In-Person: ICAR 2024- 34th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research

Do you want to VIRTUALLY attend ICAR 2024? Go to to the ICAR Virtual portal.

Become a member before you register to save $40-$180 off In-Person registration and to be eligible to apply for ICAR funding!

Members of the NAASC Arabidopsis Community group are eligible for discounts & to apply for funding, including fee waivers.

You must be a member to apply for ICAR funding (membership waivers available for those with financial challenges). Do not register now for ICAR if you will apply for a registration waiver. You must first become a member to be eligible to apply for funding and wait to register until you are notified if you have been awarded a fee waiver. Funding to be announced March 31.

Full details on ICAR 2024 including Deadlines, Funding opportunities, Abstract submission, and Lodging can be found on the main ICAR webpage: https://icar2024.weebly.com/

Important Deadlines:

1. March 12: Deadline to request a membership fee waiver to apply for In-Person funding
2. March14: Deadline to become a member to apply for In-Person funding
3. March 15: Deadline to apply for all In-Person funding (Must be a NAASC Community group member to apply)
4. April 1: Awardees for IN-PERSON funding will be notified by email and you must register by May 31 or any submitted abstract will be removed.
5. April 1: Virtual Fee funding application opens (Must be a NAASC Community group member to apply)
6. April 12: Deadline to become a member before member early bird fee expires
7. April 15: Deadline to submit an abstract for a talk
8. April 15: Early Bird discounted fee ends
9. April 26: Deadline to request a membership fee waiver to apply for VIRTUAL fee waiver (Must be a NAASC Community group member to apply)
10. May 1: Deadline to apply for virtual fee waiver funding (Must be a NAASC Community group member to apply)
11. May 15: Awardees for VIRTUAL funding will be notified by email and you must register by May 31 or any submitted abstract will be removed.
12. May 31: Deadline to submit an abstract for a poster
13. May 31: Deadline to register or your participation & abstract will be canceled
14. June 15: Deadline to cancel In-Person registration in writing to icar.registrar@gmail.com ($60 cancellation fee)
15. July 1: Deadline to transfer your paid registration to someone else, with no fee (must notify icar.registrar@gmail.com in writing) & Deadline to cancel Virtual registration (must notify icar.registrar@gmail.com in writing; $30 cancellation fee)
16. July 5: Deadline to become a member for reduced member regular fee
17. July 8: Regular fee ends. Onsite registration required.

ICAR is the largest annual international scientific conference that focuses on the resources, techniques, and fundamental research taking place in Arabidopsis labs, and in labs that depend on Arabidopsis knowledge and resources. Thousands of researchers around the world use Arabidopsis, and the knowledge derived from their research informs nearly all aspects of plant biology as it is still the species with the best features to rapidly enable new discoveries.