This ExoExplorers program, sponsored by NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee, will focus on the professional development of ~10 graduate student and/or postdoc researchers (“ExoExplorers”) by raising their visibility in the exoplanet community via a series of public talks, helping them build internal and external research networks, and providing them with an opportunity to learn from the experiences of you and your fellow ExoGuides. Please see the following page for more details on the program.
As an ExoGuide, we ask that you participate in a single, 2-hour meeting with the cohort (~30-minute seminar and ~90-min informal discussion) that speaks to your experiences as a scientist or engineer. The ExoExplorer organizers are eager to showcase broad, diverse perspectives and therefore encourage you to highlight any topic(s) you think may be of interest to the ExoExplorers.
ExoGuides should be faculty, staff, or equivalent career stage. We welcome both exoplanet and exoplanet-adjacent (e.g., disks, stars, instrumentation) scientists and engineers from any institution (US and international1). Nominations should be submitted via this form by 6pm Pacific time on Thursday, October 15th. Self-nominations are welcome. The organizers will review nominations and reach out to potential ExoGuides in mid-November. A complete nomination submitted by the deadline will be considered by the Organizing and Steering Committees for three (3) years (i.e. for this year’s cohort, next year’s cohort, and the year after that). You are welcome to reapply after those three years.
Code of Conduct
All participants in the Exoplanet Explorers program will be required to adhere to the Code of Conduct.
1 NASA places restrictions on interactions with several countries: Iran, Syria, North Korea, and China. If you are a citizen of one of these countries or are currently affiliated with an institution in one of these countries, please see our FAQ page for additional details/restrictions on applying.
