Dear Meteoritical Society Members,
We wanted to share some MetSoc business and community-provided announcements in this monthly email for November 2025:
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Renew Your MetSoc Membership for 2026 – Membership renewals are now open for 2026. Visit this page to renew. Student membership is only $10 and early career membership is $40. The new category for retired lifetime membership is only $800.
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Next Ed Scott Lecture on 18 December, 2025, 20:00 UTC – The next Ed Scott online lecture will be given by Sara Russell with the title of The abundance and importance of Type 1 material in the Solar System. Please expect the connection information in a special announcement closer to the meeting.
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Endowment Grant Deadline is 15 January, 2026 – The Meteoritical Society offers both Community Grants, to further the goals of the Meteoritical Society, and Research Grants, to support early career and student members. Visit the website for details on how to apply.
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Nominations Are Open for 2026 Awards – Nominate a deserving colleague for a MetSoc award! Nominations are due February 15, 2026, for the Leonard Medal, Barringer Award, Nier Prize, Service Award, Jessberger Award, and Fellow. Pellas-Ryder Award nominations are due January 31, 2026. Visit the Awards page of the website for details.
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Report on Student Travel Funding for the 9th Planetary Defense Conference – Read this report submitted by Terik Daly, Johns Hopkins University, about this outreach activity support by a Meteoritical Society Community Grant.
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Elements Magazine New Member Fast Access – Elements Magazine, which every Meteoritical Society member has access to as part of their membership, now has a feature for new members to gain access to their content as soon as they become members (as opposed to waiting for database updates). To access this content, please see the “Request Access” form that can be found by clicking the Login button.
COMMUNITY SUBMITTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
*** Meteoritical Society Booth at AGU25 – The Meteoritical Society will host a booth at AGU25 in New Orleans from Monday, December 15, through Thursday, December 18. The booth aims to introduce the Society to a broader scientific community and recruit new members.
We are seeking volunteers to staff the booth during the meeting. If you’re interested, please sign up using this signup sheet. A limited number of exhibit hall passes are available for those who wish to help but were not otherwise planning to attend AGU.
To further encourage student involvement, the Society will select two student members who are presenting a talk or poster at AGU25 to receive $500 each. Selected students will be expected to volunteer for at least four hours at the booth.
Interested students should submit a short application letter (maximum one page) by November 23, 2025, that includes:
- A brief description of their AGU presentation.
- An explanation of how attending the meeting supports their professional development.
- A short statement on why funding support is essential for their participation at the conference.
Please send applications and any questions to tburbine@mtholyoke.edu and imene.kerraouch@nasa.gov, who are coordinating this initiative.
Submitted by Thomas Burbine and Imene Kerraouch
Call for Sessions and Workshops for MetSoc 2026
The organisation of the MetSoc 2026 meeting in Frankfurt am Main from August 9 -14, 2026 is well under way. If you would like to propose a session for the conference or offer a pre-conference workshop on Sunday, August 9, now is your chance. Please follow the guidelines below:
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Session Proposals – Provide a short title for your proposed session together with a brief (200–500 words) description of the session and, if appropriate, a justification for why this session should be included in the MetSoc 2026 programme. Name yourself (or, with their consent, someone else) as the person responsible for the session.
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Workshop Proposals – Provide a title and description of the workshop. An image may be included. List the names of the workshop leads, the required time slot/duration, and the maximum number of attendees. The proposal should not exceed one page in standard formatting.
Please send your proposal directly to dominik.hezel@em.uni-frankfurt.de by Friday, December 19, 2025.
All information about the meeting, including this call, can be found on the continuously updated conference website: https://metsoc2026-frankfurt.com
We look forward to receiving your proposals!
Submitted by Dominik Hezel (Chair of the Scientific Organising Committee)
Share your announcements with MetSoc members – Submission guidelines and other details are given on the society's website.
Thank you for being a part of the Meteoritical Society, and please feel free to reach out to us at any time.
Guy Consolmagno, Meteoritical Society President, metsocpres@meteoritical.org
Jutta Zipfel, Meteoritical Society Secretary, metsocsec@meteoritical.org
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