NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award

NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award is sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award offers research-related travel support for undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior scientists affiliated with U. S.

institutions.

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Your application requires all three steps: Submit the ECCA Applicant Information Form below. Submit a written application which includes a Collaboration Plan, plus a Budget and Schedule (described below), combined into a single PDF document. Email the PDF to HQ-Astrobiology-EC@mail.

nasa. gov . Ask your academic supervisor for a Letter of Recommendation.

Also, ask your potential collaborator(s) for a Letter of Support for the research proposed. Please have your advisor and host email their letters directly to HQ-Astrobiology-EC@mail. nasa.

gov . Create a brief description of the research you plan to conduct at the host laboratory, including, for example, any technique you expect to learn, or equipment you will need to use. Describe the relevance of the collaboration to your research and to astrobiology, tying to the Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science , the Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe , and/or current or upcoming NASA missions.

Also, include a rationale for the team(s)/researcher(s) you plan to visit. Include a short statement explaining your research background, interest in astrobiology, and career plan. Limit all text of the Collaboration Plan to <1500 words (excluding references and image/table captions in the word count).

Include a budget breakdown describing the travel funds required, how they will be used, and the approximate dates of travel. Please not that these awards can only support travel expenses, not supplies or analyses. ECCA Applicant Information Form This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Proposal title (Required) Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Current career level (Required) Graduate student (pre-qualifying exam) Graduate student (post-qualifying exam) Undergraduate or post-baccalaureate Your preferred email for communications regarding the ECCA.

Current academic advisor/supervisor (Required) The destination proposed in your ECCA proposal. Name of the first collaborator with whom you propose to work for your ECCA proposal. Name of the second collaborator with whom you propose to work for your ECCA proposal.

Any additional collaborators with whom you propose to work for your ECCA proposal, one name per line. Enter the start date (or approximation) of your ECCA collaborative travel. Enter the end date (or approximation) of your ECCA collaborative travel.

Exact total budget of your ECCA proposal. Please note that pressing the "Submit" button above will only submit the Applicant Information portion of the ECCA application (Step 1). Your application is not complete until both the Information Form is submitted and a Collaboration Plan, Budget and Schedule, and all letters of recommendation are received at HQ-Astrobiology-EC@mail.

nasa. gov as per the instructions above. Applicants will be notified of an award decision no later than 4-6 weeks after the application deadline has passed.

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