[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 34

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 34
Jun.09,2022

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Table of Contents

1. Extended Deadline for the Basu US and International Early Career Awards (July 1)

2. New SPA Tool: Honors, Medals, and Awards “Pre-Nomination Survey”

3. SPA Named Lecture Nominations and Selection Process

4. NASA Heliophysics Explorers AO Q&A

5. New Opportunities in NASA ROSES Heliophysics Data (B.12 HDEE) and Python Software (B.20 HTM) Programs  

6. CALL FOR PAPERS: ASEC2021 Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Virtual Collection

7. Online Cold Plasma Seminar Series

8. The 6th IAGA Summer School 2023

9. 3 PhD Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Space Science and Planetary Research

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Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g


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Extended Deadline for the Basu US and International Early Career Awards (July 1)

From: Geoffrey Reeves (geoff at reevesresearch.org)

The deadline to submit nominations for the Sunanda and Santimay Basu Early Career Awards (both US and International) has been extended to July 1, 2023. AGU’s site to submit nomination packages should reopen and reflect the new deadline within the next few days 
https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Basu-US-Award  
https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Basu-International-Award

You can see eligibility requirements by clicking the “Nomination” tab. For the US award, early career means no more than 3 years post PhD as of July 1, 2022. For the international award, the early career requirement is 7 calendar years. For this year’s award that means earning a PhD between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2021.

The only requirements to be a nominator are to be an AGU member and not have a conflict of interest (advisor, Basu committee member, SPA leadership, etc.). Note that students and other early career scientists are also allowed to submit nominations. Please take a moment to think about your early career colleagues who would be thrilled to receive this recognition of their accomplishments.


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New SPA Tool: Honors, Medals, and Awards “Pre-Nomination Survey”

From: Geoffrey Reeves (geoff at reevesresearch.org)

The SPA leadership team and Nominations Task Force (NTF) want to announce a new tool to increase the number and diversity of nominations for AGU Honors, Medals, and Awards.

https://forms.gle/fj7QDqjBeeoEXbPT7

We don’t get any information about number of nominations until the deadline passes. I have created a simple form that will let us collect information about the number and diversity (optional) of potential nominations prior to the nomination deadline. 
The questions are simply:
Your name and contact
The name of the person you will nominate or that you think should be nominated
Which award is it for?
Do you need or want help preparing the nomination package or do need help identifying someone else to lead the nomination?
Optional: Is the potential nominee a member of a community that is under-represented in Honors & Awards and, if so, what community?

Your answers are confidential and will only be shared with the SPA leadership team and NTF.

This year we are doing a test run with only the recently re-opened Basu Early Career Awards but intend to expand to all honors some time next fall - prior to the official award nomination period.

Remember, this form only indicates an intent to submit a nomination. The actual nominations still need to be done through the AGU submission process.


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SPA Named Lecture Nominations and Selection Process

From: Geoffrey Reeves (geoff at reevesresearch.org)

SPA has 4 named lectures with 3 being presented each year.  This year we are seeking nominations for the Nicolet, Parker, and Hanson lectures. We are also seeking volunteers to help evaluate those nominations.

https://connect.agu.org/spa/awards/lectureships

I have found that there is much confusion (in the community and in SPA leadership) about the process for suggesting and selecting lecturers each year. Unlike other honors, AGU does not have a nomination form and SPA does not have a committee to evaluate nominations. Our section has traditionally accepted nominations by email and “nomination packages” could be as short a a few sentences. Some past nominations have also been carried forward for consideration.

We clearly need to make the nomination and selection process more transparent and more fair to nominees without putting undue burden on nominators.

As a first step I would like to call for volunteers to serve on a committee to evaluate nominations for named lectures. If you are willing to serve then please email spa.leadership.team at gmail.com or email me directly.

If we have time before the AGU deadline, SPA leadership and the new committee will develop a nomination and screening process to be used this year.

I will send out a formal call for nominations soon. Until AGU tells me I’m wrong, I’m using a nominal deadline of July 1.


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NASA Heliophysics Explorers AO Q&A

From: Dan Moses (dan.moses at nasa.gov)

The Question and Answer pages for the 2022 NASA Heliophysics Explorers Program (HEP) Small Explorers (SMEX) and Mission of Opportunity (MO) Announcements of Opportunity AOs 

https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/HPSMEX22/

have been updated with a revised projection of the draft AO release date and some details on options for HEP access to space under the new Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) program.   


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New Opportunities in NASA ROSES Heliophysics Data (B.12 HDEE) and Python Software (B.20 HTM) Programs  

From: Reinhard Friedel (reinhard.h.friedel at nasa.gov)

There have been some significant changes within ROSES 2022 regarding the old HDEE (Heliophysics Data Environment Enhancements) and the new HTM (Heliophysics Tools and Methods) program elements. 

Common Updates:
• Both HDEE and HTM are now accepting proposals at any time. Incoming proposals will be reviewed at an approximate quarterly cadence, with the first of these scheduled for end of May 2022, and the next one for end of August 2022.
• One year proposals remain the norm, with a second year possible with strong justification.
• Awards can range from $50K - $100K with the median award at $75K. 

HDEE Updates:
• HDEE returns to its classical task of supporting Heliophysics  Data Upgrades. 
• The Value Added Enhancement option is no longer offered in HDEE but is now covered through its own program element (HTM). 
• Two types of  Data Upgrade proposals are solicited in 2022:
o	Open Data Upgrade Projects covering all past Heliophysics mission, extended to cover all HP research relevant satellite instrument datasets (not just NASA missions).  Currently non-public datasets are eligible if the end-product of the project becomes an openly accessible dataset. 
o	Special Data Upgrade Projects targeting HP research relevant CubeSat data. Covers all HP research relevant CubeSat datasets (not just NASA missions).  Includes data from past CubeSat missions and operating CubeSat missions.  

HTM (New Program):
• Replaces the Value Added Enhancement option in HDEE but remains otherwise essentially unchanged.
• Specifically solicits proposals to advance the goal of a robust, vital, and cohesive Python environment for Heliophysics, as part of the current Python in Heliophysics Community (PyHC) effort, see PyHC web site. 

Please refer to ROSES B.12 HDEE and ROSES B.20 HTM for further details.

HTM:
https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnspires.nasaprs.com%2Fexternal%2Fviewrepositorydocument%2Fcmdocumentid%3D860696%2FsolicitationId%3D%257B7570491C-36D2-BB2F-F3F3-F28A3F83FEFE%257D%2FviewSolicitationDocument%3D1%2FB.20%2520HTM_Amend5.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Creinhard.h.friedel%40nasa.gov%7C202644de75b3491ecab708da1e34a8ed%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637855508762653162%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=XmZagUcP0TUDlQn1rk02cyhGzthOXSd8ldYy1b2hYMg%3D&reserved=0

HDEE:
https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnspires.nasaprs.com%2Fexternal%2Fviewrepositorydocument%2Fcmdocumentid%3D860682%2FsolicitationId%3D%257B304D6056-E67F-B8B6-91CB-D03BDD4BD3BD%257D%2FviewSolicitationDocument%3D1%2FB.12%2520HDEE.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Creinhard.h.friedel%40nasa.gov%7C202644de75b3491ecab708da1e34a8ed%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637855508762653162%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=52BoY%2FKeeawdU8V8l2anm6jETAMtImwmn%2Fg6oTmyFDY%3D&reserved=0


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CALL FOR PAPERS: ASEC2021 Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Virtual Collection

From: Joseph Minow (joseph.minow at nasa.gov)

Dear Colleagues,

The AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Call for Papers for the Virtual Collection for the Applied Space Environments Conference (ASEC) 2021 is open to both conference participants and the larger scientific and engineering community.  ASEC is a forum for the space environment engineering and applied space science community to discuss the discipline’s ability to support current space programs and to identify gaps in knowledge and technology needs required to meet future crewed and robotic exploration goals.  Papers for the Virtual Collection are being accepted for applicable environments and effects including (but not limited to): impacts of space weather and space climatology on space system design and operations, ionizing radiation and radiation environments and its effects on materials, neutral atmosphere density in planetary environments and satellite drag, solar UV/EUV and x-ray photons, micrometeoroid and orbital debris environments and hypervelocity impact effects on hardware, microgravity, and other environments that impact design and operation of crewed and robotic space systems in the space environment. 

Due date for paper submission is July 15, 2022.  Please see the Virtual Collection link for more information and submission instructions.
URL:  https://arc.aiaa.org/sda/101280/ASEC2021CallforPapers.pdf

Kind regards,
Insoo Jun, JPL 
Joseph Minow, NASA
Linda Neergaard Parker, Space Weather Solutions


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Online Cold Plasma Seminar Series

From: Pedro Resendiz (resendiz at lanl.gov)

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for the Online Cold-Plasma Seminar series on June 15th, 2022. 
Details can be found at:
https://www.lanl.gov/org/ddste/aldsc/theoretical/applied-mathematics-plasma-physics/cold-plasma-seminars.php

where the zoom link will be posted prior to each seminar. You can also join the distribution mailing list by contacting Gian Luca Delzanno (delzanno at lanl.gov).

The speaker is Jorg-Micha Jahn from Southwest Research Institute:

Speaker: Jorg-Micha Jahn, Southwest Research Institute.
Title: When life gives you lemons: How to squeeze Van Allen Probes in situ particle observations beyond what you might have thought possible to learn about cold ions and global plasmasphere dynamics.
Date: June 15th, 2022
Time: 11 AM-12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 4-5 PM Universal Time Coordinated, 5-6 PM Central European Summer Time.


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The 6th IAGA Summer School 2023

From: Simon Wing (simon.wing at jhuapl.edu)

The 6th IAGA Summer School will be held in Niemegk, Germany, just the week before the IUGG General Assembly 28th.  IUGG General Assembly will be held 11-20 July 2023 at the Messe Berlin – City Cube, Berlin, Germany.  About 20 early career scientists will be sponsored for accommodation and cost of living (but not the travel cost to Germany). We are seeking nominations of excellent early career scientists from Division 3. Geographic and gender diversity will be additional selection criteria.  
 The IAGA School aims at providing excellent early career scientists (mainly PhD students and postdocs) with a good basic understanding of a wide range of the scientific topics covered by IAGA (see https://iaga-aiga.org/iagaschool/  for more details).  Please send your applications to Simon Wing (Div III chair). The deadline for applications is September 30, 2022.
Please contact us if you are interested. 

Div III chair: Simon Wing (simon.wing at jhuapl.edu) 
Div III co-chair: George Balasis (gbalasis at noa.gr)


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3 PhD Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Space Science and Planetary Research

From: Ruth-Sophie Taubner (ruth-sophie.taubner at oeaw.ac.at)

The Space Research Institute (IWF) is with about 100 employees from twenty nations one of the largest institutes of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). The IWF also operates a world-leading satellite laser ranging station at the Lustbühel Observatory. As part of its Young Researcher Programme YRP at Graz, the IWF, the Graz University of Technology, and the University of Graz jointly invite applications for

PHD STUDENT POSITION (F*M) 

in interdisciplinary space science and planetary research with the possibility to work also in the field of space instrumentation. The successful candidates will benefit from joint supervision across at least two research groups of the IWF and the Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz. The offered PhD projects and further information can be found here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/iwf/research/young-researcher-program-yrpgraz/phd-students 

We seek excellent students with a strong background in natural sciences. Successful candidates must hold a Master’s degree in physics, astrophysics, geoscience or equivalent or in engineering with focus on space instrumentation at the latest by the starting date of the position, namely in September 2022, but preferably at the time of application. Previous experience on aspects of astrophysics and related fields and a track record of team work will be important criteria for the selection, as will experience in computational coding. 

The appointment can begin as early as September 1, 2022, and will be for 3.5 years (fully funded). 

The first stage of the application process is anonymised, the second stage takes the form of an interview. To apply for this position, please use the following link to the anonymised YRP at Graz application questionary: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/iwf/forschung/nachwuchsprogramm-yrpgraz/doktorandinnen/fragebogen 

This form includes questions about scientific skills and the candidate’s master thesis/project, and asks for a statement of interest, a scientific proposal, and a statement regarding research integrity. Please, submit the form no later than July 1, 2022. 

Inquiries about the YRP @ Graz position should be directed to Prof Dr Christiane Helling (christiane.helling @ oeaw.ac.at) or Dr Ruth-Sophie Taubner (ruth-sophie.taubner @ oeaw.ac.at). 

All three institutions pursue a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity. Individuals from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.


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