Thank you for your interest in attending the ASA 2024 Annual Meeting. If you are a returning student, welcome back! We are so happy to have you again. If this will be your first meeting, here are a few things you can expect:

• Excellent plenary sessions from speakers at the top of their fields
• Opportunities for fellowship and networking with other ASA members in the USA, Canada, and beyond
• A special student track and reception
• Meal Meet Ups
• Opportunities to present a paper or poster
• InterVarsity Fellowship Reception

When & Where

Evening of July 25 to afternoon of July 26, 2024
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

ASA will host a retreat for underrepresented graduate students, postdocs, & early career individuals prior to the 2024 ASA Annual Meeting. (Medical students and residents are included.) Find community, explore what it means to be the whole of yourself in your scientific work, and connect your experience in your field with your faith in Christ.

Facilitators

Denise-Margaret Thompson is an Industrial and Management Systems professor with extensive experience in engineering and innovation, co-operative education and job creation policy, and project delivery in both emerging markets and in underserved communities in developed markets. Thompson works with InterVarsity USA and is a leader of the IV Black Scholars and Professionals (BSAP) network. Having previously served as National Director for BSAP, she now leads multiple BSAP endeavors including global faculty engagement. Professor Thompson has earned undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from the University of the West Indies, Stanford University, and the University of South Florida.

Hannah Eagleson serves as Director of Partnerships and Innovation for the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA), and as Director of Graduate and Faculty engagement for Chesterton House, a center for Christian studies at Cornell. In 2022/2023, she held a Visiting Scholar role at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, where she began research on a report on how funders and religious organizations can support AI as a field for human flourishing. Previously, Eagleson was Associate Director of InterVarsity's Emerging Scholars Network. She holds a PhD in early modern literature from the University of Delaware and an MA in liberal arts from St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD).

Questions?

For inquiries and/or more information about the workshop, please contact Hannah Eagleson at hannah@asa3.org

Our Student/Early Career Track provides a terrific opportunity to network with other emerging scholars.

Audience:
Students (grad & undergrad) and early career professionals within three years of finishing their most recent degree.

Are you looking for a sense of purpose in your work as a student or early career professional? Or for a community that will help you grow? Join us for a special Saturday morning Student/Early Career Track. We’ll feature a panel of experienced Christians in science, small groups to help you connect your working life and your experience of faith, and an early career lunch to connect and celebrate.

Join us after the State of the ASA for our much-anticipated Ice Cream Social!

All are welcome to the InterVarsity Reception/Ice Cream Social! Join us after the State of the ASA to celebrate what God is doing this year. We’ll give a brief update on InterVarsity’s work with grad students and faculty, feature some fun guests, and give you a chance to connect with Christians in and interested in science.

Some of our scholarship winners at ASA 2016 at Azusa Pacific University.

We know that money can be tight for students. The ASA would like to help make your attendance at ASA 2024 a possibility. Thanks to generous donations from ASA members, we are able to offer limited scholarships to ASA student members. Registration for student members is FREE (a $295 value).

• Scholarship awards will cover 50% of meals and lodging (double occupancy, shared bath).
• If the student is presenting either a poster or oral presentation, the award increases to cover 75% of meals and lodging.
• Students who plan to make an poster or oral presentation should not apply for the scholarship until after an abstract acceptance is received. (Scholarship award decisions will not be made until after March 15, 2024, which is after the abstract submission deadline.)
• Students traveling from outside of the US or Canada are eligible for scholarship awards for 100% of meals and lodging. Please note the country you are traveling from on your scholarship application in your comments.

Important Notes:

• Please join the ASA as a student member if you wish to apply for scholarships. This allows us to grant scholarships within the technical infrastructure of our registration system.

To be considered for a scholarship, you must

• Be a student ASA member. To become a member, complete the online membership application.
• Be an undergraduate or graduate student, a postdoc, or early career individual (less than 3 years since graduation).
• Complete all information on the application form.
• Plan to participate in the entire meeting, including the Student/Early Career Track and the State of the ASA meeting.
• Apply by June 1, 2024.

ASA Student Membership
Not an ASA student member? No problem! Annual membership is FREE for students (a $99 value). Benefits of membership include, access to our online journal, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, and networking opportunities at local chapter meetings.

Students are invited to deliver academic talks and poster sessions at ASA annual meetings.

We invite meeting student registrants to contribute oral or poster presentations to traditional parallel session tracks for a poster presentation on a range of topics at the intersection of science and faith. You may propose an abstract one of the following:

• An Oral Presentation: this is a 20-minute presentation (plus 5-minute Q&A) on a topic of importance to the science-faith dialogue.
• A Poster Presentation: this is a conference-style poster for viewing; it should include scientific data and analysis as well as some discussion about its theological significance.

Students may either include theological reflection in their poster or bring a poster they have already created (e.g., for a secular conference) and develop theological connections in conversation at the conference.

This year, graduate and undergraduate students submitting posters will be entered into the student poster contest.

We're excited to announce our inaugural student poster contest! This year, graduate and undergraduate students submitting posters will be entered into the student poster contest. We are excited to honor exceptional student work at the Annual Meeting.

Posters will be judged on the following criteria:

• Overall Clarity of Presentation: Visual interest, Readability, Balance between text and visuals, Title, Authors, etc.
• Elements and Flow: Title and authors, Statement of purpose and significance, Description of research
• Quality of Research: Key references to support findings/conclusions
• Graphs and Data presentation: Do they support the conclusions? Are they readable and clear?

Information for those coming from a country which requires a visa.

If you need a letter of support to apply for a visa, please email us at asa@asa3.org with Request for Visa Letter of Invitation in the subject line. Please include your full name, your current hard copy address, your institution, and the title of the talk or poster you will be presenting (if any).