The 2012 FameLab Astrobiology Finals will be broadcast live on NASA TV as well as over the internet! The event will be held from 7-9 PM (EDT) on Monday, April 16th.

The livestream will be available at http://livestream.com/FameLabAstrobiology and at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. Check local listings for the NASA TV channel number in your area.

FameLab Astrobiology is a science communication extravaganza! Over the past few months, more than 70 early career astrobiologists have gathered at sites across the USA (and on YouTube) to compete in FameLab Astrobiology preliminaries. Eleven have emerged as finalists.

Each finalist will have just three minutes to convey a science topic to a general public audience. No slides, no charts—just the power of words and anything they can hold in their hands. These 11 have gone through two rounds of elimination to get the finals. The winner will compete in the FameLab International final in the UK this summer.

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FameLab was set up in 2005 by Cheltenham Festivals in partnership with the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) to find and nurture UK scientists and engineers with a flair for communicating with public audiences. Since 2007, thanks to a partnership with the British Council, FameLab competitions were heldacross Europe, Asia, and Africa. In 2012, FameLab has been held in 20 countries worldwide. Their partnership with NASA has brought FameLab to North America for the first time!