Other Workshops, Conferences and Events

NSTA conferences offer the latest in science content, teaching strategy, and research, all presented by science educators who want to enhance and expand their professional growth. They also offer featured speakers, educational field trips, short courses, exciting social events, and the largest exhibition of science materials around.

NSTA generally hosts four conferences each year - a national conference in the spring and three regional conferences in the fall.

National - Boston, MA: March 27-30

Midwestern - Cincinnati, OH: December 4-6
Western - Portland, OR: November 20-22
Southern - Charlotte, NC: October 30 - November 1

Complete listing of future conferences

International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy & Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg (IMPRS-HD)

Summer/Autumn 2009

Our school is located in Heidelberg, Germany, a beautiful old university town. The scientific environment in Heidelberg provides outstanding research facilities and a training program covering a wide range of research topics with access to ground-based and space telescopes as well as high-performance computers.

The following institutions of the Max Planck Society and Heidelberg University take part in IMPRS-HD:

• Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
• Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
• Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
• Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
• Landessternwarte Koenigstuhl

IMPRS-HD is an independent part of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics. A wide range of astrophysical topics is covered in Heidelberg, among them

• planet & star formation, metal-poor stars
• extrasolar planets & substellar objects
• astrometry
• formation, evolution & dynamics of galaxies
• active galactic nuclei & massive black holes
• gravitational lensing
• cosmology & structure formation
• high energy astrophysics, cosmic rays & the search for non-baryonic dark matter
• state-of-the-art instrumentation for astronomy & astro- particle physics

IMPRS-HD is open for students from all countries. We offer several 3-year fellowships available to both international and German students.

We invite highly-qualified and well-motivated students aiming for a doctoral degree in astrophysics to apply by December 13, 2008 for the academic year starting Sept. 2009

An earlier start of the research work is possible. Applicants are required to have a Master's or Diploma in Physics or Astronomy (or equivalent) including a corresponding thesis.

For further information about IMPRS Heidelberg and details of the application procedure, we refer to our web-site at http://www.mpia.de/imprs-hd/

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