The NASA Astrobiology Institute is pleased to announce selections for research awards resulting from its 2011 Director’s Discretionary Fund competition. The selections cover a wide range of research topics, from […]
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NAI Director's Seminar: Paul Davies, Cancer as Metazoa 1.0
Date/Time: Monday, January 30, 2011 11:00AM Pacific Presenter: Paul Davies (Arizona State University) Abstract: Cancer is widespread among eukaryotes, and can be successfully tackled only by understanding its place in […]
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NASA Astrobiology Institute Cycle 6 CAN, Amendment 1: Proposal due date delayed to February 15NNH12ZDA002C
Release Date: October 11, 2011 Proposals Due: February 15, 2012 With this amendment, the proposal due date for NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) NNH11ZDA012O, “NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) – Cycle […]
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Explorer, Nobel Laureate, Astrobiologist: Things you Never Knew about Barry Blumberg
On September 20th, NAI Director Carl Pilcher delivered a colloquium to the NASA Ames community about NAI Founding Director Barry Blumberg. Focusing on his early career, his path to discovering […]
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Proposal opportunity: NASA Astrobiology Institute
On October 11, 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing a Cooperative Agreement Notice (NNH12ZDA002C) soliciting new institutional members to the NASA Astrobiology […]
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AbSciCon 2012, Session Nominations, Important Deadlines
Dear Colleague, I write to invite you to attend AbSciCon 2012 and to seek your participation in developing the meeting program. In the long tradition of AbSciCon, the Program Committee […]
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Now Soliciting Session Topics for Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2012
The organizing committee for the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) is now soliciting community input for session topics and session organizers. Proposals for session topics must be received by September […]
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Save the Date: AbSciCon 2012
The next Astrobiology Science Conference will be held in Atlanta, GA from April 16-20, 2012. Sign up to receive conference updates at: http://abscicon2012.arc.nasa.gov/. AbSciCon 2012 “Exploring Life: Past and Present, […]
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NNH11ZDA016J Statement of Intent to Release a Cooperative Agreement Notice for the NASA Astrobiology Institute
Release Date: July 25, 2011 The NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division intends to release a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) in first quarter of Fiscal Year 2012 (target is […]
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NAI Social Science Post-Doctoral Opportunity
Application Deadline: 1 July 2011 The objective of this post-doctoral opportunity is to study the NASA Astrobiology Institutes current collaborative practices and provide insight and recommendations for their evolution and […]