Newsletter 15-11

Issue 15-11, March 10, 2015

 

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  1. CALL FOR DPS 2015 PRIZE NOMINATIONS
  2. 2015B NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
  3. FAMELAB USA SEASON 3 ONLINE COMPETITION
  4. JOBS/POSITIONS OPPORTUNITIES
  5. UPCOMING MEETINGS

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CALL FOR DPS 2015 PRIZE NOMINATIONS

 

DEADLINE APRIL 15, 2015

 

Every year the DPS recognizes exceptional achievement in our field. It is time to consider nominating a respected
colleague for one of the annual DPS prizes:

 

The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize honors outstanding contributions to the field of planetary science.

The Harold C. Urey Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in planetary research by a young scientist.

The Harold Masursky Award acknowledges outstanding service to planetary science and exploration.

The Carl Sagan Medal recognizes and honors outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the
general public.

The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award recognizes and stimulates distinguished popular writing
on planetary sciences. 

 

Detailed descriptions of each of the prizes and the criteria for nominees for each can be found at prizes.
The nomination form and instructions can also be retrieved from this website. The completed nomination form and
supporting material should be emailed to [email protected]

 

Anyone except current DPS Committee members may submit a nomination. A completed nomination will be retained and
considered by the Prize Subcommittee for three years, or as long as the nominee is eligible, whichever is less. Past
nominees may be re-nominated after the expiration of a prior nomination. A posthumous nomination is allowed for a
limited time after the nominee’s death, except for the Sagan Medal. For specific details, see the URL noted above.

 

The deadline for nominations this year is April 15.

 

Consider for example the Carl Sagan Medal, which recognizes excellence in public communication in planetary science.
Do you have a colleague that excels in reaching out to the public, who has a particularly effective way of communicating
new findings in our field? We want to recognize those efforts that are so important to the health of our field!

 

The Masursky Award recognizes meritorious service to planetary science. Do you have a colleague whose efforts made a
significant difference in the success of an endeavor you’ve been involved in through engineering, managerial,
programmatic or public service activities? Consider nominating that individual!

 

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2015B NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

 

The due date for the 2015B semester (August 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016) is Wednesday, April 1, 2015. See our online submission formhttp://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php, which is available for proposal submission from 12:00AM on March 1, 2015 until the deadline. Available instruments include: (1) SpeX, a 1 – 5 micron cross-dispersed medium-resolution spectrograph (up to R=2,500) and imager; (2) CSHELL, a 1-5 micron high-resolution spectrograph (up to R=40,000); (3) MORIS, a 512×512 pixel Andor CCD camera (60″x60″ field-of-view) mounted at the side-facing window of the SpeX cryostat that can be used simultaneously with SpeX; and (4) PI-instruments including a low-resolution 3-14 micron spectrograph and a 8-25 micron high-resolution spectrograph. Information on available instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/Facility.

Please see http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callForProposals.php for the full text.

 

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FAMELAB USA SEASON 3 ONLINE COMPETITION
 

Calling all early career scientists!  Passionate about science?  Love to communicate… or want to learn how?  Have you wanted to join FameLab but couldn’t make any of the in-person heats?  THIS is your chance… join us for the FameLab USA Season 3 Online Competition!  Submit a YouTube video of your 3-minute, PowerPoint-free presentation by March 16, and join our live, online event on March 18 to receive direct feedback from the judges.  Information on how to join and prepare your video can be found at http://famelab-eeb.arc.nasa.gov/competitions/season3-online2015/, and/or email Daniella Scalice of the NASA Astrobiology Program with any questions at [email protected].   

 

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JOBS/POSITIONS OPPORTUNITIES

ASTRONOMY COORDINATOR
University of Tennessee – Knoxville

content/astronomy-coordinator

Application Due Date: May 1, 2015

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

 

A) 11th LOW-COST PLANETARY MISSION (LCPM-11) CONFERENCE

Dear colleague, 

 

Let me again draw your attention to the 11th Low Cost Planetary Missions Conference (LCPM-11) that we have the
pleasure of hosting this June in Berlin. Due to the continued interest we have extended the abstract deadline to
March 16th. 

 

We like to draw your particular interest to session 1. We are talking to the leading space agencies and can already
announce that NASA, ESA and Jaxa will be presenting their low cost mission plans. 

 

If you encounter any problems during abstract submission and registration, do not hesitate to contact Barbara Stracke
at [email protected] 

 

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) LCPM-11 will be held on June 9th – 11th , 2015 in Berlin, Germany,
at the Archenhold Sternwarte located in one of the largest parks in the city.
The meeting website is http://www.dlr.de/LCPM11. You are invited to submit your abstract and register for the meeting
through this website.

 

We will convene in the Einstein Saal, the venue where Albert Einstein gave his first public lecture on the theory of
relativity in Berlin. There will be an icebreaker on June 8th 2015 at the Archenhold Sternwarte
. A social event will be held with reception and dinner in the historic Berlin
Museum of Natural History on June 10th 2015. 

 

The co-chairs, Tilman Spohn, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, and Gregg Vane,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Solar System Exploration Directorate, will work with the program committee
and soon announce the preliminary program.

 

Thank you,

Tilman Spohn (DLR)

 

B) 6TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEODESY AND GEOPHYSICS (IUGG)

June 22- July 2, 2015

http://www.iugg2015prague.com/

Prague, Czech Republic 

 

C) EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS 2015

27 September – 02 October, 2015

www.epsc2015.eu/

Nantes, France

 

D) 6th PLANETARY CRATER CONSORTIUM MEETING

The 6th Planetary Crater Consortium meeting will be held August 12-14, 2015, at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, AZ. The Planetary Crater Consortium is open to planetary scientists interested in any aspect of impact cratering on solar system bodies, including observational, theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies. The meeting is a combination of invited talks, contributed talks, and open discussion. Abstract deadline is Monday, August 3, 2015. For more information, see www.planetarycraterconsortium.nau.edu/ or contact Nadine Barlow ([email protected]). 

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Anne J. Verbiscer
Research Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4325