Science Innovation Award
The Science Innovation Award is an award bestowed annually by the European Association of Geochemistry on a scientist who has made "a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry", and consists of a medal and certificate. The specific subject area of the award varies according to a five-year cycle:
| Years | Medal |
| 2008, 2013 etc. | the Nicholas Shackleton medal for work in climatology |
| 2009, 2014 etc. | the Samuel Epstein medal for work in isotope geochemistry |
| 2010, 2015 etc. | the Werner Stumm medal for work in low temperature and surface geochemistry |
| 2011, 2016 etc. | the Ted Ringwood medal for work in petrology and mineral physics |
| 2012, 2017 etc. | the Heinz A. Lowenstam medal for work in biogeochemistry |
Former recipients of the Science Innovation Award are, in reverse chronological order:
| Year | Name | Medal |
| 2019 | Ariel Anbar, Arizona State University, United States | Samuel Epstein Medal |
| 2018 | Jess Adkins, Caltech, United States | Nicholas Shackleton Medal |
| 2017 | Bo Thamrup, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark | Heinz A. Lowenstam medal |
| 2016 | Jon Blundy, University of Bristol, United Kingdom | Ted Ringwood Medal |
| 2015 | Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo, Canada | Werner Stumm Medal |
| 2014 | James Farquhar, University of Maryland, United States | Samuel Epstein Medal |
| 2013 | Jérôme Chappellaz, French National Center for Scientific Research and Joseph Fourier University, France | Nicholas Shackleton Medal |
| 2012 | Katherine Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, United States and Daniel Sigman, Princeton University, United States | Heinz A. Lowenstam medal |
| 2011 | Kei Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan | Ted Ringwood Medal |
| 2010 | William H. Casey, UC Davis, United States | Werner Stumm Medal |
| 2009 | John M. Eiler, Caltech, United States | Samuel Epstein Medal |
| 2008 | R. Lawrence Edwards, University of Minnesota, United States | Nicholas Shackleton Medal |