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SGAA/SSAA News No 51 – 31/08/2022 (Point 1 and 6 updated)
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1. Registration online to the Society
2. Annual membership payment through the webpage
3. 2nd call for MERAC Funding and Travel Awards – Deadline: September 30
4. Edith Alice Müller Award 2022
5. Call for SSAA Secretary – Deadline September 30
6. Next GA of the SSAA in 2022 – still open slots for PhD talks
7. Saas-Fee course 2024: proposals to be sent to committee∂ssaa.ch before October 1.
8. Prix Schläfli 2023 for best Swiss PhDs in natural sciences – Deadline 31 October 2022
9. General information on the Society
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1. Registration online to the Society
Each member of the SSAA is asked to register to provide his/her contact details.
If you have changed your affiliation/e-mail please change the information accordingly.
This will ensure that the SSAA has your correct contact information.
You can directly access the registration page here
https://ssaa.ch/the-society/membership-join/membership-registration
Password: please ask webmaster∂ssaa.ch
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2. Annual membership payment through the webpage
The 30 CHF annual SSAA membership payment can be made online:
https://ssaa.ch/the-society/membership-join/membership-registration/payment
You can also set an automatic annual payment by clicking on the “Subscribe” button (but in that case you need to have a PayPal account).
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3. 2nd call for MERAC Funding and Travel Awards – Deadline: September 30
The SSAA is pleased to announce the second 2022 call for MERAC awards.
Since 2013 the SSAA committee distributes Funding and Travel Awards (20’000 Euro in total) sponsored by Foundation MERAC (Mobilising European Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology), a nonprofit foundation in Switzerland to recognize, encourage and promote the research and mobility of young European Astrophysicists and Cosmologists.
The recipients of the MERAC awards are listed here:
https://ssaa.ch/funding/merac/past-merac-awards
The objectives of the grants are to cover travel costs, participation at international conferences, short stays abroad, costs for collaborations, or alike, to support the development of research projects by young astrophysicists. The grants do not cover expenses for scientific apparatus or equipment.
The grants are subject to the following conditions:
– The grantee must be employed by or affiliated with a Swiss research institute or University.
– The grants must be used to cover project costs, not or only partially covered by other institutions.
– The grant has to be used within two years, after which unused funding must be reimbursed to the SSAA.
– The grantee provides the SSAA with a financial report and short final report on the use of the grant.
– The grantee allows the MERAC Foundation to make his/her biography and project summary public.
Applications will be received twice per year (in March and September). They must include
1) a short biography,
2) a research project description with a summary,
3) and a budget estimate.
4) In case of a multiple applications, the list of other solicited funds shall be given.
The applications should be limited to a maximum of 5 pages, in a single pdf file, to be sent to
to president∂ssaa.ch with a copy to secretary∂ssaa.ch
Deadline is September 30.
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4. The Edith Alice Müller Award 2022
The Edith Alice Müller Award 2022 has been given to:
Julia Victoria Seidel (University of Geneva, now at ESO, Chile) for her thesis “Exoplanet winds – Modelling atmospheric dynamics via resolved spectral lines”.
Our warm congratulations to Julia for this outstanding achievement.
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5. Call for SSAA Secretary
Our current Secretary, Dr. Marina Battaglia, is stepping down from the SSAA committee.
We cordially welcome candidates who are interested to join the executive committee as Secretary.
If you are interested, please send an email to committee∂ssaa.ch by September 30. If you have specific questions, please send them to president∂ssaa.ch.
The election of the Secretary will take place at the next SSAA GA (see point below).
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6. Next GA of the SSAA in 2022 – still open slots for PhD talks
The next General Assembly will be held on Thursday, October 6 2022, in Bern, CSH, Gesellschaftsstrasse 6, room 108, from 9:30 to 16:00.
We welcome proposals for PhD talks.
The final agenda will soon posted soon under
https://ssaa.ch/the-society/general-assemblies
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7. Saas-Fee course 2024: proposals to be sent to committee∂ssaa.ch before October 1.
At the general assembly the 53rd course, to be held in 2024, will be chosen.
SSAA Members who would like to present a proposal for the 2024 Saas-Fee course are invited to send an e-mail to the committee∂ssaa.ch,
Deadline: October 1.
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8. Prix Schläfli 2023 for best Swiss PhDs in natural sciences – Deadline 31 October 2022
The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) awards the Prix Schläfli for scientific articles resulting from PhDs that make major contributions to key questions in their respective fields. In 2023, four prizes will be awarded in following disciplines:
Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences.
See further details see: https://scnat.ch/en/awards/schlaefli
Deadline: 31 October 2022
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9. General information on the Society
For more information concerning the SGAA/SSAA, astronomy in Switzerland, and related topics visit our Website
https://ssaa.ch.
For any information and messages to be circulated via the SGAA/SSAA mailing list please e-mail your text to: committee∂ssaa.ch in plain ASCII. Thank you !
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