CEDAR email: REU in MT; student poster prizes in Turkey; post-doc summer school CO

[Barbara Emery]

This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent 23 Dec 2010.
Meetings and jobs are listed at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu under
'Community' as 'Calendar of Meetings' and 'CEDAR related opportunities'.
CEDAR email messages are under 'Community' as 'CEDAR email Newsletters'.
All are in 'Quick Links' on the main page.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates in Solar and Space Physics 
at Montana State University - due 14 February.
 From SPA Newsletter 20 December.
From: Jiong Qiu <qiuj at mithra.physics.montana.edu>.
See also http://solar.physics.montana.edu/reu

(2) Student poster prize competition at XXX URSI GASS 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, 
abstracts due 11 February.
 From Michael Rietveld <mike at eiscat.uit.no> through URSI -Commission-G 
Mailing List.
See also http://www.ursigass2011.org/

(3) Heliophysics Postdoctoral 2011 Fellowship Program for Post-docs and Hosts - 
due 10 January 2011.
 From Susanne Demaree (sdemaree at ucar.edu).
See also http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates in Solar and Space Physics 
at Montana State University - due 14 February.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Jiong Qiu <qiuj at mithra.physics.montana.edu>.

The solar/space physicsgroup at Montana State University invites
applications for a Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
program for students interested in solar and space physics. Research
projects in this program  involve analysis of data from solar space
missions such as SOHO, TRACE,  RHESSI, Hinode, and SDO, numerical modeling
in solar magnetohydrodynamics,  and space hardware. The program includes
lectures on a variety of topics that  are relevant to solar physics, space
weather, and space hardware. The program is suitable for most math,
physics, and astronomy students at the  sophomore or junior level.

The summer 2011 program will run from May 31 - August 5. Successful
applicants will receive stipend, room and board, and travel allowance.
Application must be complete by February 14th. For more information and
on-line application, please visit the website at
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/reu

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Student poster prize competition at XXX URSI GASS 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, 
abstracts due 11 February.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 From Michael Rietveld <mike at eiscat.uit.no>.

I urge the conveners of sessions for the General Assembly
and Scientific Symposium (GASS) to advertise their sessions,
and invite/solicit speakers. The deadline for abstracts is
coming up soon: 11 February 2011. The meeting itself is
from 13 to 20 Aug 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Look at the web site for details: http://www.ursigass2011.org/

Encourage your students to enter the student paper competition
with prizes up to $1500. The deadline is the same as for the
abstract deadline, 11 Feb 2011.  See http://www.ursigass2011.org/

During the GASS the following three sessions are reserved for
short courses and workshops in the Scientific Program:
*13 August 2011, 08:00 to 12:00
*13 August 2011, 14:00 to 18:00
*14 August 2011, 08:00 to 12:00

As the Organizing Committee, we need your help to determine the topics of
current interest and potential lecturers in your field of specialization. We 
would like to ask you to consider yourself also as one of the potential
lecturers."  If you have suggestions here, please let me know.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Heliophysics Postdoctoral 2011 Fellowship Program for Post-docs and Hosts - 
due 10 January 2011.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 From Susanne Demaree (sdemaree at ucar.edu).

UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs announces the 2011 call for applications to the 
Heliophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored by the NASA Living with 
a Star (LWS) program. The 2-year fellowships are designed to train the next 
generation of researchers in the emerging field of Heliophysics.

Heliophysics embraces all science aspects of the Sun-Solar System, and includes 
many of the basic physical processes found in our solar system, the laboratory, 
and throughout the universe. These processes generally involve the interactions 
of ionized gases (plasmas) with gravitational and electro-magnetic (both 
radiation and DC) fields, and with neutral matter. The physical domain of 
interest ranges from deep inside the Sun to the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Within 
this broad science discipline, LWS is a program designed to develop the 
scientific understanding required for the Nation to address effectively those 
aspects of the Sun-Earth system that affect life and society.

Two major topics of focus for LWS are the science of space weather and of the 
Sun-climate connection. Preference will be given to applicants whose proposed 
research addresses one of these two foci; but any research program relevant to 
LWS will be considered.

Since the goal of this postdoctoral program is to train Sun-Earth system 
researchers, preference also given to research projects that cross the 
traditional Heliophysics subdomains of the Sun, heliosphere, magnetosphere, and 
ionosphere/upper atmosphere, as well as Sun-climate investigations. Therefore, 
proposals addressing the LWS program that are interdisciplinary are encouraged.

In order to succeed at such cross-disciplinary research, the host mentoring 
scientist plays a critical role. Consequently, applicants must select a host 
scientist, who is different from the candidate’s PhD advisor (preferably at a 
different institution), and coordinate a joint application with the potential 
host scientist and institution.

•	Potential host scientists are required to submit letters of intent and vita as 
part of the selection process. Hosts are expected to mentor the fellow, provide 
a reasonable office environment, which may include a workstation, and any other 
unique research costs.

•	Applicants to this postdoctoral program are expected to have had a PhD for no 
more than five years at the start of tenure. A UCAR steering committee selects 
the fellows.

The deadline for applications is 10 January 2011. Appointments will be announced 
in March.

For additional information and instructions on how to apply, please visit the 
Heliophysics website: http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics

NASA Living With a Star, Heliophysics Division sponsors this program. The 
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is an EE/AAE who values and 
encourages diversity in the workplace.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------