Geosciences Information for Teachers (GIFT) Application form

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EGU General Assembly 2026 GIFT Workshop

Vienna, Austria, 4–6 May 2026

Topic: Natural Hazards, Human Impact and Earth's Resources: Shaping life and Earth

The Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop is taking place on May 4–6 2026 at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. It will be preceded on Sunday May 3 by a guided visit to the splendid Vienna Natural History Museum, one of the most renowned in the world.

The topic of the 2026 edition of GIFT is “Natural Hazards, Human Impact and Earth's Resources: Shaping life and Earth”. Over two and a half days, the workshop will explore key aspects of this topic through both topical presentations from scientists at the cutting edge of research and hands-on teaching activities, following the tradition of GIFT workshops.

Teachers are also invited, on a voluntary basis, to present unofficial program activities that they may have developed with their pupils during the “Teaching resources at School: Natural Hazards, Human Impact and Earth” poster session, which is an integral part of the GIFT workshop.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 28 November 2025.

Teachers will be notified of the results of their application by mid-December. Successful teachers will be largely sponsored by EGU (travel, living expenses in Vienna and registration to the General Assembly, as well as free public transportation in Vienna). There will also be the option to participate online..

To apply, please fill in the form below and press "Submit application". Fields marked with * are required.

Application details

Your name * Please provide your first name and family name.

Your primary email address * This email is used for validation of this application, as well as for all future communication with you. Please provide either your school/professional email address (preferred) or a private email address, if your school does not offer such a service.

Residential address

Curriculum Vitae (PDF document, max. 10 MB) *

Letter of motivation (PDF document, max. 10 MB) *

How many GIFT editions have you attended in person and in which year(s)? *

How many GIFT editions have you attended virtually and in which year(s)? *

Do you intend to present a poster on activities carried out with your students at the GIFT poster session? *

How would you like to participate in the workshop? *

School information

School name and address *

School country *

Type of school *

Elementary

Middle/Junior high school

High school

City

Suburban

Rural

School website

Letter of recommendation

A letter of recommendation by your school principal or appropriate supervisor is required for each application and must include the following wording. Even if you were accepted for last year's GIFT, a new letter of your school principal or appropriate supervisor is required for next year's workshop as the timings for GIFT change every year.

“I recommend the above applicant as a GIFT Workshop participant and agree to support the teacher if he/she is required to take time away from school to participate in this workshop and to facilitate the teacher’s role in providing feedback to their colleagues and as a resource provider on the use of geoscience research across the curriculum following this experience.”

The letter needs to include the date, signature of your school principal or appropriate supervisor, and her or his job title.

Letter of recommendation (PDF document, max. 10 MB) *

Data privacy

Your name and a valid email address are required to add your submission to our database. Please make sure to validate your entry (a link will be sent to the given email address) within 10 days, or your submission will be automatically deleted from our database.

All application data provided will be used during the review process and will be shared with the EGU Committee on Education and EGU staff. We respect your privacy and will not share your application details with any other third party. However, successful participants agree to have their name, school information and email addresses published in the GIFT brochure, which is published online.

To improve the review process, we may store your submission data up to two years. After this date, your information will be automatically removed from our database.

I agree to my personal data being stored and processed * The EGU needs your contact information to validate this database entry. In addition we may need to contact you about your submission. You can withdraw your consent and have your data deleted at any time, in accordance with our privacy policy.

I agree that my name and email address will be published in the GIFT brochure which will be made available online to allow networking between GIFT participants *

I agree that photographs and videos of me taken during the GIFT conference can be used for communication and publicity purposes *

I have read and agree with the EGU code of conduct * You need to agree with the EGU code of conduct in order to participate.