STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR 5TH PLANETARY DUNES WORKSHOP

Several organizations will be supporting student travel to the Fifth International Planetary Dunes Workshop:  From the Bottom of the Oceans to the Outer Limits of the Solar System. This meeting will be held May 16-19, 2017, at Dixie State University, St. George, Utah, USA:

http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/dunes2017/travel-grants/.

In particular, the Mars Program Office will support travel of up to three US (citizens or LPRs) undergraduates or graduate students presenting on Mars-relevant research. The application will be posted shortly at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/student.cfm?expand=student and will be due the same date as the abstract deadline: March 7.

Additionally, VEXAG is offering travel grants to one or two students or early-career professionals (<5yrs from PhD): http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/meetings/Dunes-17-Student-Travel.pdf

The deadline has been extended to February 15 as no one has yet applied.