<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Call for Proposals</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">NASA Ames Summer Program 2016</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">June 6 - July 1, 2016</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(148,54,52)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">2016 Topic Areas</span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-size:12.8px"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Solar stellar connection</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Space weather impacts on solar and exo-planets</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Achieving helio/astro-physics science goals with small/nano satellites</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><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" target="_blank"><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 <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">June 6</span></span> to July 1, 2016. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Successful candidates are:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-size:12.8px"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><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;font-size:12.8px"><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><ul type="disc" style="font-size:12.8px"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><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" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Pursuing a career in heliophysics, or astrophysics or planetary science.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;font-size:12.8px;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;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">please visit the Heliophysics website at</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics/ames-overview.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics/ames-overview.shtml</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;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" target="_blank">vspapply@ucar.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;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.<br></i></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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