September 2025 Newsletter

The DEI Travel Grant Submission Deadline is Extended to 17 September

The AGU Biogeosciences DEI committee is pleased to offer the AGU Annual Meeting DEI Travel Grant. With many incredible applications in past years, this competitive award was created to resource outstanding diverse members of the AGU Biogeosciences community by providing a grant of up to $1500 (with a minimum award amount of the cost of graduate student early bird registration) for travel or costs related to attending the Annual Meeting. Applications are now open and will be due 17 September. Top applicants will: (1) provide diverse perspective and have been highly involved in DEI initiatives; (2) demonstrate how the meeting will benefit the scientists’ career; (3) present research that is of broad interest to the biogeoscience community and impactful; (4) demonstrate that the award is important for the scientist to attend the meeting and that there is sufficient additional support to match this award.

Apply here!

New Ways to Engage! Join a Biogeosciences Section Technical Committee!

The Soils Processes and Critical Zone Technical Committee (within both Hydrology and Biogeosciences AGU sections) promotes the understanding of soils at the interface of biogeochemistry, critical zone science, and hydrology within AGU. Our aims are to broaden understanding of critical functions and ecosystem services of soils in Earth Systems and integrate the interests of soils and CZ across AGU sections and across societies. For more information about our committee and ways to become involved (e.g., joining our community, organizing AGU topic sessions and social events), please visit our website or reach out to the committee chairs, Salvatore Calabrese and Yakun Zhang. The committee is planning its next virtual meeting for the second half of September, so this would be a great time to reach out!

Soils Processes and Critical Zone Technical Committee

The Soils Processes and Critical Zone Technical Committee promotes the understanding of soils at the interface of biogeochemistry, critical zone science, and hydrology within AGU.

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Yours,
Emily Bernhardt, Section President
Kate Heckman, Section Secretary
Rodrigo Vargas, Section President-Elect, Fellows Committee Chair
Colleen Hansel, Section Past President
Sophie Von Framm, Section Webmaster
Yang Song, Annual Meeting Program Chair
Emily Cardarelli and Jennifer Glass, DEI Committee Co-Chairs
Ariel Johnson and Kalyn Dorheim, Early Career Committee Co-Chairs
Salvo Calabrese and Yakun Zhang, Soils Processes and Critical Zone Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Ashley Ballantyne, Chair, Outstanding Student Presentation Award Committee