SGF prizes

 Prize winners

Prize FONTANNES 2007: Georges CLAUZON [rev. L. Jolivet] (520 Ko)
Prize PRUVOST 2007: Philippe MATTE [rev. R. Capdevila] (88 Ko)
Prize FURON 2007: Mathilde CANNAT [rev. T. Juteau] (84 Ko)

Prize VAN STRAELEN 2006 (surface): Anne JOST
Prize VAN STRAELEN 2007 (inner-earth): will be awarded in June 2007

 About the prizes

Since about 10 years ago, the procedure for awarding SGF prizes has been gradually amended in order to adapt the definition of these prizes to the natural evolution of the research environment, both in basic and applied science. These changes are the following:

• All SGF members, and not only members of the Prizes Committee, can now propose candidates. If not present (at the meeting), they must provide a pre-report to justify their proposals and suggest the names of two rapporteurs.
  
  
• Participation of the SGF Scientific advisory council in the designation of candidates, at the first meeting of the Prizes Committee.
  
  
• Creation of the best-thesis Prize of SGF (Van Straelen prize), with a profile alternating Earth-surface and Earth-depth. This annual prize is endowed with 2 287 euros and coupled with the prizes of CNFG and SFMC (en toutes lettres). Each beneficiary of the Van Straelen Prize becomes member of the Prizes Committee.

Each year, SGF awarded about 6 prizes, but the Board can, depending on circumstances, modify their number and thematic distribution. As a consequence, the Board decided on 16 October 2001 to set at 3 the number of prizes awarded annually. However, the Gaudry and Wegmann prizes will still be awarded on an irregular time basis, upon proposal from the Board, whereas the Van Straelen prize remains annual.

The term of new members of the Prizes Committee will from now on be restricted to 5 years.

The new scenario of prize awarding is described hereafter. Considering that 3 prizes out of 12 must be awarded annually, a quadriennal cycle is established:

• year A: prizes Fontannes, Pruvost, Furon
• year B: prizes Gosselet, Barrabé, de Lamothe
• year C: prizes Prestwich, Viquesnel and Barbier
• year D: prizes Millot, Bertrand, Bourcart

The Bertrand and Gosselet prizes will be awarded , as before, alternately to an academic and to a practitioner.

 The prizes

Following is the list of SGF prizes, with short summaries of their profiles (specifications):

Gaudry: Grand Prize of the Society, awarded by decision of the Board

Prestwich: awarded to one or several persons who have displayed outstanding zeal for the advancement of Earth Sciences; reserved preferably to an eminent foreign geologist

Millot: awarded to scientists who have demonstrated eminence in their scientific or technical achievements, as well as a high degree of committment to Earth Sciences in the widest sense. Being awarded in alternance with the Prestwich prize, it rewards, depending on the year, persons who have developed applications of Earth Sciences in all sectors, societies or services, or persons who have illustrated the research carried out in all french laboratories, institutes and organisations

Fontannes: rewards the author of a research in stratigraphy

Gosselet: awarded for research on water, the environment, civil engineering (biennially to a practitioner), applied geology

Viquesnel: aimed at encouraging geological studies, awarded for research on inner-earth geology, to be published in the Bulletin or the Memoirs

Bertrand: awarded to a member of SGF for research in applied geology on mineral and energetic substances (biennially to a practitioner)

Pruvost: structural geology

Barrabé: for a physical, geophysical, geochemical or numerical approach to geology

Barbier: civil engineering, hydrogeology, metallogeny, mineral substances and fossil fuels. Applied geology.

Furon: geology of endogenous systems

de Lamothe: paleontology, micropaleontology, biostratigraphy

Wegmann: no regular periodicity, rewards work on the History of Geology

 Prize for a thesis

Van Straelen prize

Endowment: 2 287 €

Frequency: annual

Specification: surface (even year), inner-earth (odd year), in alternation

File: must be sent to SGF:

• 2 copies of the thesis defended between 1 February and 31 January,
• 1 copy of the report on the oral presentation,
• 1 copy of the two thesis reports,
• a short CV

Application:

• free candidacy;
• candidacy presented by supervisor, director or rapporteur of the thesis, member of the scientific council

Reviewers: 3, one designated by the SGF President and the two reports on the oral presentation of the thesis

Vote: selection by the scientific council in a 2-round vote (absolute majority in the first round, relative majority in the second round)

Time-table: call for applications: 2^nd semester.
deadline to submit files: 31 January.

Contact person: Jean-Sébastien STEYER
Secrétaire de la Commission des Prix,
SGF, 77 rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris, France