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Austin Student Travel Grant Challenge

Austin Student Travel Grant Challenge

Thanks to you and the entire AGU community, we have showed our dedication to the next generation of scientists like never before! We've raised nearly $600,000 towards our $1 million goal for the Austin Student Travel Grant Endowment. All donations to the fund through the end of December will be matched by Jamie Austin so we are asking for everyone to help us on this final sprint toward the finish line!

During Fall Meeting, stop by an Austin Challenge Giving Counter or AGU Central to purchase special AGU-themed merchandise to benefit the Austin Student Travel Grant Challenge. You can also make an easy $10 donation by texting AUSTIN to the number 20222.

Students need your help!

Help advance students’ careers and join the Austin Student Travel Grant Challenge. Gifts matched up to $1 million!

Donate today

Student Travel Grant Flash Presentations at AGU Central

Come to AGU Central to view student travel grant winners present the research made possible by your generous donations.


Monday, 9 December


9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Santhosh Jois - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
  • Ritabrata Dobe - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  • Sabyasachi Swain - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
  • Rebekah S - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Tuesday, 10 December


9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Humera Ansari – Imperial College London
  • Jalihal Chetankumar Adappa - Indian Institute of Science
  • Saloni Jain - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
  • Shikha Singh - Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Wednesday, 11 December


11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  • Alexa Regnier - College of William & Mary
  • Natália Gauer - Universidade de São Paulo
  • Jagadish Kundu - Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad
  • Ankita Misra - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Ocean

Thursday, 12 December


9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Helen Weierbach - Tulane University
  • Evvan V. Morton - Arizona State University
  • Ishan Sharma - Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
  • Mostafa Essam Abdelrahman Hamouda - University of Milano Bicocca
  • Hemalatha T  - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University

Local San Francisco restaurants are joining the Austin challenge

We are please to announce that through the support of SF Travel, a number of San Francisco restaurants have offered to support the Austin Challenge during the week of Fall Meeting 2019 by offering their patrons the opportunity to add a donation to the Austin Student Travel Endowment to their bill. Please show your thanks for their support by sharing a meal at one of the following locations during your stay in San Francisco!

"Much more than an annual science meeting"

AGU members know the importance of Fall Meeting attendance. Whether attending for the first-time or as a lifelong member, Fall Meeting is an unmatched experience for Earth and space science. Ask one hundred AGU members "Why Fall Meeting?" and you will get one hundred answers, but they will all share a common theme: they wouldn't be the scientists they are today without Fall Meeting. This is why the Austin Endowment for Student Travel is so critical, because it is shaping the scientific community of tomorrow today.

Read on for Fall Meeting memories and to learn why AGU members are joining the Austin Challenge.

Students need your help!

Help advance students’ careers and join the Austin Student Travel Grant Challenge. Gifts matched up to $1 million!

GIVE TODAY
Meeting attendees gather to view rows of posters in the Poster Hall

Yuhan Rao, Ph.D.

John Geissman

John Geissman, AGU Fellow

Tim Grove

Tim Grove, AGU Past President

Susan Lozier

Susan Lozier, President-elect, AGU