Dear colleagues, The 30th iteration of the European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB30) will take place June 2-6 2025 in the Czech Republic. EMPSEB aims to provide a platform for students to learn from each other and, equally, to foster a sense of community. We invite all PhD students working on questions of an evolutionary flavour to submit abstracts via our website https://empseb30.mpipz.mpg.de/registration. The deadline (recently extended) is now January 30 2025. Please note that the European Society for Evolutionary Biology supports EMPSEB attendance via two grants (see https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/). These grants also have application deadlines at the end of January. Additional travel support might become available (based on sponsorship outcomes), but do not count on it. We will have plenaries spanning diverse themes in evolutionary biology, as well as professional-development workshops. The list of invited speakers and further information can be found on the EMPSEB30 website: https://empseb30.mpipz.mpg.de. Please spread the word and feel free to forward this message to your colleagues. We look forward to having you! The EMPSEB30 organising committee (Jannika Elfert, Lukas Koch, Jana Kružlicová, Sanghamitra Kumar, Prachitha Nagendra, Pavla Novotná, Alina Schüller, Nikita Tikhomirov, Gaurav Athreya) "Athreya, Gaurav" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)