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The Israel Geological Society Medal

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The medal of the Geological Society of Israel is awarded annually to a member or several members of the Society who made a significant contribution to Israeli society in Earth science. Special consideration is given as a token of appreciation for public, educational and environmental activities, as well as popular scientific writing.

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The Committee:

The committee comprises 3 members and includes the president of the Society as its chair.

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Winners:

2020  John K Hall

2018   Avraham Starinski

2017   Yoav Avni

2016   Gideon Almagor

2015   Ezra Zilberman and Amir Eidelman

2013   Doron Mor

2010   Yuly Zaslavsky

2009   Emmanuel Mazor

2005   Avi Shapira

2003   Akiva Flexer

2002   Hanan Ginat

2001   Nir Orion

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The Peretz Grader award for young researchers

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The Peretz Grader award is awarded annually to a member of the Geological Society, under the age of 36, for a significant publication in the Earth sciences, published up to 2 years prior to presentation of the award.

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The award committee:

The president of the Society will be the chair of the committee, and will decide on the winner in consultation with 1-3 additional members. All members must possess proven backgrounds in the fields of Earth science.

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Winners:

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2020   Nir Galili and Yoav Ben Dor

2019    Danna Titelboim

2018    Ido Sirota

2017    Michael Anenburg

2016    Chen Gruber

2015    Imri Oz

2014    Yonatan Goldsmith

2013    Ran Nof

2012    Navot Morag

2011    Ron Shaar

2010   Itay Reznik

2009   Liran Goren

2008   Goni Yagoda-Biran

2007   Roei Granot and Adi Torfstein

2006   Ronnie Kamai

2005   Orit Sivan and Adva Avital

2004   Elisa Kagan

2003   Anton Vaks and Nicholas Waldmann

2002   Yuval Bartov and Daniel Glik

2001   Betina Shilman and Yariv Hamiel

2000  Amir Sagi and Michael Ceserski

1999   N. Behor

1998   Meir Abelson and Galit Kadan

1997   Sigal Abramovitch and Zohar Gvirtzman

1996   Nadia Teutsch

1995   Alex Beker and Shaul Horowitz

1994   Rami Weinberger

1993   Rani Calvo

1992   Shmulik Marco

1991   Yehudit Harlavan

1990  Haim Gvirtzman and Avi Burg

1989  Amotz Agnon and Oded Navon

1988  Itai Gavrieli

1987  Ditza Kempler and Aldo Shemesh

1986  Dov Avigad

1985  Ronit Nativ

1984  Gadi Shamir

1983  Miriam Bielski

1982  Chaim Binyamini

1981  David Bonen

1980 Laura Buchbinder and David Shafranek

1979  Ezra Zilberman

1977  Binyamin Z. Begin and Zeev Reches

1976  Zvi Ben-Avraham and Yoram Shoham

1975  Yehezkel Druckman

1973  Yitzhak Levi

1972  Yehoshua Kolodny

1971  Eli Gavish and Uri Kafri

1968  Avraham Lerman and A. Aharoni

1967  Eitan Sass and Yaakov Nathan

1966  Yaakov Karcz and Zvi Garfunkel

1962  Lisa Heller-Kallai and Rafael Freund

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The Israel Geological Society Hall award for practical research and infrastructure

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The award, named after Dr. John K. Hall, is provided biannually for infrastructural work in Earth Science and related fields of technology, which was published in an open-access and readily available database.

 

The Committee:

The committee comprises 3 members and includes the president of the Society as its chair. Members of the committee will be elected for a single year and their service in the committee may be extended by an additional 2 years.

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Winners:

2020  Gideon Tibor

2018   Ali Arnon

2016   Baruch Derin

2014   Lorian Fleischer

2012   Amihai Sneh

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The Prof. Rafael Freund award

The Prof. Rafael Freund award is awarded annually to a member, or several members of the Israel Geological Society as a token of appreciation for an excellent publication in the field of Earth science that was published within the last 3 years. The award may also be awarded for cumulative contributions in the form of several publications within the 5 years prior to the committee's decision.

 

The Committee:

The committee comprises 4 members with explicit research experience in the field of Earth science, and includes the president of the Society as its chair. Members of the committee are elected for a single year and their service in the committee may be extended by an additional 2 years. Award nominees will not serve as members of the committee.

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Winners:

2020 Yigal Erel

2019  Dov Avigad

2018  Meir Abelson

2017  Yael Kiro

2016  Uri Schatner

2015  Roie Granot

2014  Boaz Lazar

2013  Jonathan Erez

2012  Avraham Starinski and Amitai Katz

2011  Ari Matmon and Naomi Porat

2010 Vladimir Lyakhovsky

2009 Rivka Amit,Yehouda Enzel and David Sharon

2008 Alon Ziv

2007 Amotz Agnon and Shmuel Marco

2006 Alan Matthews

2005 Gidi Steinitz, Binyamin Z. Begin and Naama Gazit-Yaari

2004 David Soudri

2003 Rami Weinberger

2002 Oded Navon

2001 Miriam Bar-Matthews, Avner Ayalon and Aharon Kaufman

2000 Amihai Sneh, Yosef Bartov, Tuvia Weissbrod and Marcelo Rosensaft

1999 John K. Hall

1998 Yoram Eshet

1997 Ahuva Almogi-Labin

1996 Zeev Reches

1995 Inna Dubroskina

1994 Mordechai Stein

1992 Gideon Baer

1991 Yehoshua Kolodny

1990 Amos Bein

1987 Haggai Ron and Zvi Garfunkel

1986 Yaakov Bentor

1985 Yair Rotstein and Zvi Ben Avraham

1984 Zeev Reiss

1983 Avraham Parnes

1982 Eytan Sass

1981 Aharon Horovitz

1980 Dan Gil and Dov Bahat

1979 Shulamit Gross