Written by: Nick Ward January 16, 2015 The Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPAs) are awarded to promote, recognize and reward undergraduate, Master’s and PhD students for quality research in the geophysical sciences. It is a great honor for young scientists at the beginning of their careers and the process relies entirely on volunteer judges. Typically the top 3-5% of presenters in each section/focus group are awarded an OSPA and all judged students are provided feedback Please take a moment to congratulate GRA Phyllis Whittlesey on her achievement of being an OSPA winner from the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting!