Feb. 27, 2020
Program News
Call for Abstracts: 71st International Astronautical Congress
Full-time U.S. Graduate Students Attending U.S. Universities
NASA announces its intent to participate in the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) and requests that full-time U.S. graduate students attending U.S. universities respond to this “Call for Abstracts.”
The IAC – which is organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) – is the largest space-related conference world-wide and selects an average of 1000 scientific papers every year. The upcoming IAC will be held October 21-25, 2020 in Dubai, UAE. NASA’s participation in this event is an on-going effort to continue to bridge NASA with the astronautical and space international community.
This “Call for Abstracts” is a precursor to a subsequent submission of a final paper, which may be presented at the 71st IAC. Student authors are invited to submit an abstract regarding an original, unpublished paper that has not been submitted in any other forum. A NASA technical review panel will select abstracts from those that have been accepted by the IAF. This opportunity is for graduate students majoring in fields related to the IAF research topics. Students may submit technical (oral) presentations and/or interactive presentations. Students may submit abstracts that are co-authored with their Principal Investigators. However, the student must be the “lead author,” and only the student will present at the IAC. Students must be available to travel to the conference to represent NASA and their universities. Students must be U.S. citizens, who are attending a U.S. university and plan to enter a career in space science or aeronautics. Pending the availability of funding, graduate students selected by NASA to participate in the IAC will be considered for subsidy funding from NASA. Only abstracts selected by the IAF will be considered for NASA sponsorship.
Many students and professors are currently involved in NASA related research that could be considered for this submission. Students submitting abstracts are strongly encouraged to seek advice from professors, who are conducting NASA research and/or from NASA scientists and engineers. Abstracts must be related to NASA’s ongoing vision for space exploration, to include Artemis Program (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/); and fit into one of the following IAC categories:
The criteria for the selection will be defined according to the following specifications:
Submit your abstract to NASA at https://iac.nasaprs.com no later than 11:59 PM EST on March 5, 2020. Please submit proof of U.S. citizenship and current enrollment in U.S. University or college no later than March 5, 2020 to abstract@nasaprs.com. Submit your abstract to the IAF at their website, www.iafastro.net by March 6, 2020 (23:59:00 GST).
IAC Paper Selection:
Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the Session Chairs on the basis of technical quality and relevance to the session topics. Selected abstracts may be chosen for eventual oral or interactive poster presentation. Any such choice is not an indication of quality of the submitted abstract. Their evaluation will be submitted to the Symposium Coordinators, who will make acceptance recommendations to the International Programme Committee, which will make the final decision. Please note that any relevance to the Congress main theme will be considered as an advantage.
The following information must be included in the submission: paper title, name of contact author, name of co-author(s), organization(s), full postal address, phone, email of the author and co-author(s). Abstract should specify purpose, methodology, results and conclusions and should indicate that substantive technical and/or programmatic content, as well as clearly indicate that the material is new and original and explain why and how.
Please check the IAF website (www.iafastro.net) regularly to get the latest updates on the Technical Program.