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Final Call: Travel Grant Applications for the North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education (Aug. 13-14, Austin, Texas, USA)

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Locmelis, Marek
Tue, May 27, 2025 4:33 PM

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Dear Colleagues,

This is the last call to submit travel grants for the NSF-funded North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education. Travel grants close on May 30, 2025. The travel grant application form can be found herehttps://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/travel-grants/.

Abstract submissions close on June 8, 2025.

Early bird registration ends on June 25, 2025.

The North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education will be held on August 13-14, 2025, in the Thompson Conference Centerhttps://thompsoncenter.utexas.edu/ on The University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, USA.

Register here for the workshophttps://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/registration/

Keynote Speakers

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Technical Sessions

Session 1: Conventional and unconventional sources of critical minerals

Session 2: Critical Minerals Workforce Development: How to grow the US critical minerals workforce

Session 3: Towards a Circular Economy: Innovations in critical mineral extraction and recycling

Session 4: Policy & Supply Chain Economics: Aligning Perceptions and Expectations of Policy-Makers and Stakeholders in the Critical Minerals Sector

Workshop Dinner

A workshop dinner will be held in the Texas Science & Natural History Museumhttps://sciencemuseum.utexas.edu/events/private on the evening of August 13th. The workshop dinner is sponsored by ElementUSAhttps://www.elementusaminerals.com/.

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We look forward to welcoming you to the Live Music Capital of the Worldhttps://www.austintexas.org/ and the UT Austin campus in August 2025!

Kind regards,

Marek Locmelis

Workshop Chair

Marek Locmelis, Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences & Bureau of Economic Geology

[cid:d229512f-bc56-45ad-84a8-3d64d47ba2cc] Dear Colleagues, This is the last call to submit travel grants for the NSF-funded North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education. Travel grants close on May 30, 2025. The travel grant application form can be found here<https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/travel-grants/>. Abstract submissions close on June 8, 2025. Early bird registration ends on June 25, 2025. The North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development and Education will be held on August 13-14, 2025, in the Thompson Conference Center<https://thompsoncenter.utexas.edu/> on The University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, USA. Register here for the workshop<https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/registration/> Keynote Speakers [cid:5fb6bf3b-8b08-48a3-91f4-ec2a3ecf7301] Technical Sessions Session 1: Conventional and unconventional sources of critical minerals Session 2: Critical Minerals Workforce Development: How to grow the US critical minerals workforce Session 3: Towards a Circular Economy: Innovations in critical mineral extraction and recycling Session 4: Policy & Supply Chain Economics: Aligning Perceptions and Expectations of Policy-Makers and Stakeholders in the Critical Minerals Sector Workshop Dinner A workshop dinner will be held in the Texas Science & Natural History Museum<https://sciencemuseum.utexas.edu/events/private> on the evening of August 13th. The workshop dinner is sponsored by ElementUSA<https://www.elementusaminerals.com/>. [cid:190a12df-3cd1-4043-89a8-5172c986810d] We look forward to welcoming you to the Live Music Capital of the World<https://www.austintexas.org/> and the UT Austin campus in August 2025! Kind regards, Marek Locmelis Workshop Chair Marek Locmelis, Associate Professor The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences & Bureau of Economic Geology