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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee are soliciting applications for the second cohort of ExoExplorers and ExoGuides. This coming round is open
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Cheers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The ExoExplorers program, sponsored by NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee, will focus on the professional development of ~12 graduate student
and/or postdoc researchers (“ExoExplorers”) by raising their visibility in the exoplanet community via a series of open webinars, helping them build internal and external research networks, and providing them with an opportunity to learn from the experiences
of senior exoplanet astronomers, or “ExoGuides.” <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">For more details on the program, see: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8Gz9CL7EwMfRJX3NAtBICLS?domain=exoplanets.nasa.gov/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Questions on either call? Please see our FAQ page:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">(1) Call for ExoGuide nominations<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Additional details for the ExoGuides call can be found at:<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fEeLCNLJyQU0296VAcjqHsj?domain=exoplanets.nasa.gov/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/exoexplorers-exoguide-call/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As an ExoGuide, we ask that you present one hour-long seminar directly to the cohort that speaks to your experiences as a scientist, and that you participate in one hour-long informal discussion
with the cohort. The ExoExplorer organizers are eager to showcase broad, diverse perspectives and therefore encourage you to suggest any topic you might find engaging to the exoplanet community.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ExoGuides should be faculty, staff, or equivalent career stage. We welcome both exoplanet and exoplanet-adjacent scientists (e.g., disks, stars) from any institution (US and international).
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Nominations should be submitted via this form by</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><u class="">September
10, 2021</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/i-u6COMKzVTp6wO5Jsr0H7H?domain=forms.gle" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://forms.gle/5LKUKjohwbhKGk7Z7</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Self-nominations
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Additional details for the ExoExplorers call can be found at:<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/gqM0CP7LAXfK7Z6vOF6DMLY?domain=exoplanets.nasa.gov/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/exoexplorers-call/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Postdocs and graduate students at US and international<sup class="">1</sup> institutions are invited to participate in the second Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Science Series. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Members
of this cohort, which will run from January 2022 to June 2022, will each present a seminar on their research to the larger exoplanet community. Each of the ExoExplorers will receive $1,000 for the purchase of one presentation of their research results, presented
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1. Weekly interactions between members of the cohort<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">2. Monthly informal group discussions with prominent scientists (“ExoGuides”) in the fields of exoplanet science and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), and individual
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">4. The development and/or execution of cohort-driven activities pertaining to DEIA.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The activities described above will largely be shaped by the unique interests and needs of the cohort. Therefore, we seek applicants who are actively seeking to enrich and enhance their
exoplanet science and DEIA in the broader exoplanet community via engaging with each other, as well as with the mentors. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Application instructions can be found on the ExoExplorer
page, linked above. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Applications are due</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><u class="">September
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">-- The ExoExplorer steering and organizing committees<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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Iran, Syria, North Korea, and China. If you are a citizen of one of these countries or are currently employed by an institution in one of these countries, please contact <a href="mailto:exoexplorers_questions@jpl.nasa.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">exoexplorers_questions@jpl.nasa.gov</a> for
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