IUGS IGC YES Network Early Career Geoscientists Essay Contest

IUGS-IGC-YES Network: Early Career Geoscientists Essay Contest: The Future of the Geological Sciences
Submission Deadline: 7 March

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is organizing and sponsoring a global geoscience essay contest for early career geoscientists to voice their outlook on the future of the geosciences. IUGS invites all early career geoscientists, under 35 years of age, to submit an essay on their view of the Future of the Geological Sciences.

The winning essay will be published as the lead article in Episodes magazine, the global publication of IUGS which is distributed in 150 countries. The winner will also receive free registration to the next International Geological Congress (IGC) to be held in Brisbane, Australia in August 2012. The winner will be acknowledged formally with a Medal to be presented at the IUGS awards ceremony during IGC Australia. For more information, download the contest flyer.

Goldschmidt Abstract Deadline

The abstract submission deadline for Goldschmidt 2011 is 15th April.
The conference is 14th-19th August 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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