AWARDS
- Tim Beach, Distinguished Alumni, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, California State University at Chico. Awarded 9 March 2018.
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Distinguished Alumni, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, California State University at Chico. Awarded 9 March 2018.
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Elected President, American Association of Geographers, July 2018-19
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Elected Vice President, American Association of Geographers, July 2017-18
- Tim Beach, Delivered Invited Lecture in the Vatican Conference on Biological Extinctions, sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Vatican City, February 28, 2017
- Tim Beach, Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholarship Award by the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG), 2017
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Appointed Fellow of the C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair in U.S.- Mexico Relations #2, UT-Austin, 2014
- Tim Beach, Appointed C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair in U.S.- Mexico Relations #2, UT-Austin, 2014
- Tim Beach, Elected Professor of the Year, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service’s Teaching Award & Tropaia (Honors Ceremony) Speaker, 2014
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Tim Beach, Awarded George Mason University College of Science Publication Excellence Award, 2013
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Selected as Evelyn L. Pruitt Annual Lecturer. Louisiana State University Department of Geography and Anthropology, 2013
- Tim Beach, Awarded Georgetown University Distinguished Research Award (1 for the University), 2010
- Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Tim Beach, Awarded G.K. Gilbert Award in Geomorphology, 2010
- Tim Beach, Appointed Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environment and International Affairs, 2009-2014
- Tim Beach, Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, The Guggenheim Foundation, New York. 2007
- Tim Beach, Awarded Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Senior Fellowship in Pre-Columbian Studies, 2007
- Tim Beach, Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for “major research contributions that improved understanding of the linkages among ancient agriculture, environmental change, and soil-geomorphic processes in Mesoamerica.” 2006
Recent and Current Grants
- 2019-2021 National Science Foundation- BCS Archaeology. Award # 1821932. T. Beach & S. Luzzadder-Beach, Senior Personnel, Co-Directors of Paleoenvironmental Investigations. (PI: T. Garrison, Ithaca College). “Military Origins of Middle America.” Total Funded: $137,575. UT Portion: Field Research Travel for 2 faculty, and Lab Analyses for 2 years. Performance Period: 9/1/18-8/31/21.
- 2019-2021 National Endowment for the Humanities. T, Beach & S. Luzzadder-Beach, Participants, Paleoenvironmental Specialists. (Director: S. Houston, Brown U.; Co-Director: T. Garrison, Ithaca College) “Citadels and Surveillance: State Defense of the Classic Maya Fortresses of La Cuernavilla.” Total Funded: $217,026. UT Portion: Field Research Travel for 2 faculty, and Lab Analyses for 3 years. Performance Period: 5/1/19-12/31/21.
- 2018-2020 Australian Research Council. T. Beach & S. Luzzadder-Beach, Partner Investigator (co-PIs). (Chief Investigators/PI’s: Dan Penny, Sydney University and Duncan Cook, Australian Catholic University; Partner Investigators/co-PI’s: T. Beach UT, L. Graham U.C. London, D. McGee MIT, Q. Hua, ANSTO). “Disruption and persistence: resolving the Maya climate-collapse hypothesis.” Amount awarded: 2018: AUD $104,000; 2019: AUD $50,000; 2020: AUD $58,846. Total funded: AUD $208,846 (=USD $158,263) UT Portion; field and lab support for 2 faculty. Performance Period: 1/1/18-12/31/20.
- 2017-pres. UT Austin VP for Research. Bridging Barriers Research Initiative. “Planet Texas 2050: Planning for a Resilient Texas.” T. Beach and S. Luzzadder-Beach, Participating Investigators. (Principal Investigators: J. Banner, M. Corsi, H. Houser, K. Lieberknecht, A. Rabinowitz, L. Rodriguez, M. Young). Initial Funding: $1 million for 2018-19. Participating in 3 sub-themes: Past Societies; Urban Watershed Evolution; and Communications, Arts, & Culture. Total Internal Funding: $7 Million over 5-7 years.
- 2014-2016 National Science Foundation. EAR- RAPID #1461529. T. Beach and S. Luzzadder-Beach, Co-PIs. (Dr. D.A. Howard PI, SFS/STIA Georgetown University; Dr. J. McNeill Co-PI, History and SFS Georgetown U.). “RAPID: Monitoring the glacial-outburst flood (jökulhlaup) resulting from the eruption of Barðarbunga Volcano, Iceland”. Awarded 11/5/14. Total Budget: $25,735.00. Performance Period: 11/15/14-10/16/16.
- 2014-2016 National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration. #9536-14. T. Beach and S. Luzzadder-Beach, Consulting Scientists. (Dr. B. Faust, PI, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Recursos Naturales) “Research on Irrigation and Drainage Functions of Maya Canals at Cauich, Campeche, Mexico.” Total budget: $19,837.00. Awarded 31 May 2014. Performance Period: 1 July 2014-15 August 2016.
- 2011-2016 National Science Foundation- GEO- Dynamic Coupled Natural-Human Systems #1114947. S. Luzzadder-Beach, PI; Tim Beach, Senior Scientist. (Subcontract with: PI N. Brokaw, Univ. of Puerto Rico; other Co-PIs; M. Cortes-Rincon Humboldt State; S. Walling Com. Coll. Philadelphia; S. Ward UPR, S. Luzzadder-Beach, GMU/UT). "CNH-Ex: The Collapse of the Ancient Maya: Multi-Disciplinary Research on Society and the Environment". GMU Portion (subcontract PI): $59,308.00, contract ended 12/13. Remaining funding used while at UT to acquire LiDAR, 2016. Total Budget: $249,770.00 Awarded 12/2011. Performance Period: 9/1/2011-9/31/2016.
- 2011-2015 National Science Foundation- BCS- Archaeology - # 1063691 (GMU) #1456310 (UT), S. Luzzadder-Beach PI, and Tim Beach, Co-PI. “Collaborative Research: Uci-Cansahcab Regional Integration Project” (Yucatan, Mexico) (Collaborative with Scott Hutson, PI, University of Kentucky, and Richard Terry, PI, BYU) . Amount Awarded: $ 27,778.00 (GMU, transferred to U TX Austin).Total collaborative budget: $218,743.00.
- 2009-2016 National Science Foundation- BCS- Geography Grants. T. Beach and S. Luzzadder-Beach, PIs. BCS 0924510 (GU), 0924501 (GMU), 1550204 (UT 2015-16). “Collaborative Research: Perennial Wetland Formation and Human Adaptation in NW Belize” Awarded 09/11/2009. Collaborative between Georgetown U. and George Mason U., transferred to UT in 2015. Total Collaborative budget: $322,481.00.
- 2009-2011 National Science Foundation- BCS-Archaeology Grants. Award # 0840930. Tim Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Senior Scientists, Co-Directors of Environmental Studies. (PIs: Stephen Houston, Tom Garrison, Brown U.). “Landscape Succession in Lowland Maya Archaeology.” Submitted 1 July 2008. Awarded November 2008. Budget Awarded to Brown U.: $247,664.00. GMU Portion: ~$12,000.00 (Lab support + field travel expenses).
- 2003, 2005, 2008 National Geographic Grants,Tim Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, with T. Guderjan.