jonas Christen, and Kent Stevens
2016 April Isch Neander
2017 Marc Jones
2018 Rodolfo Nogueira
2019 Joseph Groenke
2020 Joanna Kobierska
2021 Fabio Manucci
2022 Christian Masnaghetti
2023 Guilherme Gehr
2024 Brian Engh

 

Everett Lindsay Paleomammalogy Award

2024 Beatriz Carazo del Hoyo

 

Outreach and Education Grant

2020 Taormina Lepore
2021 Celine Cortes
2022 Roland B. Sookias
2023 Michael Chiappone & Joseph Neidorf / Bailey Jørgensen

 

Bryan Patterson Memorial Grant

1982 Ann Pratt
1983 James M. Clark
1984 Steven Emslie
1985 Information Not Available
1986 Randy E. Kirby
1987 Gregory A. Buckley
1988 Greg Graffin, Heather Wilson
1989 L. Barry Albright, III, Fernando E. Novas, Francisco Ricardo Negri
1990 Kevin Downing, Heidemarie Johnson
1991 Igor Novikov, Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra, Andrei Sennikov
1992 Federico Anaya-Daza, Paul Matheus
1993 Alexander W.A. Kellner, Sara Jane Metcalf
1994 Ted Daeschler, Anton Wroblewski
1995 John P. Hunter, John R. Evans (Honorable Mention), John D. Polk (Honorable Mention)
1996 Bruce Shockey, Victor Reynoso (Honorable Mention)
1997 Brian Curtice and Kristie Currie, Barnas Monteith (Honorable Mention) and Richard McCrea (Honorable Mention)
1998 Richard McCrea and Matthew Mihlbachler, Igor Danilov (Honorable Mention)
1999 Andrew Heckert
2000 Karen Samonds and Thomas Lipka
2001 Francois Therien
2002 Robin L. Whatley
2003 Jennifer Scott
2004 Daniel Hembree
2005 Kari A. Prassack
2006 Randall B. Irmis, Barbara Sánchez-Hernández
2007 Andrew A. Farke, Jan Fischer
2008 Emily Goble, Joshua Miller
2009 Jack Tseng
2010 Fatima Khaldoune, Kaitlin Maguire
2011 Cory Redman
2012 Aidan Couzens
2013 Tara Smiley
2014 Mohamed Abdel Gawad
2015 Marion Chevrinais
2016 Iman El Dawoudi
2017 Adun Samathi
2018 Sanaa El-Sayed
2019 Camilo Lopez-Aguirre
2020 Samantha Khatri
2021 Belal Salem
2022 Dalton Meyer
2023 Abdullah Gohar
2024 Lauren Wilson

 

Alfred S. Romer Prize

1979 Nancy A. Neff
1980 David Weishampel
1981 Debra K. Bennett
1982 John J. Flynn
1983 Jane Zimmerman
1984 Jacques Armand Gauthier
1985 Jill Peterson
1986 Miao Desui
1987 Stephen M. Gatesy
1987 Mark A. Norell
1988 Nancy Simmons Greenwald
1990 Robert M. Joeckel
1991 Gregory M. Erickson, Suzanne G. Strait
1992 Michele Morgan, Willem Hillenius (Honorable Mention)
1993 Raymond R. Rogers, Mary H. Schweitzer (Honorable Mention)
1994 John Alroy, Michael Caldwell
1995 Jaelyn Joy Eberle
1996 Chris Brochu
1997 Ryosuke Motani
1998 Adam P. Summers
1999 Matthew Bonnan, Katrina Gobitz, Maureen Kearney (Honorable Mention) Kevin Seymour (Honorable Mention)
2000 John Hutchinson, Jason Head (Honorable Mention)
2001 Christian Sidor
2002 Karen Sears
2003 Gina Wesley
2004 Caroline Stromberg
2005 Walter Joyce
2006 Nadia Fröbisch
2007 Rebecca Terry
2008 Joshua Miller
2009 Christian Kammerer
2010 Jennifer C. Olori
2011 Frank Varriale
2012 Zhijie Tseng
2013 Adam Huttenlocker
2014 Katrina Jones
2015 Melissa Kemp
2016 Haley O'Brien
2017 Aaron LeBlanc
2018 Tetsuto Miyashita
2019 Serjoscha Evers
2020 Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza
2021 Lucas Weaver
2022 Armita Manafzadeh
2023 Jason Hogan
2024 David Ledesma

 

Romer-Simpson Medal

1987 Everett C. Olson
1988 Bobb Schaeffer
1989 Edwin H. Colbert
1990 Richard Estes
1991 No award
1992 Loris S. Russell
1993 Zhou Ming-zhen
1994 John H. Ostrom
1995 Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
1996 Percy Butler
1997 Collin Patterson
1998 A. E. Wood
1999 Robert Warren Wilson
2000 John A. Wilson
2001 Malcom McKenna
2002 Mary R. Dawson
2003 Rainer Zangerl
2004 Robert L. Carroll
2005 Donald E. Russell
2006 William A. Clemens
2007 Wann Langston, Jr.
2008 Jose Bonaparte
2009 Farish A. Jenkins, Jr.
2010 Rinchen Barsbold
2011 A.W. (Fuzz) Crompton
2012 Philip D. Gingerich
2013 John R. Horner
2014 Hans-Peter Schultze
2015 Jim Hopson
2016 Mee-mann Chang
2017 Philip J. Currie
2018 Anna K. Behrensmeyer
2019 Michael Archer
2020 Jenny Clack
2021 Blaire van Valkenburg
2022 David Krause
2023 Mark Norell
2024 Christine Janis

 

Morris F. Skinner Award

1990 Harley Garbani
1991 Margaret Skeels Stevens
1992 Harold W. Hamilton
1993 Ralph Nichols
1994 Gary S. Morgan
1995 William R. Downs III
1996 Raymond Alf
1997 The Churchill Family (Thelma, Winston, Beryl, Thomas, Todd, and Coy)
1998 Allen D. McCrady
1999 Fred Grady
2000 James Kitching
2001 Bwana Kimoya Kimeu
2002 William W. Amaral
2003 Prithijit S. Chatrath
2004 Joan Wiffen
2005 Feng Wenqing
2006 Varavudh Suteethorn
2007 David J. Ward
2008 Chuck Schaff
2009 Christopher A. Shaw
2010 Thomas Bown
2011 John Nyaphuli
2012 The Engdahl Family
2013 Shelley M. Cox
2014 Richard Smith
2015 Tamir Nasankhuu
2016 Dan & Lila Redding
2017 Theodore "Ted" Fremd
2018 Oscar Carranza-Castañeda
2019 Robert Reynolds
2022 Tim Tokaryk
2024 Antonio Alamo Feitoso Saraiva

 

SVP Futures Award

2021 Sun Tun
2022 Marina Carbi
2023 El siddig Abdallah / Sarah Piersanti
2024 María Gómez

 

Taylor & Francis Award for Best Student Article in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

2010 Ragna Redelstorff; Julien Louys (Honorable Mention)
2011 Matt Friedman, Martin Brazeau (Honorable Mention)
2012 Stephanie Blais, Danielle Fraser (Honorable Mention)
2013 Gabriela Sobral, Jasmine Hugi (Honorable Mention)
2014 1st Place - Anthony Romillio, 2nd Place - Hillary Maddin
2015 1st Place - Simone Hoffman, 2nd Place - Lauren Sallan
2016 1st Place - Eric Wilberg, 2nd Place - Aaron LeBlanc
2017 1st Place - Ornella C. Bertrand, 2nd Place - Christopher Griffin
2018 1st Place - Aaron R. H. LeBlanc, 2nd Place - Brandon R. Peecook
2019 1st Place - Morgan L. Guignard, 2nd Place - Tao Yang
2020 1st Place - Kai Jäger, 2nd Place - Humberto Ferron
2021 1st Place - Matthew Rhodes, 2nd Place - Savanna van Mesdag
2022 1st Place - Anne Kort, 2nd Place - Simone Giovanardi
2023 1st Place - Savannah Olroyd, 2nd Place - France Charest
2024 1st Place - Jordan Claytor, 2nd Place - Madleen Groghanz

 

Albert E. Wood Award

2012 Melissa Kemp
2013 Sara ElShafie
2014 Katharine Criswell
2015 Zachary Morris
2016 Sarah Gibson
2017 Spencer M. Hellert
2018 Brian Tannis
2019 Bian Wang
2020 Yun-Hsin Wu
2021 Kiersten Formoso
2022 Eloise Hunt
2023 Conrad Wilson
2024 Caroline Patterson Abbott

 

Chang Ying-Chien Grant for USA-China Collaborative Field Research (discontinued)

1999 Yaoming Hu
2000 Robert Scott
2001 Gerald Grellet-Tinner
2002 Jun-Chang Lu

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