The Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Awards offer research-related travel support for undergraduate, graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists. Applicants are encouraged to use these resources to circulate among two or more laboratories supported by the NASA Astrobiology Program, including Research Coordination Networks (RCNs), Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR), Exobiology, Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research (PSTAR), Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE), Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO), and Habitable Worlds, but any travel that is critical for the applicant’s research will be considered.
These awards cover travel expenses only, they do not include support for supplies or analyses. Trips of longer than three weeks in duration or those that are more appropriate as internships are outside of the scope of this award. Opportunities that include multiple institutions to achieve proposed collaboration goals (e.g., test the same sample at different instrumentation facilities) are encouraged.
To be eligible, travelers must be formally affiliated with a U.S. institution. Requests are limited to $5,000.
Fellowship Website:
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/education/ecc/