Dear Geochemists, As we wind down for the year, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Deadlines are rapidly approaching for our awards and bursaries, apply now! * The Geochemistry Group Postdoctoral Medal is awarded each year to a postdoctoral researcher who has published outstanding research in a peer-reviewed journal within the field of geochemistry.Please consider applying here: https://geochemistry.group/awards-and-medals/<https://eur03.safelinks.pr… for this years award. Deadline 15th January. * Applications for the 2025 Early Career Researcher Prominent Lecture Series are also now open, for more information please visit our website: https://geochemistry.group/awards-and-medals/<https://eur03.safelinks.pr… Deadline 15th January. * Meeting attendance Bursaries (PhDs & ECRs). More information and the application form can be found on our website https://geochemistry.group/funding-opportunities/<https://eur03.safelink…amp;reserved=0>. These are often under subscribed, so you stand a great chance of success! Deadline 15th January. Follow us on Bluesky and LinkedIn! We are trying to move away from the social media monsters of facebook and twitter/X, so * Follow us on the (so far) much friendlier space of Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/geochemgroup.bsky.social<https://eur03.safelink…amp;reserved=0>. * We have also created a Geochemistry Group ‘group’ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14560661/<https://eur03.safelinks.protec… , so please join us here! * Also a plug for our parent body, the Mineralogical Society of the UK, follow them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80884962/admin/dashboard/<https://eur03… for lots of relevant updates. PhD projects list: * You can find our list of geochemistry-related PhD projects here<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd…amp;reserved=0>. We are continuing to add to the list, so please send me any other projects you would like to add. All the best George