Present your research at American Astronomical Society Meeting

The 217th meeting of the American Astronomical Society is happening in Seattle, January 9-13, 2011. The AAS meeting is the largest professional astronomy conference in the U.S. and this is a great opportunity to present your work, meet astronomers from other institutions and see what a professional conference is all about! Please read below for details on how to register for the conference to present your research or find out how you can volunteer which includes complimentary registration.

Presenting your research at the AAS meeting:
To present a poster of your research you need to submit an abstract of your research. Talk with your research adviser about writing an abstract. You are also invited to sit in on ASTR 482 on Sep. 30 where the class will work on peer editing of abstracts. ASTR 482 meets at 3pm in Phys/Astr A216

The deadline to submit abstracts is Oct. 1 and can be submitted here: http://members.aas.org/abstracts/
Note that to submit an abstract if you are not currently a member of the AAS you must create a non-member login here:https://members.aas.org/source/Members/cMemberInsert.cfm?section=unknown&WHERE_TO_NEXT_SOURCE=Meetings/cMeetingFunctionDetail.cfm?section=unknown&PRODUCT_MAJORxxxxWTR_11R

To register for the meeting you will need to login using your member or non-member login information: https://members.aas.org/source/Meetings/cMeetingFunctionDetail.cfm?product_major=WTR_11R

Undergraduate nonmember regular registration costs $151. The deadline to register for the regular conference price is November 18.

Funding your meeting registration cost:
There are a few options available to help with the costs of attending this meeting. If you are presenting research you can submit an application to the Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students/urcta.html You could also ask your research adviser if there is any grant funding available.

Volunteering:
If you are not presenting research but still want to attend the meeting, volunteering is a great option! Volunteers get complimentary registration to the conference. To sign up as a volunteer go here: http://aas.org/meetings/aas217/volunteer

Feel free to ask me if you have any questions about the meeting. It is a great opportunity to attend a professional conference with very little travel funding required!

Best,
Sarah