Sponsors

UCLA Institute for Planets and Exoplanets

UCLA’s Institute for Planets and Exoplanets (iPLEX) aims to promote and further UCLA research into planetary systems around the sun and other stars.  To learn more, visit http://planets.ucla.edu/ .

 

UK Center for Astrobiology

The UK Centre for Astrobiology, based at the University of Edinburgh, aims to understand molecules and life in extreme environments on the Earth and beyond through a combination of theoretical, laboratory, field and mission approaches.  To learn more, visit http://www.astrobiology.ac.uk/ .

 

NASA Astrobiology Institute

The mission of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) is to study the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life on Earth and in the Universe.  NAI has 14 teams including ~840 researchers distributed across ~180 institutions. It also has 6 international partner organizations.  To learn more, visit https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/ .

 

Mars Exploration Program

NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is providing travel funding for up to five U.S. graduate students to attend this conference.  To learn more about the Mars Exploration Program, visit http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/programmissions/overview/ .