2012-13 HSS Fellowship in the History of Space Science

2012-13 HSS Fellowship in the History of Space Science

Deadline: Applications must be received by 2 April 2012. Please note that all applications must be submitted by email. Read below for more details.

The fellowship, offered by the History of Science Society and supported by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) History Division will annually fund one Fellow, for up to one academic year, to undertake a research project related to the history of space science.

The HSS Fellowship in the History of Space Science is intended to fund research in the history of space science broadly conceived, including its social, cultural, institutional and personal context. The history of space science predates the founding of NASA. For example, the organizers of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) realized the important contributions spacecraft data could make to science, and the launch of Explorer I in 1958 demonstrated that feasibility with its discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts. In addition, scientific questions that motivated spaces sciences and scientific principles from which it evolved have even earlier roots.

Space science has implications for our understanding of the moon and planets, fields and particles in space, celestial bodies beyond the solar system such as stars and galaxies, the Earth itself, and the life sciences, especially exobiology. Some works on space science are listed at the NASA History Office Web site:http://history.nasa.gov/.

For more information about the fellowship and application form, please visit the HSS website at http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_NASAapp2012.html

Best wishes,

Manuela Fernandez
Graduate Assistant
History of Science Society