The Earth & Space Conference is pleased to announce a Student Paper Competition. The Competition is open to any student first author of a 2026 Earth & Space Conference contribution. Students whose abstracts have been accepted by the Conference will be considered for this paper competition.

• In order to be considered, students must:

  • Be a student at the time of submission.

  • Present the paper at the conference and must be the principal (i.e. first) author of the paper.

  • Submit an abstract to be considered for oral presentation in the Conference (in any of the Conference Symposia). Abstracts should be submitted by the Conference deadline.

  • In the abstract submission process, please select your symposium topic followed by selecting the Student Paper Competition in the subgroup.

  • Submit a paper manuscript via the online paper management system by the Conference deadline.

  • Submit a final paper manuscript via the online paper management system by the Conference deadline, addressing comments and questions received during peer review, as applicable.

Finalists for the competition will be selected based on the quality of the paper manuscripts submitted. Judges may also take into account the student’s ability to respond to peer review, as applicable.

Finalists will be contacted at least 1 month prior to the conference and invited to present their work in a special session of the Conference in front of a panel of judges. Note that this will be the venue in which the student paper will be presented, and the presentation will not be given as part of the regular symposium sessions.  Student papers that are not selected as finalists will be presented as part of the regular symposium sessions.  The final competition ranking will be based on a combination of the quality of the paper and of the presentation.

The winner will be recognized at the conference Awards Banquet. The student will receive a formal certificate along with a letter of commendation.  A letter of commendation will also be sent to the winner’s advisor and/or department head, as appropriate.