RCN: The Network for Life Detection (NFoLD) - Oceans Across Space and Time
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Reference Code
0019-NPP-NOV23-ABProg-Astrobio
How to Apply

All applications must be submitted in Zintellect

Application Deadline
11/1/2023 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone
Description

Description:

Habitability is defined by the metabolic challenges and opportunities that exist in an environment. Predicting habitability requires a complete knowledge of the physical setting of an environment and the biochemistry and physiology of its likely inhabitants. Oceans Across Space and Time (OAST) seeks to understand how biological communities and physical settings shape habitability, and the limits of habitability in key analog environments. Project outcomes will help guide life detection missions by identifying probable signatures of life in these environments, and by improving our understanding of where and how these signatures are distributed. OAST is a highly interdisciplinary collaboration between Cornell University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Georgia Tech, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Louisiana State University, Stanford University, Dartmouth University, and Kansas University. Project participants are strongly encouraged to develop collaborations across the range of expertise available within OAST.  

Field of Science: Astrobiology

Advisors:

Jeff Bowman
jsbowman@ucsd.edu
858-246-1687
 
Britney Schmidt
britneys@cornell.edu
(404) 385-1869
 
Chris Carr
cecarr@gatech.edu
(617) 216-0512
 
Jennifer Glass
jennifer.glass@eas.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3942
 
Ann Dekas
adekas@stanford.edu
650-736-1225
 
Doug Bartlett
dbartlett@ucsd.edu
858-534-5223
 
Peter Doran
pdoran@lsu.edu
225-578-3955
 
Ellery Ingall
ellery.ingall@eas.gatech.edu
404-894-3883
 

Eligibility is currently open to: 

  • U.S. Citizens; 

  • U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);  

  • Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and, 

  • Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status 

Eligibility Requirements
  • Degree: Doctoral Degree.
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