PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 18, Number 39 (September 22, 2024) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Matthew R Perry, Alex Morgan Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. JGR Cross-Journal Special Collection: Aeolian-Fluvial Interactions across the Solar System 2. Tenure-track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Planetary Science at the University of California, Riverside 3. [NASA] Grant Notice 24-01 NASA Policy Update 4. [NASA] ROSES-24: F.18 MOSAICS 5-Year Collaboration Awards Draft Text Released for Community Comment 5. Department Chair Position, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan 6. Application for AGU Planetary Sciences Student and Early Career Representatives 7. PhD and PostDoc Opportunities at the Space Research Institute (Graz, Austria) 8. Citizen Science Session at the 56th DPS Meeting 9. New Horizons Science Spotlight Webinar - This Week 10. The 7th Beijing Earth and Planetary Interior Symposium (BEPIS) 11. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 12. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 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 JGR CROSS-JOURNAL SPECIAL COLLECTION: AEOLIAN-FLUVIAL INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM Submission deadline: Tuesday, 1 July 2025 Wind and rivers are geomorphological processes that shape the surfaces of planets and moons. The dynamic interplay between aeolian and fluvial activity has major implications for sediment erosion, transport, and deposition, aeolian and fluvial morphodynamics, atmospheric and surface coupling. These have wider implications for earth ecosystems, past and present habitable environments on other planets, and human infrastructure. These studies encompass remote sensing and in situ on all spatial and temporal scales from the following AGU journals: Earth and Space Science, JGR: Planets, and JGR: Earth Surface. Topics for this call for papers include but are not restricted to: - Aeolian-Fluvial Interactions - Arid Environment - Fluvial Dynamics - River Dynamics - Aeolian Processes - Fluvial Processes - Geomorphology - Planetary Surface Processes https://tinyurl.com/yvyd9dtd 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 TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FACULTY POSITION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Riverside, invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor Faculty position in Planetary Science. This position will start on July 1, 2025. Basic qualifications for this position that must be met by the date of application include: (i) Ph.D. or equivalent degree in planetary sciences, astronomy, astrobiology, or a related field, and (ii) Demonstrated excellence in research and demonstrated (or the clear potential for) excellence in teaching. Preferred qualifications for this position include: (i) Demonstrated success in fellowship and/or grant writing, (ii) Experience in supervising the research of undergraduate and/or graduate students, (iii) Experience in assisting teaching and/or leading teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, and (iv) Involvement, or potential for involvement, in planetary science and related missions. Applicants will need to submit the following: Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, 3 Letters of Recommendation, Statement of Teaching, Statement of Research, Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence. Review of applications will commence on December 15, 2024, and proceed until position is filled. More details may be found here: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01982 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 [NASA] GRANT NOTICE 24-01 NASA POLICY UPDATE NASA Grants Policy and Compliance has published Grant Notice 24-01 informing NASA grant and cooperative agreement recipients and applicants about upcoming changes to NASA's grant policies being released on October 1, 2024, which implement revisions to 2 CFR and National Security Presidential Memorandum-33. The grant notice is posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ytnbje6t The NASA Grants Policy and Compliance page is at: https://www.nasa.gov/grants-policy-and-compliance-team/ 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 [NASA] ROSES-24: F.18 MOSAICS 5-YEAR COLLABORATION AWARDS DRAFT TEXT RELEASED FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT When it is solicited, F.18 Mentorship and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community Success (MOSAICS) Five-Year Collaboration Awards will solicit proposals for up to five years of funding to support longer-term research and mentoring collaborations between scientists and engineers at NASA Centers or Facilities and faculty at institutions historically underfunded by NASA. Three funding categories are available: Small, Medium, and Large, corresponding up to ~$200,000/year, ~$500,000/year, and ~$1M/year, respectively, including indirect costs. The draft text of F.18 M5YCA is released for community comment. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/4j3z5t8k Comments and questions concerning this draft are due by November 22, 2024 either anonymously via email to hq-smd-bridge@mail.nasa.gov with the subject line "Feedback on ROSES-2024 F.18 DRAFT" or via the Google form at: https://forms.gle/5CgoYNdazEEfRSoW6 Questions concerning F.18 M5YCA, should be directed to Patricia (Padi) Boyd at hq-smd-bridge@mail.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 DEPARTMENT CHAIR POSITION, CLIMATE AND SPACE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN The Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLaSP) at the University of Michigan invites applications for the position of Department Chair, starting as early as June 2025. Our mission in CLaSP is to provide scientific, technological, and educational leadership in climate and space research to Michigan and the world. The CLaSP research agenda covers atmospheric science and meteorology, climate processes and impacts, the Earth's space environment from the thermosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere to the Sun and the heliosphere, as well as planetary bodies, their surfaces, atmospheres, and magnetospheres. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar with an earned doctorate in climate, space sciences, or a related engineering field, and will have an exemplary record of achievement in research, teaching, and service at a level commensurate with appointment as a tenured full professor. The deadline for ensuring full consideration is October 31, 2024, but the position will remain open until the position is filled. For questions regarding the search, please contact Prof. Mark Flanner (search committee chair) at flanner@umich.edu. For more information, please visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/145375 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 APPLICATION FOR AGU PLANETARY SCIENCES STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER REPRESENTATIVES The AGU Planetary Science Section is now accepting applications for the Student and Early Career Representatives, both of which serve on the Planetary Sciences Section Executive Committee. Both roles are for two years, with the goal of supporting students and early career members by organizing mentorship and early career events. Eligible candidates for the Student Representative role must be enrolled as a Masters or Ph.D. student through the end of 2026, and candidates for the Early Career Representative must have finished their Ph.D. within the last five years. The deadline to apply is October 16 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. More information is provided on the application form, which you can access for either role here: https://forms.gle/jgR7kycR4bqmpnkM8 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 PHD AND POSTDOC OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) The Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), invites applications for a number of open positions in exoplanet and Solar System research: PhD project on the evolution of Venus' stable hydrogen isotope ratio under the influence of Solar soft-X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Sadiation of the Sun. Deadline: 5 October 2024 PhD project on a statistical study of the global dynamics of the Earth's magnetosphere under the influence of three specific structures in the solar wind/Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF). Deadline: 1 October 2024 PostDoc position in Exoplanet atmosphere science. Deadline: 30 September 2024 Two PostDoc positions in Space Plasma Physics. Deadline: 1 October 2024 Details about the positions can be found here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/iwf/latest/open-positions We are looking forward hearing from you! 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 CITIZEN SCIENCE SESSION AT THE 56TH DPS MEETING Do you love making science more inclusive? Are you attending DPS 2024 in Boise, Idaho? Register for the Citizen Science splinter session! It's Thursday October 10, from 9:00 am until noon, MT. Citizen scientists have discovered most of the known comets and found hundreds of exoplanets. They have counted craters, marked alluvial fans, cataloged vortices, and helped repaint our picture of the asteroid belt. As data rates from NASA missions skyrocket, we'll need their help even more! At this splinter session, we'll discuss: - How to get started building a project and finding funding for it. - Pairing citizen science with AI and machine-learning, - Working with historically marginalized communities We'll brainstorm future citizen science projects about the Moon, Venus, and Small Bodies. Let's open the doors of science wide and welcome everyone in! You'll need to be registered for the DPS meeting to participate. Registration for the splinter session is necessary if you'd like to give a talk - optional otherwise. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/2fx6628s 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR - THIS WEEK Join us on September 26, 2:30-3pm EST (11:30-12 PST,12:30-1pm MST, 1:30-2pm CST) New Horizons continues its operation, now at 58.8au from the Sun. Since 2015 it has made ground-breaking discoveries of the Pluto-Charon system, flown past the small contact KBO binary Arrokoth and collected phase and light curve data for some three dozen additional KBOs and the ice giants. It has also been sampling dust density throughout the Solar System and studying the cosmic optical background. To raise awareness of New Horizon's scientific impact we are beginning a new spotlight seminar series (30 min, fourth week each month) which we invite you to attend online, or watch recorded at your convenience. Our speaker will be Pontus Brandt of JHU/APL and he will be speaking on: "New Horizons Nearing the Edge of the Heliosphere: What's the Big Deal?" Connection Link: https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09 Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636 Passcode: 802327 Calendar for future seminars: https://tinyurl.com/bdepb9yj Recordings are archived and posted at: https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, susank@psi.edu 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 THE 7TH BEIJING EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIOR SYMPOSIUM (BEPIS) BEPIS will be held on August 17-20, 2025 in Beijing, China. The 7th BEPIS will focus on new advances, including observation, data analysis, numerical simulation, and instrument development in paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, environmental magnetism, biogeomagnetism, planetary magnetism, geomagnetic modeling, and geodynamo theories. Remaining true to original aspiration, the BEPIS is aiming to promote understanding of the origin, structure, and variation of magnetic field of the Earth as well as extraterrestrial bodies. More details about the upcoming meeting will be announced later. Information about previous meetings could be found at: https://bepis2022.casconf.cn If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (cldeng@mail.iggcas.ac.cn; caishuhui@mail.iggcas.ac.cn). We cordially invite friends old and new participate in the 7th BEPIS. 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Note: Many face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html August 17-20, 2025 7th Beijing Earth and Planetary Interior Symposium (BEPIS) https://bepis2022.casconf.cn Beijing, China [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor@psi.edu.] 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Direct Links to Open Access Papers Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org The Pale Blue Dot: Using the Planetary Spectrum Generator to Simulate Signals from Hyperrealistic Exo-Earths V. Kofman et al. 2024 PSJ 5:197 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad6448 The Global Distribution of Water and Hydroxyl on the Moon as Seen by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) R. N. Clark et al. 2024 PSJ 5:198 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad5837 Enhancement of the Cerean Exosphere by Sublimation from Complex Craters P. O'Brien et al. 2024 PSJ 5:199 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad60c9 Triton's Captured Youth: Tidal Heating Kept Triton Warm and Active for Billions of Years N. P. Hammond and G. C. Collins 2024 PSJ 5:200 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad6744 Mid-infrared Measurements of Ion-irradiated Carbonaceous Meteorites: How to Better Detect Space Weathering Effects C. Lantz et al. 2024 PSJ 5:201 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad5d6f Experimental Method for Measuring Cohesion of Regolith via Electrostatic Lofting Charles T. Pett and Christine M. Hartzell 2024 PSJ 5:202 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad6c36 Jovian Vortex Hunter: A Citizen Science Project to Study Jupiter's Vortices Ramanakumar Sankar et al. 2024 PSJ 5:203 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad6e75 *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to https://planetarynews.org and click on Subscribe. * * An unsubscribe option is available at the end of every PEN email. Or * send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. All PEN * submissions will be tweeted @pen2tweets. Please submit a 234 (or * fewer) character tweet. 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