Application for the UNOOSA Drop Tower Experiment Fellowship is now open. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is pleased to announce the Fellowship Programme “Drop Tower Experiment Series” as part of the Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI).
The programme is under the United Nations Programme on Space Applications and in close cooperation with the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Space Administration.
The programme is aimed at scientists and researchers with a team of students who are from Member States of the United Nations and invites them to conduct their own microgravity experiment series at the Bremen Drop Tower in Germany.
Programme Details
- Host Institutions: Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen, Germany.
- Subject: Realization of an own scientific or technological experiment under short-term conditions of weightlessness at the Bremen Drop Tower in Germany.
- Number of Awards: One academic supervisor (team leader – Prof./PhD) with up to four students.
- Duration: February 2020 – February 2021.
- Target group: Open to Member States of the United Nations.
UNOOSA Drop Tower Experiment Fellowship Benefits
The selected research team will be offered financial support exclusively for travel purposes. This may include the provision of most economical economy class round-trip air tickets between the participants’ international airport of departure and Bremen. En-route expenses or any changes made to the air tickets must be the responsibility of the participants. Accommodation is also provided.
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UNOOSA Drop Tower Experiment Fellowship Eligibility
The Fellowship Programme is open to research teams from entities that are located in Member States of the United Nations. Each team should consist of up to four Bachelor, Master and/or PhD students who must be endorsed by their academic supervisor (team leader).
It is further required that the proposed experiment be an integral part of the students’ syllabuses, that is, part of a Bachelor thesis, a Master thesis, a PhD thesis, or another form of research project associated with the applicants’ studies at their respective universities.
Application instructions
Interested applicants need to complete the application form, properly endorsed by the applicant’s institution, and emailed to [email protected] both in PDF format (.pdf) containing the signature page, and in MS WORD (.doc).
The deadline for submitting application is January 31, 2020 at 23:59 CET . For more detail on the Fellowship, please visit the official page. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.