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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Call
for Proposals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">NASA
Ames Summer Program 2016</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">NASA
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">June
6 - July 1, 2016</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(148,54,52)">Proposal Deadline:
March 14, 2016</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(148,54,52)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">2016 Topic
Areas</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Solar
stellar connection</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Space
weather impacts on solar and exo-planets</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Achieving
helio/astro-physics science goals with small/nano satellites </span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Purpose</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The NASA Ames Summer
Program focuses on the physics of space weather events and their interactions
with planetary atmospheres. In the heliosphere, the events start at the Sun and
influence the atmospheres, ionospheres, and magnetospheres of Earth and the
other planets in the solar system. Observations of these interactions provide
data on the interaction of these bodies with the plasma environment and can be
studied to advance theoretical development and validation. <br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Similar processes occur
around other stars and their exo-planets. The wide variety of exoplanet systems
being discovered offers a rich ground to explore. Even when restricted to
Sun-like stars, the variety of activities is large ¾ our limited lifespan
offers us a only a brief sample of solar activities, whereas comparative
stellar astrophysics enables us to effectively study solar conditions over much
longer timescales and so to explore solar and heliospheric activity of the
distant past and future. <br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The “<i>Comparative Heliophysics Summer Program 2016”</i>
at NASA Ames will focus on the foundations of heliophysics and related
disciplines as applied to stars like the Sun and planets like those in the
solar system with similar formation histories and that are relevant to
understanding the formation, evolution, and present state of our immediate
space environment. The program offers also the opportunity to explore
approaches to sensor development that address space-weather impact on planetary
atmospheres. It is intended to offer the participants an opportunity to
carry out a serious program of research while interacting with colleagues. The
primary focus is to seed and encourage new multi-disciplinary research through
interactions with scientists of various backgrounds. It is expected that
the investigations will lead to high-impact publications and opportunities to
expand into new research areas.<br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Up to 25 students
will be selected through a competitive process organized by the UCAR Visiting
Scientist Programs. In addition, three to five advisors will be recruited
from <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html"><span style="color:blue">NASA's Ames Research Center</span></a> to participate
in the Summer Program. The program will last for four weeks from June 6 to July
1, 2016. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Successful
candidates are:</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Currently
enrolled as advanced undergraduate students<b><span style="color:red">**</span></b>
or graduate students in any phase of training, or first or second year
postdoctoral fellows. </span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:red">**</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">undergraduates
in physics in their final years (Junior, Senior) with strong background in
applied mathematics, numerical methods, and computer science including advanced
programming language skills in C++ , Python, and/or FORTRAN.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Majoring
in physics with an emphasis on astrophysics, geophysics, plasma physics,
and space physics, or experienced in at least one of these areas.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Pursuing
a career in heliophysics, or astrophysics or planetary science. </span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">For additional information on this program, submitting a
proposal and instructions on how to apply,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">please visit the Heliophysics website at</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics/ames-overview.shtml">http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics/ames-overview.shtml</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">For further information, call (303) 497-1605 or
e-mail <a href="mailto:vspapply@ucar.edu">vspapply@ucar.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The Living With a Star program of the Heliophysics Division
in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate </span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><i>sponsors the NASA Ames Summer Program.</i> <i>The University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Visiting Scientist Programs collaborates with NASA
in administering the program. The University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research is an EE/AAE who values and encourages diversity in the workplace.
Images courtesy of NASA.</i><br></span></p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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