Call for nominations to STFC’s Astronomy Grants Panel.

STFC is seeking nominations of outstanding individuals to appoint to the Astronomy Grants Panel (AGP). The AGP is responsible for assessing and making recommendations to the STFC Executive on research grant applications covering scientific exploitation of facilities and projects, ‘blue skies’ technology research, theory, modelling, data handling and HPC.

Vacancies have arisen due to normal rotation of membership.  The appointment will be from the 1 April 2010 for a period of up to three years.

Nominations are sought from members of the UK research community. In particular we would welcome nominations from those with a strong background in the following areas astronomy observation, theory, solar, planetary studies or relevant instrumentation, technology and data management.

STFC will seek the best members possible for its advisory bodies but also seeks to ensure that membership reflects the diversity within the relevant research communities and encourages equality with regard to gender, race and disability.

If you wish to nominate yourself or a colleague

Nominations should be a maximum of 1 page in length and should set out the nominee’s area(s) of science expertise and current activity, career track record and committee/policy experience. Please ensure that the nominee is aware of and agrees to nomination.

Please send your nomination(s) to Kim.Burchell@stfc.ac.uk by Monday 15 February 2010 at the latest

For any additional information on the nomination process please see:

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/SciProg/Plan/Plandocs/NomsProcessWeb3htm.aspx