Robert E. Horton Research Grant

Basic Information

In 1982, the Hydrology Section of AGU was granted access to a portion of the income of the Robert E. Horton Fund for Hydrologic Research. This permitted the initiation of the Horton Research Grant for Ph.D. students, with a purpose to promote excellence through encouragement of the next generation of professionals in the hydrological sciences. The first Horton Research Grant was awarded in 1983. Each year the grant has been awarded to up to three students during their candidacy for a Ph.D. degree in hydrology, water resources, or a closely related field.

CITATION/SCOPE STATEMENT

Promoting excellence through encouragement of the next generation of professionals in the hydrological sciences.

CAREER LEVEL: Early-Career

LECTURE INCLUDES

• Recognition at the AGU Fall Meeting
• A one-year grant (typically $10,000) to cover research costs and related travel expenses ($500 U.S. /$1,000 international). Payment is made directly to the recipients in two installments. The first installment is presented at the AGU Fall Meeting. The second installment is given the following June upon receipt by the Hydrology Section president of a brief progress report. The progress report should not exceed two pages in length and should (a) summarize the scientific progress on the project, (b) describe the manner in which the first installment funds have been employed, (c) provide a projection for the expenditure of the second installment funds, and (d) provide an update on the overall progress of the thesis and expected graduation date. The report is due at the office of the Hydrology Section President by 1 June and must contain the signed approval of the faculty research supervisor.

FREQUENCY: Presented annually.

Nomination Process and Requirements

NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT(S)

• Graduate students are eligible at any point in their doctoral program in hydrology, water resources, or a closely related field, with the stipulation that they will be enrolled PhD students throughout the duration of the grant (one year from the Fall Meeting where they receive the award.)  It is expected that one grant will be directed towards a PhD student in the first half of his/her studies.
• Appropriate topics may be in hydrology (including its physical, chemical, or biological aspects) or in water resources policy sciences (including economics, systems analysis, sociology and law).
• Those who do not win an award in any given year are eligible to apply again in subsequent years.
• U.S. citizenship is not a requirement to apply.
• Recipients must be student members of AGU.

Criteria

Proposals will be judged by the selection committee using criteria adapted from the National Science Foundation:

• How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields?
• To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative and original concepts?
• How clear are the objectives of the proposed work?
• How well qualified is the proposer to conduct the project?
• How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to resources?

Financial need is not a criterion in the selection of the successful candidate.

Submission

Please click HERE to access the Horton Research Grant Application.

NOTE: The grants system requires your AGU member login and password.

Please read all 2018 Proposal Submission Instructions before submitting your application.

DEADLINE: 15 April 2018

Results will be announced late June 2018.

Award Committee

CHAIR

Crystal Ng, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

MEMBERS

Josie Geris, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Markus Hrachowitz, Deft University of Technology, Netherlands

Kevin McGuire, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

STAFF LIAISON

Artesha Moore

Antonio Covington

AGU’s Honors Program aligns with AGU’s mission, vision, core values and strategic plan.

Past Recipients

• 2017 Ravindra Dwivedi, University of Arizona
• 2017 James Knighton, Cornell University
• 2017 Michael O'Connor, University of Texas at Austin
• 2016 Noah Jemison, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
• 2016 Hadley McIntosh, University of Maryland
• 2015 Laura Stevens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2015 Emily Voytek, Colorado School of Mines
• 2015 Adam Wlostowski, University of Colorado & The Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
• 2014 Katherine Lininger, Colorado State University
• 2014 Chris Gabrielli, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• 2014 Kevin Befus, University of Texas at Austin
• 2013 Flavia Tauro, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Sapienza University of Rome
• 2013 Fabian Nippgen, Montana State University, Duke University
• 2013 Scott Jasechko, University of New Mexico
• 2012 Jesus Gomez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• 2012 Claire Lukens, University of Wyoming
• 2012 Yoshihide Wada, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• 2011 Vamsi Ganti, University of Minnesota
• 2011 Nicholas Kinar, University of Saskatchewan
• 2010 Ciaran Harmon, University of Illinois
• 2010 Maya Bhattia, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 2009 Audrey Sawyer, University of Texas at Austin
• 2009 V. Cody Hale, Oregon State University
• 2008 Cédric David, University of Texas, Austin
• 2008 Beth Weinman, Vanderbilt University
• 2007 Holly R. Barnard, Oregon State University
• 2007 Christian Braudrick, University of California, Berkeley
• 2007 Diego A. Riveros-Iregui, Montana State University
• 2006 Xingyuan Chen, University of California, Berkeley
• 2006 Carl J. Legleiter, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 2005 Meinhard Bayani R. Cardenas, New Mexico Tech
• 2005 Joseph M. Wheaton, University of Southampton, UK
• 2004 Stephen Sebestyen, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry
• 2003 Elowyn Yager, University of California at Berkeley
• 2003 Shakeel Hasan, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• 2003 Reuben Heine, Southern Illinois University
• 2002 David Francis Boutt, New Mexico Tech
• 2002 Ruben Ijpelaar, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• 2002 Brett L. Valle, University of California-Davis
• 2001 Brian McGlynn, Oregon State University, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse
• 2001 Mira Stone Olson, University of Virginia
• 2001 Thomas Pagano, University of Arizona
• 2000 Weston Ridgway Dripps, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• 2000 Martin Doyle, Purdue University
• 1999 S. Jean Birks, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• 1999 Tracey C. Flowers, University of Kentucky
• 1999 Daniel Malmon, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 1998 Chris G. Campbell, University of California-Berkeley
• 1998 Peter Erik Dijk, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• 1998 John M. Sigda, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
• 1997 Martin F. Helmke, Iowa State University
• 1997 Walter A. Illman, University of Arizona
• 1996 Curt Reynolds, University of Arizona
• 1996 Eric E. Small, University of California
• 1995 Julie K. Sueker, University of Colorado
• 1995 Alan D. Ziegler, University of Hawaii
• 1994 Julia Boike, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
• 1994 David Lapen, Queen’s University
• 1993 Christine Brick, University of Montana
• 1993 Robert Harrington, University of Arizona
• 1992 Susan Colarullo, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• 1992 Dan Walker, University of British Columbia
• 1991 Timothy R. Green, Stanford University
• 1991 Jeffrey Raffensperger, Johns Hopkins University
• 1990 Barbara Gruver, Indiana University
• 1990 Deborah Loewenherz, University of California, Berkeley
• 1989 James W. Kirchner, University of California, Berkeley
• 1989 Jene D. Hendrickson, University of Arizona
• 1988 Thomas C. Harmon, Stanford University
• 1987 Jeffrey John McDonnell, University of Canterbury, NZ
• 1986 David C. Goodrich, University of Arizona
• 1985 Laura Toran, University of Wisconsin
• 1984 Javier Samper, University of Arizona
• 1983 Jane L. Stockman, Stanford University