Congratulations to our four 2026 Nininger Student Travel Award winners, Nidhi Nirwan, Lana Tilke, Eliana Perlman and Grady Robbins, presenting at LPSC.

Apply by January 30, 2026. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports attendance of the 2026 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of 4 School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) undergraduate and graduate students, to present their latest results in the fields of meteoritics and planetary science. Awards will be up to $1000 for those…

We are pleased to announce that Maizey Benner, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Arizona is the recipient of the 2023-24 Nininger Meteorite Award, and Daniel Sheikh, a Ph.D. candidate at Portland State University received an Honorable Mention for the award. Maizey’s paper “Microstructural analysis of phosphorus (P)-bearing assemblages in type 3 chondrites: Implications for…

The application deadline for the Nininger Meteorite Award has been extended to April 30th!   The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Papers must cover original research conducted by the student and must have been written, submitted, or published between January 1, 2023…

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies and School of Earth and Space Exploration are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Nininger Student Travel Award. The goal of this award is to support attendance of the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) for at least 4 undergraduate and/or graduate students to present their…