Subject: [DPS Members] DPS Mailing #10-01: Prize nominations, renewal reminder... Issue 10-01, January 25th 2010 +-----------------------------CONTENTS--------------------------------+ 1) DPS Prize Nominations Sought 2) AAS/DPS Membership Renewal Reminder 3) Upcoming Planetary Science Subcommittee Meeting 4) Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award Nominations Sought 5) Make Your Own Targeting Suggestions for HiRISE 6) Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle-7 Call for Proposals 7) Job Announcements 8) Upcoming Meetings +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS SOUGHT Nominations are requested for the 2010 DPS Prizes. See http://dps.aas.org/prizes/ for details of the prizes, and nomination procedures. The prizes are as follows: The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, which honors outstanding contributions to the field of planetary science. The Harold C. Urey Prize, which recognizes outstanding achievement in planetary research by a young scientist. The Harold Masursky Award, which acknowledges outstanding service to planetary science and exploration. The Carl Sagan Medal, which recognizes and honors outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public. The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award, which recognizes and stimulates distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences. The deadline for nominations is April 16th 2010. 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 AAS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER A reminder for AAS members to renew your AAS membership and DPS membership as soon as possible: unrenewed memberships will expire shortly. You can renew online at http://aas.org - you'll need your membership number and password. If you have questions, contact [email protected]. 3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3 UPCOMING PLANETARY SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTE MEETING The next meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council will take place telephonically and by WebEx. The meeting will take place 3 February 2010 from 11AM until 1PM EST. The meeting will be open to the public. Any interested person may call the USA toll free conference call number (866) 844-9416, passcode PSS, to participate in this meeting by telephone. International callers may contact Ms. Marian Norris ([email protected]) for country-specific conference call numbers. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/, meeting number 993131217, and password PS$M33ting. 4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4 CHAMBLISS AMATEUR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT The AAS has moved up the deadline for nominations for its annual Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award to June 1st. http://aas.org/grants/Chambliss_Amateur_Achievement_Award_Rules.php DPS members who are aware of, and maybe benefit from, the work of particularly outstanding amateur astronomers are encouraged to nominate them for this award. 5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5 MAKE YOUR OWN TARGETING SUGGESTIONS FOR HiRISE The HiRISE Team has launched a new public suggestion tool, called HiWish, http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/releases/hiwish.php You can suggest your own targets, as well as be notified when that suggestion is acquired and released to the PDS. More details about HiWish can be found in our LPSC abstract: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/2458.pdf or you can just go straight there and start suggesting targets: http://www.uahirise.org/suggest/ 6---------6---------6---------6---------6---------6---------6---------6 SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE CYCLE-7 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Proposal Deadline: 23 April 2010, 5:00 PM PDT Cycle-7: August 2010 - July 2011 See the Proposal Kit section of the Spitzer Science Center website: http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit 7---------7---------7---------7---------7---------7---------7---------7 JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS 1) Faculty Position: Planetary Science/Astronomy University of Central Florida See www.jobswithucf.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=74502 The Department of Physics (physics.ucf.edu) is searching for candidates to fill one or more tenured or tenure-track faculty positions in the area of planetary sciences and astronomy (planets.ucf.edu). The starting date is expected to be in August 2010. Applications received by February 1, 2010, will receive full consideration; review will continue until the position is filled. 8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8---------8 UPCOMING MEETINGS 1) Titan Through Time: Formation, Evolution and Fate, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, April 6-8 2010 http://titanworkshop.hostcell.net/ Titan Through Time will be a 2 1/2 day workshop hosted at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, aimed at bringing together the planetary research community to share recent topical results and to debate about Titan's formation, evolution and fate. This workshop is open to everyone who has an interest in Titan, including those studying it experimentally through spacecraft missions and telescope facilities, researchers of solar system formation, history of Mars and Venus, comets, physical chemistry, laboratory spectroscopy and other fields with important intersections with Titan research. The event will mix both invited reviews, as well as topical contributed talks and posters. Deadlines: Abstracts - February 1st Registration - February 15th (to allow time for badging.) Registration is limited to 50 participants due to available conference facilities. Contact: Conor Nixon, Ralph Lorenz, co-chairs 2) Nix and Hydra : Five Years After Discovery, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, May 11-12, 2010 http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/nix-hydra Online registration is now available for the Nix-Hydra workshop at the above URL. Attendance will be limited to ~50 people, so please register early. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+