PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 5, Number 10 (February 20, 2011) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Susan Benecchi Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Melissa Lane Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] 2nd Education Opportunities in NASA STEM (EONS) Workshop 2. The European Space Agency (ESTEC, The Netherlands) recruits a scientist 3. Application Deadline Extended for International Conference: Exploring Mars Habitability 4. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 [NASA] 2ND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN NASA STEM (EONS) WORKSHOP February 23, 2011 NASA Marshall Institute US Space and Rocket Center 1 Tranquility Base Huntsville, Alabama 35805 Registration not required The NASA Office of Education is accepting proposals under the Education Opportunities in NASA STEM (EONS) NASA Research Announcement. This NEW announcement is an umbrella announcement for opportunities under the Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP), and includes calls for proposals in the following program elements for Fiscal Year 2011: - Curriculum Improvement Partnership Award for the Integration of Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum (CIPAIR) - Innovations in Global Climate Change Education (IGCCE) - MUREP Small Projects (MSP) - Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Center Unique Projects - Stennis Space Center (SSC) Center Unique Projects On site registration begins at 8:00 a.m CST. Participation is not required to submit a proposal. For more information regarding this opportunity, please visit the EONS page on the NSPIRES website. Go to: http://nspires.nasaprs.com (click on Solicitations, then on Open Solicitations) This workshop will include a networking session to give institutions and organizations an opportunity to collaborate. If you have additional questions concerning the workshop please email: NASAEONS2011@nasaprs.com [Shortened for length.] 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESTEC, THE NETHERLANDS) RECRUITS A SCIENTIST A selection of duties and responsibilities: - providing scientific support to future ESA robotic exploration mission studies to Mars; - providing scientific expertise to the presently ongoing implementation of the ExoMars Programme; - performing scientific research, preferably in the area of terrestrial planets, in particular Mars. Qualifications: PhD or equivalent degree in the field of Planetary Sciences Substantial experience in particular utilizing space-based instrumentation. Scientific areas: geology, geophysics, geochemistry, exobiology and atmospheric sciences Applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada. More at: http://www.esa.int/hr/PDF/ESA-VN-ESTEC-2010-082-REV.1.pdf Deadline: 14 March 2011 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: EXPLORING MARS HABITABILITY The application deadline for student travel awards for The International Conference: Exploring Mars Habitability in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 13-15, 2011, has been extended to February 21th, 2011. This matches the extended abstract deadline for this conference. Dr. Charles Budney Mars Program Office MS 321-630 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 (818) 354-3981 charles.j.budney@jpl.nasa.gov 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS February 24-25, 2011 New York Workshop on Computer, Earth, and Space Sciences 2011 http://www.giss.nasa.gov/meetings/cess2011 New York, NY August 7-12, 2011 12th Annual Summer School on Adaptive Optics http://www.cfao.ucolick.org/aosummer/2011/index.php Santa Cruz, CA Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop of which your colleagues should be aware, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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