American Astronomical Society

TRAVEL: SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS BY U.S. ASTRONOMERS -THIS AWARD TO THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY WILL FUND U.S. ASTRONOMERS TO TRAVEL TO INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AND TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR INTERNATIONAL COLLEAGUES. IT WILL PROVIDE TO SELECTED INDIVIDUALS ROUND-TRIP, ECONOMY-CLASS AIRFARE ON U.S. FLAG CARRIERS TO CONFERENCES HELD IN INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS THROUGH THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY?S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM FAVORS EARLIER CAREER ASTRONOMERS, SUCH AS GRADUATE STUDENTS AND THOSE HAVING RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIR PH.D., THOSE FROM SMALLER, LESS-ENDOWED INSTITUTIONS, AND ASTRONOMERS PLAYING IMPORTANT ROLES IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SUCH AS INVITED OR PLENARY SPEAKERS. THE FUNDAMENTAL GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PLACE U.S. SCIENTISTS AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH, LEARN FROM OTHERS AT THE CONFERENCE, AND NETWORK WITH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS. THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPS SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON U.S. RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ON THE DYNAMIC RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT THAT THE U.S. PROVIDES FOR THE ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES, AND COULD SERVE AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS WITH AMERICAN SCIENTISTS OR EVEN TO CONSIDER RELOCATING TO THE U.S. TO PURSUE THEIR RESEARCH CAREER. THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS, ALLOWING THEM TO GROW AND PERFECT THEIR PRESENTATION STYLE, WHILE DIRECTLY SHARING THEIR RESEARCH RESULTS WITH OTHERS IN THE ASTRONOMY COMMUNITY AND WITH THE PUBLIC, WHERE AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009 IN THE UNITED STATES - A NATIONAL PROGRAM

ELEMENTS: FASTTRACT: WEB-BASED EXPLORATORY VISUALIZATION OF GIGAPIXEL ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES

SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS BY U.S. ASTRONOMERS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN THE XXVIIITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTER

SUPPORT FOR US ASTRONOMERS TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND THE 30TH IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS BY U.S. ASTRONOMERS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN THE XXVIITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERN

ENGAGING THE PUBLIC WITH SOLAR ECLIPSES THROUGH MINI-GRANTS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY USING UPCOMING SOLAR ECLIPSES TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. TWO MAJOR SOLAR ECLIPSES ARE COMING TO NORTH AMERICA: AN ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE ON OCTOBER 14, 2023, AND A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8, 2024. THESE EVENTS PROVIDE EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE INVESTIGATORS WILL OPERATE A MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT GEOGRAPHICALLY BROAD EFFORTS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE ECLIPSES AND THE SCIENCE SURROUNDING THEM. THIS EFFORT WILL BE BASED ON A SIMILAR MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM (SUPPORTED BY NSF AWARD DUE-1564535) THAT THE INVESTIGATORS RAN FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN AUGUST 2017. THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY THOSE MINI-GRANTS REACHED APPROXIMATELY 29,000 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. USING GROUNDWORK LAID BY THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY'S (AAS) SOLAR ECLIPSE TASK FORCE (SETF), THE INVESTIGATORS WILL ADVERTISE THE MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM WIDELY AND INVITE SHORT PROPOSALS FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, ETC.) TO ENGAGE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECLIPSES. PROPOSALS MIGHT INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, BUILDING SUN-EARTH-MOON MODELS TO EXPLAIN THE GEOMETRY OF THE ECLIPSE, CONSTRUCTING PINHOLE VIEWERS OR OTHER SAFE OBSERVING EQUIPMENT, HOSTING OBSERVING EVENTS, OR PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS. A MAJOR PRIORITY WILL BE PROJECTS THAT WILL REACH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY INDIVIDUALS FROM GROUPS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM. THE MINI-GRANT PROPOSALS WILL BE REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS (PRIMARILY FROM THE SETF), AND APPROXIMATELY 40 MINI-GRANTS (THE MAJORITY UNDER $5,000) WILL BE AWARDED. THE MINI-GRANT RECIPIENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COLLECT DATA ON THE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR PROJECTS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECTS. AN SETF MEMBER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO EACH MINI-GRANT RECIPIENT TO SERVE AS A LIAISON, AND THE MINI-GRANT RECIPIENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A FORUM FOLLOWING THE ECLIPSES TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THEIR PROJECTS. THIS AWARD IS CO-FUNDED BY THE DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION (DUE) IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR STEM EDUCATION (EDU), THE DIVISION OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES (AST) IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES (MPS), AND THE DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOSPACE SCIENCES (AGS) IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES (GEO). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

STARTING IN 1999 THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY WAS AWARDED A MUTI-YEAR GRANT (GRANT NUMBER NAG5

NATIONWIDE PREPARATION FOR THE ECLIPSE OF 21 AUGUST 2017

AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY SUPPORT FOR THE ANNUAL DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES MEETING THE

ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS BY U.S. ASTRONOMERS

SUPPORT FOR US ASTRONOMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE XXIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION

SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES MEETING

WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE TRANSITION BRIDGE

PUBLIC ACCESS TO RESEARCH RESULTS: DATA ACCESSIBILITY IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

CONFERENCE: EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES 2026 -THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (AAS) HAS ORGANIZED A CONFERENCE ENTITLED ?EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES 2026? AS PART OF THEIR AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY TOPICAL CONFERENCE SERIES (AASTCS), TO BE HELD ON MARCH 16-20, 2026 IN DENVER, COLORADO. THE CONFERENCE, THE 11TH IN THE AASTCS SERIES, WILL COVER THE BROAD SUBJECT OF EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST AREAS OF ASTRONOMY AND PLANETARY SCIENCE TODAY. THE CONFERENCE IS INTENDED TO BE A FORUM FOR EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THIS BROAD TOPIC AND WILL COVER ALL KINDS OF PLANETS (ROCKY AND GIANT, CLOSE-IN AND DISTANT), TECHNIQUES (TRANSITS, DIRECT IMAGING, HIGH-RESOLUTION), WAVELENGTHS (X-RAY TO MID-IR), AND PROCESSES (FORMATION, EVOLUTION, WINDS, CHEMISTRY, LIFE). THERE WILL BE INVITED SPEAKERS, CONTRIBUTED TALKS BY CONFERENCE ATTENDEES, AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS; THE ABSTRACTS OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE BULLETIN OF THE AAS, A FULLY OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION OF THE AAS. THE CONFERENCE WILL BE OPEN TO ALL RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD, FROM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO MORE SENIOR PROFESSORS, AND THUS IT WILL BENEFIT SOCIETY BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STEM WORKFORCE. THE CONFERENCE WILL BE A SINGLE SESSION CONFERENCE OVER 4.5 DAYS SERVING A LARGE AND GROWING COMMUNITY OF ASTRONOMERS WHOSE RESEARCH EFFORTS FOCUS ON EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES. THE PREMISE OF THE CONFERENCE IS A MEETING THAT CAN BE A FORUM FOR EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THIS BROAD FIELD, AND IT WILL FOCUS ON NEW, CUTTING-EDGE RESULTS AND SYNTHESIS OF KEY AREAS BY TOP EXPERTS. THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR SUCH A CONFERENCE, AS THE FIELD IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN PART DUE TO JWST, CONTINUED ADVANCES IN GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES, AND THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING ATMOSPHERES IN EXOPLANET DEMOGRAPHICS STUDIES. THE CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE 13 INVITED TALKS, UP TO 55 CONTRIBUTED TALKS, AND PROVIDE ALL ATTENDEES THE CHANCE TO PRESENT A POSTER, COVERING TOPICS THAT INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF EXOPLANETS (ROCK, GIANT, CLOSE-IN, DISTANT), EXOPLANET OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES (TRANSITS, DIRECT IMAGING, HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY) ACROSS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM (X-RAY TO MID-INFRARED), AND RELATED PROCESSES (FORMATION, EVOLUTION, WINDS, CHEMISTRY, BIOSIGNATURES). THE AAS HAS AN EXCELLENT TRACK RECORD? THROUGH THE AASTCS SERIES?OF ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, AND ?EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES 2026? IS TIMELY AND FILLS THE NEED FOR AN OPEN CONFERENCE FOR THIS EXCITING AND RAPIDLY PROGRESSING FIELD. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SUPPORT STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER ATTENDANCE AT THE INAUGURAL TRIENNIAL EARTH SPACE SUMMIT

WOMEN IN ASTRONOMY III: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE INCREASINGLY DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE; OCTOBER 21-23, 2009; COLLEGE PARK, MD

IAU SYMPOSIUM 261 - RELATIVITY IN FUNDAMENTAL ASTRONOMY: DYNAMICS, REFERENCE FRAMES AND DATA ANALYSIS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ASTRONOMERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ASTRONOMERS

A PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR OBSERVATIONS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES DURING THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 21 AUGUST 2017; BOULDER, COLORADO; APRIL 9-11, 2012

DATA-AT-RISK: DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR PRESERVING ASTRONOMY'S ARCHIVAL RECORDS

SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING 2010 IN HAWAII

AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (INC)AFTERSCHOOL UNIVERSE - BRINGING ASTRONOMY DOWN TO EARTHAFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS PROVIDE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT

THE PI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA FROM THE SWIFT CYS (NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT NNH08ZDA001N) PROPOSAL (50080143) "REC