Welcome all to AbGradCon 2018! Help us by clicking here to vote for your peers to receieve the Maggie C. Turnbull Astrobiology Early Career Service Award.

The Maggie C. Turnbull Astrobiology Early Career Service Award was developed to honor the founder of AbGradCon, Maggie Turnbull, and is also an opportunity to honor those members of our early career community who exemplify the spirit of service to astrobiology. The nominees are listed below, click here to see their bios.

1. Adriana Lozoya
2. Bradley Burcar
3. David Fialho
4. Andrew Gangidine
5. Rebeca Rapf
6. Niraja V. Bapat
7. Graham Lau
8. Svetlana Shkolyar
9. Nadia Szeinbaum
10. Kamil Stelmach

The Program and Abstract book for the conference are now available online through the 'Program' tab above, or here.

AbGradCon 2018 is three weeks away! Click here for the current preliminary schedule. Full abstract book and conference schedule to come.

The undergraduate abstract competition submission deadline has been extended 5 weeks to March 12th. All abstracts will be evaluated and the top submissions will be solicited to submit a 3 minute video explaining your research. The finalists will be provided further details for the video requirements. Thank you in advance and best of luck to all of our undergraduate abstract submitters.

Any undergraduate students wishing to apply to AbGradCon should submit an abstract using the same guidelines and submission form as graduate students. The undergraduate abstract with the highest score after evaluation will be selected for full funding and invited to attend the conference.

Remember to submit your applications to AbGradCon 2018! To submit an application click here. Applications are due February 5th, 2018.

On behalf of the AbGradCon 2018 Organizing Committee, I'm excited to announce that AbGradCon 2018 will be hosted by Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA from June 4-8, 2018. Applications will open in December, with a deadline in early February.

The Proposal Writing Retreat (PWR), formerly known as the Research Focus Group (RFG), will take place at from June 1-4, 2017. Applicants for AbGradCon will be able to apply for PWR at the same time as they submit their AbGradCon application. We have funds to support a limited number of participants, although we can accommodate more participants if they are able to provide some or all of their own funding.

Please check back with the website regularly for announcements including the abstract submission deadline, additional details on the PWR, and info on the Undergraduate Poster Competition.

Links to our social media accounts are on the sidebar. You are welcome to engage with these accounts in order to communicate with other early career scientists. However, please be aware that this website will be the most up-to-date, so please check back here if you want to receive information in a timely manner.

Thanks for taking an interest in AbGradCon 2018; we're all very excited about what we have in store for everyone this year!