International Union of Geological Sciences
Hutchison Young Scientist Foundation
William Watt "Hutch" Hutchison, was a Scots-born Canadian geologist who served Canada and the IUGS in myriad dynamic and creative ways. For IUGS, he served as the IUGS Secretary General (1976-1980), and as IUGS President (1984-1987). For Canada, he served as Director General of the Geological Survey of Canada and as Assistant Deputy Minister of Earth Sciences. His legacy is also commemorated by the W.W. Hutchison Medal of the Geological Association of Canada, which recognizes the achievements of outstanding young Canadian geoscientists and provides them with opportunities to present and discuss their research at major centres within Canada.
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One of Hutchison's last wishes was to establish, under IUGS auspices, a memorial foundation intended to promote the professional growth of deserving and meritorious young scientists from around the world by supporting their participation in important IUGS-sponsored conferences; the International Geological Congress (IGC).
IUGS would like to expand the resources of the Foundation to make it possible also to offer support to attend other important IUGS sponsored scientific meetings.
William Watt Hutchison
(photo: Geological Survey Canada)
To see the recipients, click on the tabs below:
Awarded for travel to Busan, South Korea, for the 37th IGC:
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Igor Karlović
Croatian Geological Survey, Croatia
Laurynas Šiliauskas
Nature Research Centre, Lithuania
Lucía Fernández Paz
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michelle U, Hailonga
Geological Survey of Namibia, Namibia
Muhammad Aqqid Saparin
Malaysia
Nkeng Enstein Forchenallah
Cameroon
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Raphaela Lopes de Andrade Silva
Gondwana SW Project, CDGG/ Petrobras, Brazil
Ravi Ranjan Kumar
Kumaun University, India
Shekinah Pilamp
Mineral Resources Authority, Papua New Guinea
Silas David
Excel Dynamic Solutionamic Solutions (PTY) LTD, Namibia
Sofia Belén lannelli
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vittoria Vandelli
University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy)​​​​​​
The Hutchison "Young Scientist" Foundation is a worthy cause that honors a caring man and a distinguished, public-spirited scientist and administrator. The foundation also celebrates and promotes those things that gave Hutch the most professional satisfaction: geology, international scientific collaboration, and stimulating young minds.
​The IUGS welcomes contributions to the Hutchison "Young Scientist" Foundation. Please send donations to:
IUGS Treasurer:
Emeritus Prof. David Cohen
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with a copy to IUGS Secretary General:
Dr. Ludwig Stroink
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
gs_iugs@gfz-potsdam.de
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
d.cohen@unsw.edu.au