Meeting registration and abstract submissions are now open for VMSG 2027!
We are inviting either oral or poster submissions to the following thematic sessions:
- Mantle Melting, Volatiles and Magmatic Fertility – Melt generation, mantle heterogeneity, volatiles, magmatic fertility and critical raw materials.
- Magma Storage, Transport and Eruption Triggers – Crustal magmatic architecture, geophysical imaging, mushes, recharge, and what destabilises a system.
- Eruptive Processes and Volcanic Monitoring – Conduit to atmosphere, and how we observe and forecast it.
- Eruption Archives and Long-Term Volcanic Behaviour – Field volcanology, tephrochronology, ice cores, recurrence, and what the record lets us infer.
- Volcanoes, Environment and Society – Climate, atmosphere, soils, risk, infrastructure, communication, geoheritage.
- Planetary Volcanism and New Frontiers – Volcanism beyond Earth, novel methods and instrumentation, and early-stage and in-progress work. This session is sponsored by JEOL.
Please note, that you are only able to upload one abstract, and it should be uploaded at the time of registration. If your abstract is not ready for submission at the time of registration, please upload a holding abstract and send the final version to kevin@minersoc.org by no later than 27th November 2026.
You can download the abstract template here:
Please save your abstract submission document in the following convention (“SessionNo_Surname_poster/oral_VMSG27”), where the first number refers to the preferred session (see list below), as a Word document and please specify whether oral or poster is preferred.
e.g. “6_Anning _poster_VMSG27.pdf” or “2_Hutton_oral_VMSG27.pdf”.
Registration Fees
Early bird registration is available until 23rd October 2026 and final registrations will close on 27th November 2026.
Full registration: Registration includes access to all 3 days of the conference, refreshments, lunch on Thursday and Friday, the icebreaker, and the conference dinner.
Single-day attendees: Registration includes access to the conference on the indicated day only. This will include refreshments and lunch (Thursday and/or Friday only), and if you would like to attend the conference dinner, this must be paid for on top of your day-rate registration charged at £25.00.
Early bird (until 23rd October 2026)
- Student/retired member £155.00
- Student/retired non-member £165.00
- Professional member £175.00
- Professional non-member £205.00
Standard Rate (until 27th November 2026)
- Student/retired member £185.00
- Student/retired non-member £195.00
- Professional member £205.00
- Professional non-member £235.00
- Student Day rate £85.00
- Professional day rate £100.00
VMSG Cambridge 2027 Bursary
The Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group welcomes applications for funding (up to £350) from researchers and staff based in the UK or Ireland who wish to attend and present their work at VMSG in Cambridge 2027. These bursaries are supported by a one-off VMSG financial surplus. The Cambridge Philosophical Society will sponsor a further group of bursaries for Early Career Researchers, including postgraduate students. The funding can be used to cover registration and/or travel and accommodation for the VMSG conference.
Statement of Intent
VMSG Cambridge 2027 Bursaries are intended to support UK and Ireland-based VMSG-aligned researchers:
- Who have a permanent or short-term contract, and who are actively conducting research in VMSG-aligned topics.
- Who do not have access to other sources of funding to allow them to cover the full costs of attending the VMSG Annual Meeting in January 2027.
- Students are not eligible for this bursary but can apply for the CPS Bursary below (and the conventional periodic Student Bursary)
The Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS) bursaries are for those who are currently studying for a postgraduate degree (including MSci and MSc) in the UK or Ireland, or are Early Career Researchers less than three years from their PhD completion date.
To apply:
- Please fill in this application form, describing the value of attending the VMSG annual meeting to you.
- Applications should be sent to the Awards and Bursaries Officer Katy Chamberlain: k.j.chamberlain@liverpool.ac.uk
- Applications must be submitted electronically and be received by the deadline of 23.59 hrs on: 9th October 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for a VMSG supported bursary an applicant must fulfil the following criteria:
- Be employed by a UK or Irish University, or organisation associated with the mission of VMSG in the UK or Ireland (irrespective of contract length)
- Be preparing to submit an abstract to present at VMSG 2027
- Contribute to either the marking and feedback on student presentations in oral and poster formats, or join the mentoring scheme or contribute to an existing workshop.
- Do not have access to sufficient funding to attend VMSG annual meeting by other means.
- You must undertake research which falls within the remit of VMSG.
- Grants are non-transferable and must be used for the purpose stated on the submitted form. Awardees who are unable to use the award for the purpose set out in their application must relinquish it.
- Preference will be given to those who are members of one of the VMSG parent societies, the Mineralogical Society or Geological Society of London.
To be eligible for a Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS) Bursary you should:
- Be undertaking or have recently completed a postgraduate degree (including MSci and MSc) in a UK or Irish University, or organisation associated with the mission of VMSG in the UK or Ireland.
- Be peparing to submit an abstract to present at VMSG 2027
- Do not have access to sufficient funding to attend VMSG annual meeting by other means.
- You must undertake research which falls within the remit of VMSG.
- Grants are non-transferable and must be used for the purpose stated on the submitted form. Awardees who are unable to use the award for the purpose set out in their application must relinquish it.
- Preference will be given to those who are members of one of the VMSG parent societies, the Mineralogical Society or Geological Society of London.