Two Polar "Alumni", Both Women, Serving Aboard the International Space Station Tuesday October 01, 2019
Jessica Meir, formerly an NSF funded, U.S. Antarctic Program researcher and now a NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut, joined the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this...
In Memorium: Umihiko Hoshijima, Antarctic Scientific Diver Monday August 19, 2019
Umihiko ("Umi") Hoshijima, a postdoctoral researcher in ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, died in a diving accident while working on a research project in collaboration with the U.S. Geological...
IceCube Neutrino Observatory Upgrade Wednesday August 07, 2019
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, the detector at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station that identified the first likely source of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, is getting an upgrade. On June 25, NSF...
NASA Balloon Over Antarctica Tests Neutron Stars' Mettle Thursday August 01, 2019
Neutron Stars are the dense remains of stars which, at the end of their "life," were not quite large enough to collapse into black holes. Gravity crushes the dying star, fusing electrons...
This position is assigned to the Office of Polar Environment, Health and Safety (PESH), Office of Polar Programs (OPP), National Science Foundation and is located in Alexandria, Virginia. The deadline to apply for this position is October 15, 2019.
The new Antarctic Research solicitation (NSF 19-595) has been revised to encourage disciplinary research in addition to research that crosses, and integrates, disciplinary perspectives and approaches in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. The goal of this change is to remove perceived barriers for submission of research that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries while ensuring continued support for core research themes.
