We are delighted to announce the three young researchers awarded the EMU Travel Grant to participate in mineralogical and geochemical conferences this year.

Two recipients will present their work at the International Clay Conference in Dublin, and one will attend Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague.

Below are the details of their presentations:

• Nana Assam (University of Oulu, Finland)
  Performance of Thermo-mechanically Activated Finnish clay: Analysis of Reactivity, Chemical and Mineralogical Changes / International Clay Conference

• Trung Nguyen (University of Umea, Sweden)
  Cation-Exchange Reactions in Nontronite − Indicator for Water Reservoir and Active Geochemical Processes on Mars / International Clay Conference

• Lisa Tagilacollo (University of Ferrara, Italy)
  Unusual mineral association in ophiolite-related Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide from the Modena Province (Northern Italy) / Goldschmidt 2025