{"id":7224,"date":"2014-04-08T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7224"},"modified":"2014-04-06T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T15:27:01","slug":"uwingu-launches-its-first-call-for-student-grant-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7224","title":{"rendered":"Uwingu launches its first call for student grant applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Uwingu<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Uwingu Launches Its First Call for Grant Applications
\n<\/strong>Resulting Grants Will Fund Planetary Science Graduate Student Travel
\n<\/em>to Report Research Results at Scientific Meetings During
\n<\/em>This Time of Budget Cuts<\/em><\/p>\n

Space startup Uwingu announced today that it is soliciting applications from planetary science graduate students to support their travel to report research results at scientific meetings in 2014 and early 2015. Applications are due by 30 April 2014 at 11:59 PM PST.<\/p>\n

Uwingu expects to make 10-15 awards of travel grants from this solicitation by early June. Any graduate student completing their PhD in 2014 who is studying planetary science and\/or exoplanets are eligible. Recipients must use the funds to present their research at a research conference occurring by 30 April 2015. Selections will be made based on material provided by applicants in the form at: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/Uwingu-TravelAwards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Uwingu is a for profit, public engagement space company based in Boulder, CO, led by senior planetary scientists and astronomers (see http:\/\/www.uwingu.com\/about-us\/who-we-are\/<\/a>). Uwingu’s mission is to connect the public to space exploration in new ways and to create a grant fund to support a wide range of space efforts by individual space researchers, educators, and organizations.<\/p>\n

Uwingu\u2019s Mars Map Crater Naming Project at www.uwingu.com<\/a>, which is funding these student grants, allows anyone with a connection to the Internet to help name approximately 590,000 unnamed, scientifically cataloged craters on Mars. The project aims to ultimately raise up to $10M for Uwingu\u2019s grant fund.<\/p>\n

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Uwingu’s Mars map grandfathers in all the already named craters on Mars, opening the remainder up for naming by people around the globe. Prices for naming craters depend on the size of the crater, and begin at $5 dollars. Uwingu makes a shareable Internet link and a naming certificate available to each crater namer for each newly named crater. This public engagement project will culminate with the flight of Uwingu\u0081fs Mars Map to Mars in 2018 aboard the Mars One 2018 robotic lander, currently in definition phase at aerospace giant Lockheed-Martin<\/p>\n

Dr. Alan Stern, Uwingu\u2019s CEO added, \u201cWe are excited to begin making grants to students and to supporting their research, and look forward to selecting the best applications we receive for funding. We expect to make more and more grant solicitations as revenues from our Mars Map Crater Naming Project continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An announcement from Uwingu: Uwingu Launches Its First Call for Grant Applications Resulting Grants Will Fund Planetary Science Graduate Student Travel to Report Research Results at Scientific Meetings During This Time of Budget Cuts Space startup Uwingu announced today that it is soliciting applications from planetary science graduate students to support their travel to report … Continue reading Uwingu launches its first call for student grant applications<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-participation","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Sw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8031,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8031","url_meta":{"origin":7224,"position":0},"title":"Uwingu awards travel grants to grad students in planetary science","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An\u00a0announcement from Uwingu: Uwingu Awards Graduate Student Grants for Travel to Research Conferences Funds to Further Planetary Exploration, Research and Education Uwingu, a company helping people personally connect with space exploration and astronomy, today announced the award of travel grants to planetary science PhD students from both the United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Contests and Games"","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2054,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2054","url_meta":{"origin":7224,"position":1},"title":"Uwingu opens “Adopt-a-Planet” campaign","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Uwingu announces a new campaign: Uwingu Launches World\u2019s First \u2018Adopt-a-Planet\u2019 Campaign Space company Uwingu announces the launch of the world\u2019s first \u2018Adopt-a-Planet\u2019 campaign. 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