Issue 20-37, August 9, 2020
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- DPS 2020 ABSTRACTS DUE THIS WEEK!
- DPS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH GRANTS – FINAL DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST 15TH
- DECADAL SURVEY WHITE PAPER ON THE SATURN RING SKIMMER MISSION CONCEPT
- ARECIBO OBSERVATORY CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: INCREASING THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE LEADERSHIP OF COMPETED SPACE MISSIONS
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DPS 2020 ABSTRACTS DUE THIS WEEK!
Don’t forget that abstracts for DPS 2020 are due Wednesday, August 12 11:59PM EDT.
Abstracts have limits of 2250 characters (not including spaces).
First authors may submit up to one research abstract plus up to one abstract in each of
the following categories: History; Education and Community Engagement; Decadal
Whitepapers; Workforce
For more information about DPS 2020, please visit: https://aas.org/meetings/dps52
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DPS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH GRANTS – FINAL DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST 15TH
The DPS Committee is offering small grants (average amounts of $200 to $500) to
support DPS members to engage in local and virtual education and public engagement
activities. These grants are intended to support DPS member efforts to engage other
members, students, teachers, and the public and can be used for materials, consumables,
equipment but not for salary or travel to DPS meetings. Proposals are being accepted
for programs that will occur by June 1, 2021. We encourage creative solutions for
engagement efforts that also conform to social-distancing requirements. If you have a
question about what is an acceptable cost, please contact the DPS Education and Outreach
Officer, Sanlyn Buxner, [email protected]. Proposals should be emailed to [email protected]
and you will receive an email confirmation.
Applications will be accepted until August 15, 2020. All proposals will be reviewed by
members of the DPS education committee and the executive committee. Complete
directions, including a scoring rubric, can be found at
education/education-outreach-grants/application
Please address any questions to [email protected].
Sanlyn Buxner (Education and Public Outreach Officer) and
Brian Jackson (Deputy Education and Public Outreach Officer)
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DECADAL SURVEY WHITE PAPER ON THE SATURN RING SKIMMER MISSION CONCEPT
You are invited to support a white paper describing the Saturn Ring Skimmer
mission concept, the next step to explore Saturn’s rings, atmosphere, interior,
and inner magnetosphere.
In addition to addressing fundamental questions about Saturn and its rings, as
well as giant planets and astrophysical disk systems in general, the Saturn Ring
Skimmer would reveal how the rings, magnetosphere, atmosphere, and interior
of the planet operate as an inter-connected system. We advocate that this mission
concept be studied in depth as a potential option for the New Frontiers program.
The paper is available at:
https://www.seti.org/RingSkimmerWP20
A form to register your support is available at:
https://www.seti.org/RingSkimmerWP20_support
The paper will be submitted on August 15 to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology
Decadal Survey.
Matthew Tiscareno
Mar Vaquero
Matthew Hedman
and the Ring Skimmer team
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ARECIBO OBSERVATORY CALL FOR PROPOSALS
We invite proposals for the Arecibo 305-m telescope for the Thursday, Sep 3, 2020
(17:00 AST, 21:00 UTC) deadline. These requests should be for telescope/radar usage
within the six-month (or in some cases one-year) period beginning January 1, 2021.
Important notices:
There will be no proposals accepted for Space and Atmospheric Sciences this term
due to 430MHz transmitter upgrades.
Proposals should be prepared under the procedures detailed in our guidelines. Please
note that these were substantially revised recently by the Arecibo Scheduling Advisory
Committee (ASAC) following feedback from Arecibo Observatory Users’ Committee
(AOUC).
We regret that, due to Congressional restrictions on the use of NASA funds, we are
unable to host on-site observers working for institutions in China. Observers from
China are welcome to apply for time as remote or in-absentia observers, but should
meet the criteria for these observing modes.
Proposals must be submitted using the Proposal Submission Tool.
Please email any questions about this call for proposals to Christiano Brum
([email protected]) or Maria Womack ([email protected]) (useful links are
listed in the end of this message).
Sincerely,
Christiano G.M. Brum (ASAC chair) and Maria Womack (ASAC co-chair)
Useful links:
Technical information for Radio Astronomy proposals for this deadline.
Proposal and Observation Preparation Tools (compute LST rise and set times for
sources and to calculate the dates when sources will be visible at nighttime).
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: INCREASING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE LEADERSHIP OF COMPETED SPACE MISSIONS
The National Academies is undertaking a new study that will recommend actions
to increase diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in the leadership of competed
space missions proposed to the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD). In response
to a request from the NASA SMD, this study will examine the current mission proposal
system at NASA SMD and identify elements of the system that may present impediments
to applicants, limiting the diversity of the competitive pool. As part of its work, the
committee will engage with a wide range of experts in the relevant social science and
space science communities.
Please submit your nominations using this form. Nominations will receive maximum
consideration if submitted by August 17, 2020.
Nominees with backgrounds in the following areas are encouraged:
· Space science research (in areas such as planetary sciences, earth sciences, heliophysics, astronomy and astrophysics)
· Space science mission and program management
· Management of investigator-led multi-institutional projects at government science and engineering funding agencies
· Workforce studies
· Relevant social sciences research in areas such as organizational psychology and human systems integration
· Diversity, equity and inclusion issues in education and workplaces
· Relevant work in areas such as leadership development research and institutional/organizational change management
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