The International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition is an educational astronomy competition open to students from around the world. In three rounds, students use their problem-solving skills and expand their knowledge through diverse astronomy and astrophysics problems. This year’s prizes include telescopes signed by the astronaut Frank De Winne and Nobel Prize laureates François Englert, Michel Mayor, Gerard ‘t Hooft and Didier Queloz. The submission deadline for this year’s Qualification Round is Friday, 4 July 2025. Resources such as problem sets, flyers, and posters can be accessed on our website: https://iaac.space. Questions to outreach@iaac.space
Posted 23 June 2025
International Space Science and Scientific Payload Competition (ISSSP2025). Students (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral) are warmly invited to enroll directly on the ISSSP official website. For more details, please check the following link (the enroll deadline is 30th June, 2025).
https://smex-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.apsco.int%2fhtml%2fcomp1%2fcontent%2fAnnouncement%2f2025%2d05%2d26%2f24%2d742%2d1.shtml&umid=a29e0776-81c8-4f9c-bf83-bcac17c2c794&auth=a5e86de1437e24765d10f8b87a8d5469332ebec4-acfc4e20c9206ee8c7bb780410e5f6e0b0000add
Posted 26 May 2025
TWAS is offering a cash prize of $100,000: the TWAS Apex Award, which rewards a scientist from a developing country in the Global South, as part of the celebrations, led by UNESCO, for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Deadline: 15 May 2025
Posted 16 April 2025
The Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan, seeks for partner institutions for the ISEE International Joint Laboratory Project (IJLP) for international collaborative research through matching funds. The IJLP project types are: (a) One postdoctoral researcher who is employed by ISEE visits the partner institution for one month per year for collaborative research. The cost of the visit will be supported by the partner institution. (b) One postdoctoral researcher who is employed by partner institution visits ISEE for one month per year for collaborative research. The cost of the visit will be supported by ISEE. More details of this opportunity can be found at https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/AO_ISEE_joint_lab_program_250131_final.pdf. If your institution is interested in this joint project, please submit your letter of intent by March 15, 2025.
Posted 31 January 2025
ISSI/ISSI-BJ 2025 Joint Call for Proposals for International Teams in Space and Earth Sciences. Deadline 13 March 2025.
Posted 13 January 2025
The call for applications for Joint Usage/Research Programs of ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan, for the fiscal year 2025 (April 2025-March 2026) is now open. ISEE offers various support programs, such as organizing focused workshops, visiting ISEE for joint research for research scientists and students (students are under the SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar program), technical exchange programs, and organizing international schools for space-earth environmental reseach. From next year, ISEE will be accredited as an International Joint Usage/Research Center and its budget will be increased, so we plan to support these international programs more widely. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. Details of the opportunities are available at https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/co-re/co-re-application.html with a deadline of January 15, 2025. Submission of Application is from https://jrois2.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp<https://jrois2.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ (Joint-Research On-line Integrated System (JROIS)) Even if only one file of the application form is required, it must be a Zip file. Inquiry: k-kyoten@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Posted 9 December 2024
Announcement of Opportunities for the campaigns, meetings, and development of databases relevant to the PRESTO topics. To view the PRESTO topics, please visit the website: https://smex-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fscostep.org%2fpresto%2f&umid=5aed1bbe-2919-4124-ac7c-fe03ae180a11&auth=ca8f4c8bd45f1ec8d56a660a0cef9357eaf5c28d-660b72c21576ccc9a02c400823f4ab60c25ea1c8. Guidelines for these grants are detailed in the attached announcement. Please contact relevant PRESTO Pillar co-leaders on your proposal and explain the relevance of your proposal to the PRESTO activity. Proposals for markedly interdisciplinary activities can be explained directly to PRESTO chair/co-chairs. The deadline proposal submission is December 23, 2024.
Posted 15 October 2024
SpinSat Request for Information
SpinSat is a Class-D space platform that enables long-duration exposure to deep-space radiation environments under controlled gravity levels from micro-g to Earth g (as a control) and higher. Easy integration and late payload access are key features; modification of payload radiation environments to mimic those of the moon and Mars are key objectives.
SpinSat Overview Presentation (PDF)
The SpinSat Team at NASA Ames Research Center is seeking input for requirements of potential payloads to enable a spacecraft design that meets the needs of as large a group of researchers as possible.
Requesting Input from Investigators: If you have a payload/experiment concept that could be accommodated on SpinSat, we would like to know your overall objectives and science requirements, and if you are able, the requirements that your experiment will place on the platform. We ask that your response represent a specific experiment concept (i.e. not general envelope requirements); however, there is no need to provide precise experimental details, science aims, or any other competition-sensitive information. We are primarily seeking information relevant to interfaces and capabilities of the SpinSat platform.
Requesting Input from Hardware Providers: SpinSat is also interested in learning of interest and capabilities of hardware providers who could provide payload systems to accommodate the various types of experiments that are anticipated as part of the SpinSat capability suite. Payload providers should also provide rationale and justification for why their organization can meet the intent of the SpinSat architecture.
Providing us information on your requirements now will help us better ensure that SpinSat will ultimately meet the needs of your payload!
Those interested in submitting information, follow the instructions in the RFI posted on SAM.gov
Posted 26 August 2024
Announcement of Opportunity in the EnVision mission (ESA-SCI-DIR-AO-009)
Scientists based in ESA Member States and the USA are invited to apply for the Interdisciplinary Scientist positions in the EnVision mission. EnVision is an interdisciplinary mission to the planet Venus, led by ESA and carried out in partnership with NASA. The primary goal is to provide a holistic view of Venus, from its inner core up to the upper atmosphere, to understand why Earth’s closest neighbour is so different.
The deadline for receipt of mandatory Letters of Intent is 30 July 2024 at 12:00 (noon) CEST and the deadline for submission of proposals is 24 September 2024 at 12:00 (noon) CEST.
Posted 24 June 2024
AHEAD2020 Announcement of Opportunity Cycle 7, deadline 16 February 2024
The AHEAD2020 (Integrated Activities for High Energy Astrophysics*) calls for a program of transnational visits and remote access activities to be performed starting ~ April to October 2024. The main objectives are: 1) fostering new or strengthening existing collaborations on science and technology topics in high energy astrophysics; 2) providing access free of cost to selected European astronomical institutes and data centres for support in high energy and multimessenger data analysis, and in computational astrophysics; 3) providing access free of cost to some of the best European ground test and calibration facilities relevant for high-energy astrophysics. Visitor grants include full reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses. The possibility of remote access for a number of services in the area of data analysis, tools and computational astrophysics will be also provided.
Posted 17 January 2024
ISSI/ISSI-BJ 2024 Joint Call for Proposals for International Teams in Space and Earth Sciences. Deadline 14 March 2024.
Posted 15 January 2024