NAI is offering ten full-funded scholarships for students who wish to attend the 2007 International Summer School in Astrobiology, Santander, Spain, July 2-6. The topic for this year’s school is […]
Education and Outreach
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program
NAI Announces Two MIRS Sabbatical Awards
The NAI Minority Institution Research Support (MIRS) Program is pleased to announce the selection of two faculty sabbatical research awards to Abel Mendez, from the University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo, […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Education and Outreach
NAI Graduate Student Simulates Mars in the Utah Desert
Irene Schneider from NAI’s Penn State Team is spending two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station in a simulated expedition to the Red Planet. The last of the 2006-2007 […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
AbGradCon 2007 @ Bioastronomy
We’re getting AbGradCon back on track! The next installment of AbGradCon (The Astrobiology Graduate Conference) will be held July 14 & 15, 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The goal […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
NASA Planetary Science Summer School- APPLICATIONS DUE MAY 15
Applications are due May 15, 2007, for NASA’s 19th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will hold two sessions this summer, July 23-27 and August 6-10, at the Jet Propulsion […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach
NAI E/PO Lead Selected for Senior Fulbright
Herb Thier, Ph.D., E/PO lead for NAI’s UC Berkeley Team, has recently been selected as a scholar by the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program. Dr. Thier will work with the staff […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Radiation
NAI Grad Student Selected to Plan for Future Mars Extra-Vehicular Activity
NAI graduate student Irene Schneider from Jim Kasting’s group at Penn State has been selected by NASA/Mars Society as crew physicist for the upcoming expedition 61 for the Mars Desert […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
NAI Teams and Partners Offer Summer Workshops for Educators in Astrobiology
From Hawai’i to Massachusetts, workshops offering hands-on, in-the-field, in-the-lab experiences for teachers are being held this summer by NAI teams and others. The workshops feature cutting edge astrobiology research delivered […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Education and Outreach, Video, Audio, Webcasts, Podcasts
Spaceward Bound Phase III – Expedition: Mojave 2007
Continuing the Spaceward Bound series of field expeditions, in March a team of 40 teachers will be traveling to the Mojave Desert and working side-by-side with NASA scientists who search […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program
NAI Minority Institution Research Support Program Application Deadline – April 2nd
The NAI Minority Institution Research Support (MIRS) Program provides opportunities for researchers from qualified Minority Institutions to initiate joint partnerships with researchers in the field of astrobiology. The NAI-MIRS program […]