NASA announces a call for graduate fellowship proposals to the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program for the 2010-2011 academic year. This call for fellowship proposals solicits applications […]
Education and Outreach
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) 2010
Taellberg, Sweden – June 14-18, 2010: In 2010, AbGradCon, the foremost astrobiology meeting for early-career researchers, will be held in Europe for the first time in its history. Graduate students […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach
Astrobiology Teachers Academy
NAI’s New York Center for Astrobiology held its first Teachers Academy at RPI on July 13-16, 2009. Nine high school science teachers from four local school districts collaborated with six […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments
Teachers from Around the World Examine Life in Extreme Environments
This summer, sixteen teachers from around the world convened with NAI’s team at Montana State University for a weeklong class called “Examining Life in Extreme Environments: Insights into Early Earth […]
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US to Australia Fellowship Program: Deadline October 31
Applications for the US to Australia Fellowship Program close on October 31st. The program offers fellowships of up to AU$25,000 to American researchers or students wishing to undertake advanced research […]
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Report on the Meeting of the First Early-Career Astrobiology Research Focus Group (RFG)
In July a group of early-career astrobiologists (graduate students and postdocs) spent two days engaged in intensive brainstorming at the first ever Early-Career Astrobiology Research Focus Group (RFG). The goal […]
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NASA Postdoctoral Program Proposal Deadline November 1, 2009
The next application deadline for the NASA Postdoctoral Program is November 1, 2009. The program provides opportunities for Ph.D. scientists and engineers to perform research on problems largely of their […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach, Mars
Student Travel Grants – Workshop on Methane on Mars
November 25-27, 2009 in Frascati, Italy – The NASA Mars Program Office has announced that travel funding will be made available for as many as 5 students who are U.S. […]
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Postdoc Position Available at the Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole
A postdoctoral position in microbial ecology with secondary emphases in evolutionary ecology, information theory and/or modeling is available at the Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole. This NSF-funded project seeks to […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program
Three New NASA Postdoctoral Fellows Join The NAI
The NAI has selected three new postdoctoral fellows, Siobhan Wilson, Sanchaya Gupta, and Nancy Akerman as they join NAI teams through the NASA Postdoctoral Program. Nancy Akerman will work with […]