Date & Venue: March 23-27, 2020 at UCL – Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Dorking, UK)

The school “A holistic view of the solar atmosphere – combining space and ground-based observations” has for a goal to provide an introduction to the approaches and analysis methods needed to successfully combine space and ground-based observations of the solar atmosphere from the photosphere to the corona, in order to a complete view of the underlying physical processes at work in a range of different solar phenomena.

To apply for the SOLARNET school, please send to g.valori@ucl.ac.uk no later that February 25, 2020
• a one-page CV
• a brief statement of interest (max. 1/2 page) indicating your field of research and why you want to participate in the school.

More information on programme schedule, student support, etc is available at: https://solarnet-project.eu/A-holistic-view-of-the-solar-atmosphere

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The Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics runs for 6 weeks every summer in alternance between various institutions world-wide and UC Santa Cruz. It hosts up to 15 established faculty, 15 post-doctoral researchers and 15 graduate students in addition to the local scientists.

The Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics combines the concept of a long-term workshop with graduate student training through research projects. The six-week long program begins with a one-week workshop on the topic of the year, with morning introductory lectures by invited faculty and afternoon short contributed presentations. Informal discussions during lunch and designated sessions help create innovative research projects for the students.

In the five following weeks, the students are teamed with the senior participants and are expected to make significant progress on their selected project. During that time, the program hosts one seminar per day in the mornings, while the rest of the day is dedicated to research. The students are required to present their research project to all participants during the last two days of the program and are expected to publish the results, with their collaborators, either in the form of a refereed paper or a conference proceeding in the subsequent year.

THE NEXT KAVLI SUMMER PROGRAM IN ASTROPHYSICS WILL BE AT THE
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICS in GOETTINGEN,
from JUNE 15th – JULY 24th, 2020.

The 2020 program will be dedicated to the study of “The Fluid Dynamics of the Sun and Stars”, and will be directed by Aaron Birch. The program will be focused on connecting observations, models, and simulations of fluid dynamics in the Sun and stars; synergies with planetary fluid dynamics will also be a part of the program.

The first week lectures will be given by Aaron Birch, Matt Browning, and Michel Rieutord.

We are currently taking applications from students, postdocs and faculty to attend the program. Student applications are due February 10th, and faculty and postdoc applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Students are provided with free accommodation and receive a small subsidy to cover their local expenses.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND ONLINE APPLICATION FORMS, PLEASE SEE http://kspa.ucsc.edu

Do not hesitate to contact Pascale Garaud (pgaraud@ucsc.edu) for more detail.

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The Los Alamos Space Weather Summer School is accepting applications for its 2020 session to be held (June 1 – July 31, 2020). Sponsored by the Center for Space and Earth Sciences at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), this summer school brings together top space science graduate students and LANL space scientists to work on challenging space weather research. Students receive a prestigious Vela Fellowship (worth $10,000 to cover travel and living
expenses), technical training, and opportunities for professional development.

Lectures:
The lectures will be composed of three main themes. The first part will be an overview of basic space physics concepts geared towards understanding how the magnetosphere works and how it is driven. The second part will use modeling tools to explore the same concepts in a more quantitative way, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of available models. The final part of the lectures will bring these concepts together to explore how new space missions could be devised to help resolve longstanding scientific questions. Lectures will be coordinated with “labs” to get more hands-on experience. Space data analysis and modeling will be the main themes of the labs.

Research projects:
The unique aspect of the Los Alamos Space Weather Summer School is its emphasis on scientific research projects. Students team up with LANL mentors to work on unresolved scientific problems in space physics. LANL is engaged in a wide variety of space-physics activities and offers a host of exciting research projects (see webpage for a list of current and past projects.) Students are also encouraged to propose their own ideas, which might include topics from their PhD thesis. In the past, many of the Summer School projects have led to presentations at major international conferences and, in some cases, to publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Students:
Open to U.S. and foreign graduate students currently enrolled in PhD programs in space physics, planetary science, aerospace engineering, or related fields.

See website at http://swx-school.lanl.gov for more details.

Mike Henderson
ISR-1, Los Alamos National Laboratory
mghenderson@lanl.gov
1 (505) 665-7425

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2020 Theme: Explosive Space Weather Events and their Impacts
July 14 – 21, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado
Application Deadline: February 21, 2020

We welcome you to apply for the 2020 NASA Heliophysics Summer School. We are seeking advanced graduate students, as well as post-doctoral students, who have completed some research in the area of space physics or related fields. You will learn about the intriguing science of heliophysics as a broad, coherent discipline that reaches in space from the Earth’s troposphere to the depths of the Sun, and in time from the formation of the solar system to the distant future.

The 2020 Summer School will follow a core set of lectures on the heliophysics system including the Sun, solar wind, planetary magnetospheres and the ionosphere/ atmospheres. Lectures will focus on the physics of explosive events such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and geomagnetic storms and their potential impacts. Lab activities and professional development opportunities will also be included.

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This school will provide a broad introduction of the latest scientific issues in Solar System plasma research, including the current challenges that drive research in this field. As well as the core subjects presented by leading experts, there are specialist sessions on new missions, new ground-based telescopes, and high-performance computing. Students will arrive on Sunday afternoon for registration. Formal activities will run from Monday to Friday, with an excursion planned for Wednesday afternoon. Looking forward to welcoming you to Aberystwyth ISSP19 in August!

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Dear Colleagues,

We want to draw your attention towards the *SOLARNET Summer School for Solar Observers – A week above the clouds* which will be held at the Observatorio del Teide in August 5-9, 2019.

Our purpose is to instruct students and young postdocs in the capabilities and operation of the German solar facilities at the observatory, by giving them the opportunity to

– run real observations at GREGOR, the largest solar telescope in Europe

– calibrate data by learning how to use the existing data pipelines, Python and deep learning techniques

– learn how to complement ground-based observations with space-based observations

– experience the observers’ life up the mountain for a week

through different lectures and experimental activities (programme in SOLARNET webpage available soon).

 

Due to restrictions in accommodation, the number of participants is limited to 12.

To register, please send an email to nbello@leibniz-kis.de with a brief statement of interest indicating your field of research and why you want to participate in the school.

Registration deadline: June 15, 2019.

 

We kindly ask you to circulate this announcement among your students/young researchers interested in participating in this event.

Best Regards,

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