The pool of candidates for the NAI/APS 2011 competition was the largest we have ever experienced. Typically six to seven selections are made annually, however for 2011 twelve young investigators […]
Education and Outreach
Posted inEducation and Outreach
Student Mentors Needed
The InSPIRESS program at the University of Alabama-Huntsville is a spin-off of the highly successful JPL Planetary Science Summer School. InSPIRESS serves both high school and undergraduate students; science mentors […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Meteorites & Asteroids
Post-doctoral Position in Cometary Science
The Planetary Group, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park has an immediate post-doctoral position opening in infrared spectral data analysis from the Deep Impact prime mission to Tempel […]
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The NASA Postdoctoral Program Welcomes Applications for the November Cycle
The next deadline to apply for a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship is November 1, 2011. These competitive one- to three-year appointments advance NASA’s missions in space science, earth science, […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
NAI StoryTeaching Seminar
Teachers trekking to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa stop to pose for the camera in a scene from the documentary Inspire Me: Africa. On May 31, 2011, Brad […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Education and Outreach
Environmental Geobiology Faculty Position: Kansas State University
The Department of Geology at Kansas State University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Environmental Geobiology, at the rank of Assistant Professor. Compensation is based on the nine-month […]
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Postdoctoral Research Opportunity at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Extreme Chemistry group (X-chem) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has an immediate opening for a Postdoctoral Research Staff Member in the area of first-principles computational modeling of astrobiological phenomena […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Origin & Evolution of Life
Origin of Life Research Award
An award of $50,000 is being offered for the best original proposal pertaining to the study of the origin of life on Earth. Multiple awards may be made. “Life” is […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach
New Astrobiology Centre to be opened at Stockholm University
A new Astrobiology Centre will be started at Stockholm University this autumn. It will be a virtual Centre (with no separate administration) and comprise scientists engaged in physics, astronomy, geology, […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
8th annual Astrobiology Graduate Conference – AbGradCon – 2011
The 8th annual Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) was held at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman, MT from June 5-8, 2011. AbGradCon is unique in that it is organized by […]