Two Astronomy Teams at UArizona Awarded Astrobiology Interdisciplinary Consortia
The NASA Astrobiology Program has selected eight new interdisciplinary research teams to inaugurate its Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research program, including two teams at the University of Arizona. Led by Betül Kaçar and Dániel Apai, the teams were selected from a pool of more than 40 proposals. The breadth and depth of the research of these teams spans the spectrum of astrobiology research, from cosmic origins to planetary system formation, origins and evolution of life, and the search for life beyond Earth.
The two ICAR grants total approximately $12 million.
"Being part of this inaugural effort will position the University of Arizona in a leading role at the forefront of the most pressing and challenging questions in astrobiology," said University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins. "It is an incredible honor to have two teams from the university selected for this important work and I look forward to following their progress in this groundbreaking research."
Astrobiology is a discipline devoted to the study of the origins, evolution and distribution of life in the universe, the declared...
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