The French Association for the Study of the Quaternary – French National Committee of INQUA (AFEQ-CNF INQUA) awards every two years a prize of 500 euros intended to reward a thesis of excellent quality supported in a university or an authorized French organization and concerning work on the Quaternary.
This prize will pay tribute from 2020 to Franck Bourdier (1910-1985), internationally known for his work on the Quaternary of the Rhone Valley and the Paris Basin, former director of the Laboratory of Geology of the Quaternary and Prehistory of the EPHE and President of the AFEQ from 1972 to 1974.