REGISTRATION OPEN: NASA’s Cosmic Origins Early Career Workshop

NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program is excited to invite you to the first Early Career Workshop, designed to support and empower the next generation of astrophysics leaders and Principal Investigators. The workshop aims to provide insights to early career scientists about the wide range of work done in the Cosmic Origins Program, to explain and demonstrate the tools and opportunities available to them, and to answer any questions they may have.

Follow the link here to register.

This workshop will take place virtually on October 21st – 23rd, 2025 from 1:00p – 4:00p Eastern. The three days will be focused on Science (Day 1), Missions (Day 2), and Careers (Day 3).

• On Day 1, we will provide participants with an overview of the science themes covered by Cosmic Origins and give early career scientists opportunities to share their research.
• On Day 2, we will highlight the many NASA archives, data analysis tools, and upcoming proposal opportunities so that participants can see a clear path for themselves to get involved with NASA missions.
• On Day 3, participants will engage with speakers who have taken a variety of career paths that have led them to NASA science and mission work.

We invite early-career scientists and engineers, students, and those who are interested in transitioning into astrophysics from other fields, to learn more about how to expand your career path across science, mission, and professional development to pursue roles across the broader physics and astronomy community.

Abstracts from early-careers and students are currently being accepted and submission will close on August 29th. Submission instructions can be found on the registration form linked above. Speakers must be registered to submit a talk.

Those who are interested to know more about advancing astrophysics careers and members across the broader physics and astronomy community are encouraged to register!

A detailed agenda will be posted here as it becomes available.

On behalf of the Workshop Science Organizing Committee,
Sabrina Stierwalt, Ron Gamble, Peter Kurczynski, Swara Ravindranath