Career Opportunities

NASA Astrobiology Program Early Career Collaboration Award

By Keith Cowing

Status Report

NASA

September 21, 2025

Filed under Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award, education, Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research, NASA, Research Coordination Networks

NASA Astrobiology Program Early Career Collaboration Award — Astrobiology Program Early Career Collaboration Award

The Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award (ECCA) offers up to $5,000 in research-related travel support for undergraduate, graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists.

Applicants are encouraged to use this award to circulate among two or more laboratories supported by the NASA Astrobiology Program, including Research Coordination Networks (RCNs), Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR), Solar System Science, or other relevant proposals or topics, but any travel that is critical for the applicant’s research will be considered.

Eligible applicants must be formally affiliated with a U.S. institution.

Deadline: October 15, 2025
Award Amount: $5,000 maximum
APPLY: https://science.nasa.gov/astrobiology/researchers/early-career/ecc/

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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