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Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt 2027: Call for Sessions & Workshops Open
The Goldschmidt science program is built from the ground up by contributions from the geochemistry community, so we invite you all to propose sessions and workshops for Goldschmidt 2027. There are 12 themes to which sessions can be proposed, more info and guidelines are available on the conference website.
Submission deadline: 15 October
EAG Reactions
Next EAG Reactions: Human Impacts in Coastal Environments
In this next EAG Reactions, taking place online on Friday 2 October 2026 (15:00 CEST), Emil De Borger (NIOZ) and Caroline Slomp (Radboud University) will share their work on how growing pressures from human activity are reshaping coastal biogeochemistry. Their talks will be followed by informal discussion on the cumulative impacts facing coastal environments and strategies being developed to address them.
Registration is free and open to all!
Awards
2027 EAG Award Nominations Open
Nominations are open until 30 October for the following awards:
H.C. Urey Award: for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry over a career.
Science Innovation Award: scientists who have recently made a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry.
Houtermans Award: for exceptional contributions to geochemistry by an early career scientist
Geochemistry Fellows: honoring outstanding scientists who have made major contributions to the field.
Outreach
Apply for EAG Short Course & Conference Sponsorship by 1 November
The EAG Short Course and Conference Sponsorship Program, provides up to 3,000 Euros to support EAG members who are organising geochemistry-related short courses or small conferences in Europe. The primary goal of this funding is to directly support student attendance at these events. One or several events may be sponsored each year.
Goldschmidt
Find out more about plans for Goldschmidt 2027
Outreach
New Dates for the EAG-GS Outreach Lecturer
Marian Selorm Sapah (University of Ghana) will be visiting institutes in Uganda and Kenya in October as part of her 2026 EAG-GS Outreach Lecture tour:
7-10 October: Geological Survey of Uganda & Nkumba University, Uganda
10-15 October: University of Nairobi, Technical University of Kenya, & Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya
Outreach
Distinguished Lecture Program – Watch Online
Prof. Liane G. Benning visited institutes in Hungary and Poland as part of the 2026 tour.
Watch her lecture “The big melt: how microbes, minerals and ions change our planet today and in future warmer climates” on the EAG YouTube channel.
Deadlines
EAG Application Deadlines
1 October: Early Career Science Ambassadors application deadline
1 November: Short Course and Conference Sponsorship application deadline
Goldschmidt Deadlines
15 October: Session and Workshop proposals submission deadline
11 February 2027: Grant application deadline (opens in December)
25 February 2027: Abstract submission deadline (opens in December)
25 May 2027: Early Registration deadline (opens in January)
Publications
Geochemical Perspectives Letters
Geochemical Perspectives
Elements Magazine
Latest jobs
| Posted on | Position | Employer | Contact | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September | Type: Faculty Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Lithospheric Deformation |
University of Texas at Austin, United States | Jaime Barnes | Position open until filled |
| 4 September | Type: PostDoctoral Position Mass spectrometry-chromatography-extraterrestrial organics |
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, United States | Yongsong Huang | Position open until filled |
| 3 September | Type: Academic Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in U-Pb Geochronology |
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences - The University of British Columbia, Canada | Search Committee | 14 October 2026 |
| 2 September | Type: PostDoctoral Position Postdoctoral Associate - Critical Minerals Hub at Duke |
Duke University, United States | Leanne Gilbertson and Avner Vengosh | 01 October 2026 or position open until filled |