Apply for a Tertiary Education Geoscience Teaching Materials award: 2025! 16 June 2025 The EGU Education Committee is inviting applications for grants to fund the preparation of tertiary level (university, college etc) geoscience teaching materials. The deadline to apply is 10 July 2025. Read more
Apply now for EGU’s 2025 Distinguished Lecture Series for Secondary/High schools and Higher Education! 12 May 2025 EGU’s Education Committee invites applications for the new Distinguished Lectures for Secondary/High schools and Universities series with financial support of up to €1400 to support a special lecture to be hosted at higher education institutions. Applications are due by 10 June 2025. Read more
Call for applications: EGU Public Engagement Grants 2025! 7 May 2025 The grants will be awarded to EGU members interested in developing an outreach project to raise awareness of the geosciences outside the scientific community. The deadline for applications is 17 June. Read more
Apply now for EGU’s Science Journalism Fellowship 2025 (up to €5k) 7 May 2025 The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has begun accepting applications for the 2025 Science Journalism Fellowship competition. The fellowships enable journalists to report, in any European language, on ongoing research in the Earth, planetary or space sciences, with successful applicants receiving up to €5000 to cover expenses related to their projects. Read more
EGU25 – by the numbers 6 May 2025 Thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of our members and volunteers, EGU25 was another record breaking year with an incredible 20,984 people participating in the General Assembly, both in Vienna and online! Read more
Nominate your colleagues for an EGU Medal or Award! 2 May 2025 EGU’s collection of medals and awards are available in all 22 of our scientific divisions, at various career stages. We also offer medals and awards recognizing: service; champions of equality, diversity and inclusion; science journalism; public engagement; and now a new science for policy award. All nominations are due by 15 June 2025. Read more
EGU celebrates the first Early Career Scientist to be elected as a Division President 28 April 2025 Giorgia Stasi will be the first ever EGU volunteer to serve as Early Career Scientist Representative and be elected to lead her division, Energy, Resources and Environment, as Division President, whilst still in the Early Career Scientist stage. Read more
The European Geosciences Union expresses its support for its fellow American scientific societies 2 April 2025 EGU stands behind our sibling American scientific societies, providing our support for them and all their members in the face of recent changes to US scientific policy. Read more
Extraordinary election: Earth and Space Science Informatics Division President – vote! 31 March 2025 The incoming Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) Division President will be unable to take their position in April 2025 for unforeseen reasons, as such EGU are holding an extraordinary election for a new Division President. EGU members can now vote for the candidate of their choice by 23 April 2025. Read more
EGU General Assembly 2025 – Meeting programme and provisional press conferences 24 March 2025 The EGU General Assembly 2025 is fast approaching, and the full programme is now online! With over 1000 sessions and nearly 19,000 abstracts, the meeting will showcase groundbreaking research across the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. This year’s press conferences will highlight urgent topics, including climate hazards, air quality and public health, technological and social innovations for climate solutions, and even new discoveries from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter. For information on accommodation and travel, for in-person attendees, please refer to the appropriate sections of the main EGU General Assembly 2025 website. Read more
EGU celebrates the diversity of people needed to create truly outstanding science 8 March 2025 The Union restates our support for a geoscience community that is diverse as an essential feature of conducting cutting edge, innovative science research. In order to support this, we share a list of EGU’s tools, resources and policies that our community can use to broaden access to science, both in Europe and around the globe. Read more
Job alert! EGU Science for Policy Officer (maternity cover) 5 March 2025 The Union are looking to hire a Science for Policy Officer (maternity cover) to work within EGU’s existing Policy Programme, supporting researchers to engage with the European policymaking process. This is a fixed term (18 months) full time position, based in Munich, Germany. Apply by Wednesday 19 March 2025. Read more
Extraordinary election: Biogeosciences Division President – vote! 4 March 2025 The incoming Biogeosciences (BG) Division President will be unable to take their position in April 2025 for unforeseen health reasons, as such EGU are holding an extraordinary election for a new Division President. EGU members can now vote for the candidate of their choice by 24 March 2025. Read more
EGU leaving Twitter/X 3 March 2025 Following a vote by EGU’s volunteer Council, the Union will no longer be posting on X, formerly known as Twitter. Read more
Apply now for EGU’s 2025 Education Fellowship for Early Career Scientists! 24 February 2025 The EGU’s Education Committee is now accepting applications for the 2025 Education Fellowship, to develop and deliver a creative initiative which promotes geoscience at the primary, secondary, and/or university education level. Apply by 25 March 2025. Read more
Join the EGU’s new Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force! 18 February 2025 EGU announces ‘Climate Hazard and Risk’ as our new Policy Priority Area and launches an open call for members of the Climate Hazard and Risk Policy Task Force, who will develop new ways to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from research into practice and to connect policymakers in Europe to the most relevant geoscience experts. Read more
Thank you to all EGU volunteers who gave their time in 2024! 14 February 2025 Sharing our appreciation and gratitude with the more than 11,900 volunteers and members who generously donated their time to EGU in 2024! Read more
EGU Publications says “Thank you!” to all our 2024 journal and EGUsphere volunteers! 10 February 2025 EGU says “Thank you!” to all our 1174 journal editors, 6188 referees and 48 EGUsphere moderators who volunteered during 2024! Read more
Apply for funds to run a training school or conference series in 2026 20 January 2025 Applications are now open for EGU members to request funding to run a training school, Galileo conference or conference series event in 2026. Various funds are available, apply by 16 May 2025. Read more
Mixed media sculptor and illustrator chosen as artists in residence for the EGU25 General Assembly 16 January 2025 Liliane Burkhard, a sculptural mixed media artist, and Annabelle Foster, an illustrator, have been selected for a residency at the next European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 27 April – 2 May 2025. Read more
