SGA Young Scientist Award
The SGA-Young Scientist Award is offered biennially to a young scientist who contributed significantly to the understanding of mineral deposits. The award, which consists of a citation, price money of EUR 1500, and reasonable travel and accommodation costs to attend the SGA Biennial Meeting for the presentation, is not restricted to the candidate's nationality, place of employment, or membership in the Society. The award is based mostly upon senior-authored papers published early in the candidate‘s career. To be eligible for this award, the awardee must be less than 40 years on 1st January in the year of the nomination and the respective upcoming SGA Biennial Meeting. Nomination forms can be downloaded below. Nominations should include a biographical summary of the candidate, a list of publications upon which the award is based, a statement explaining the significance of the research, other scientific contributions and accomplishments, and the name and contact details of the nominator. In addition, copies of abstracts of most important (maximum five) papers upon which the nomination is based should be attached to the application.
A brief biographical summary in the style of American Men and Women of Science or other similar biographical listing should be submitted by the person making the nomination to the SGA Executive Secretary by 31th March of the year of the next upcoming SGA biennial meeting. The following information should be included:
1. Name of nominee.
2. Date of birth.
3. Education (degrees, institutions, dates) and previous awards.
4. Past and present professional affiliations.
5. Reference citation(s) to publication(s) for which the award is to be made, and to other published works. Indicate critical paper(s) and provide a copy of the most outstanding contribution(s), if possible. An individual's contribution in co-authored papers is difficult to evaluate; such papers should be avoided unless the nominee is a senior author whose contributions can be clearly identified.
6. Brief statement explaining the significance of the research, including its pertinence to economic geology, its demonstrated effects, the originality and creativity shown in the research, the clarity of presentation, and its impact on scientific theory or technology.
7. Additional pertinent or related scientific contributions such as other accomplishments, advisory or consultant activities, and recognition of research stature elsewhere by others.
8. Names of individual making the nomination.
Supporting letters are helpful and may be attached to the letter of nomination or sent separately to the Chair of the SGA Young Scientist Award Committee.
Previous awardees
2025 Cyril Chelle-Michou
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Cyril Chelle-Michou.
2023 Clifford Patten
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Clifford Patten. The citation was prepared and presented by Jochen Kolb. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by Clifford Patten.
2022 Matthew Steele-MacInnis
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Matthew Steele-MacInnis. The citation was prepared and presented by Fernando Tornos. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by M. Steele-MacInnis.
2019 Crystal LaFlamme
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Crystal LaFlamme. The citation was prepared and presented by Marco Fiorentini. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by C. LaFlamme.
2017 Sarah Dare
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Sarah Dare. The citation was prepared and presented by Sarah-Jane. Barnes. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by Sarah Dare.
2015 Huayong Chen
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Huayong Chen. The citation was prepared and presented by Georges Beaudoin. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by Huayong Chen.
2013 David Dolejš
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to David Dolejš. The citation was prepared and presented by Jan Pašava. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by David Dolejš.
2011 Kalin Kouzmanov
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to Kalin Kouzmanov. The citation was prepared and presented by Georges Beaudoin. Read the citation and the letter of acceptance by Kalin Kouzmanov.
2009 David Holwell
The SGA Young Scientist award was awarded to David Holwell. The citation was prepared and presented by David Groves. Read the citation.