- Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society, typically a four-day conference that includes technical sessions, field trips, and a pre-meeting Workshop
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Student Research Grants, awarded to graduate students in an annual competition in amounts of up to $2500 per grant
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Student Travel Grants, to assist students in traveling to the Annual Meeting to present results of their research
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Clay Minerals Society List Server, for discussion of clay science by those who actively subscribe to the list
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CMS Workshop Lectures Series, publications of lectures presented at the pre-meeting Workshop
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Source Clays Project, established to provide homogenous clay samples for research
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Clays and Clay Minerals¨, the bi-monthly journal of the Society with online access
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Elements, the new
magazine of mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology published
jointly with other geoscience societies, consists of thematic issues and society news.
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CMS Announce-List, an electronic announcements list for communications from the CMS administration to members.
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Discounted prices on CMS publications
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Awards sponsored by
CMS annually include the
George W.
Brindley Lecture, the
Marion L. and
Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award, the
Pioneer in
Clay Science Award, and the
Marilyn and
Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award. The Citation of
Special Recognition is awarded periodically.
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CMS supports the
Reynolds Cup in quantitative phase
analysis.
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From time to time, CMS
arranges joint meetings with related societies, including the
Mineralogical Society of America,
AIPEA,
and the French Clay Group. Contact the society office for more
information by e-mail or +1 (703)
652-9960.
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CMS volunteers have
produced free teaching
materials designed for K-12 classrooms.
