PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 1, Number 8 (July 1, 2007)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes 
Co-Editors: Matt Balme, Nic Richmond
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. [NASA] NSPIRES: NEW DUE DATES FOR TWO LIVING WITH A STAR TARGETED 
   RESEARCH
2. [NASA] ROSES: NEW DATES FOR LUNAR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION 
   RESEARCH (LASER)
3. ABSCICON 2008 CALL FOR SESSION TOPIC PROPOSALS

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[NASA] NSPIRES: NEW DUE DATES FOR TWO LIVING WITH A STAR TARGETED RESEARCH

The due dates for proposals to the Living With a Star Targeted 
Research and Technology program element described in Appendix B.7 of 
ROSES-2007 and for proposals to the Living With a Star Targeted 
Research and Technology: Strategic Capability program element 
described in Appendix B.8 of ROSES-2007 have been changed. The due 
date for submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI) is changed from July 27, 
2007, to September 19, 2007.  The due date for submitting a proposal 
is changed from August 31, 2007, to October 19, 2007.

This change is made in anticipation of the release of the final text 
for these two program elements being released prior to July 19, 2007.

On or about June 26, 2007, this Amendment to the NASA Research 
Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 
(ROSES) 2007" (NNH07ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research 
opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ (select 
"Solicitations" then "Open Solicitations" then "NNH07ZDA001N").

Further information about this program element is available from Dr. 
Madhulika Guhathakurta, Heliophysics Division, Science Mission 
Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 
358-1992; E-mail: Madhulika.Guhathakurta@nasa.gov.


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[NASA] ROSES: NEW DATES FOR LUNAR ADVANCED SCINECE AND EXPLORATION 
RESEARCH (LASER)

The due dates for proposals to the Lunar Advanced Science and 
Exploration Research (LASER) program element described in Appendix 
C.8 of ROSES-2007 have been changed. The due date for submitting a 
Notice of Intent (NOI) is changed from June 29, 2007, to July 6, 
2007.  The due date for submitting a proposal is changed from 
September 7, 2007, to September 20, 2007.

LASER has also been amended to allow (i) proposals for up to 4 years 
and (ii) participation in the Fellowships for Early Career 
Researchers described in Appendix C.22 of ROSES-2007.

On or about June 29, 2007, this Amendment to the NASA Research 
Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 
(ROSES) 2007" (NNH07ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research 
opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ (select 
"Solicitations" then "Open Solicitations" then "NNH07ZDA001N").

Further information about this program element is available from Dr. 
Robert A. Fogel, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission 
Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 
358-2289; E-mail: Robert.A.Fogel@nasa.gov. 


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ABSCICON 2008 CALL FOR SESSION TOPIC PROPOSALS
 
The Science Steering Committee of the 2008 Astrobiology Science Conference
(April 15-17, Santa Clara, California, USA) invites proposals for sessions
related to the major scientific themes:  The Astronomical and Planetary
Context for Life, The Origin and Evolution of Life, and The Search for
Life in our Solar System and Beyond.
 
To submit proposals, and for more details, please go to the conference
website, http://abscicon.seti.org.
 
The deadline for submission of session topic proposals is July 23, 2007.
 
Questions can be addressed to: session.proposals@seti.org.



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