April 29, 2026

For students at the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, opportunities to travel, collaborate, and share their research can be career-defining. Today, we invite you to help make those opportunities possible.

As part of 40 Hours for the Forty Acres, CPSH is raising support for our Student Travel Grant and Fellowship programs – critical resources that allow students to attend conferences, present their work, build professional networks, provide financial stability for emerging scholars, and pursue innovative research in planetary science and habitability.

These experiences not only shapes students’ academic paths – they help advance discovery across the planetary sciences and strengthen the next generation of planetary researchers.

Every donation, at any level, makes a meaningful impact during this 40-hour giving campaign.

Thank you for being a part of the CPSH community and for investing in the students who are exploring some of humanity’s biggest questions – about planets, life, and our place in the universe.

The University of Texas at Austin’s 40 Hours for the 40 Acres ends Thursday, April 30th at 8pm CT.

Meet Medha, one of CPSH’s Fellowship awardees: