Research Science and Education: The NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship

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dc.creatorNorman, Dara
dc.creatorAgueros, Marcel
dc.creatorBrown, Timothy M.
dc.creatorBrowning, Matthew
dc.creatorChakrabarti, Sukanya
dc.creatorCobb, Bethany
dc.creatorCoble, Kim
dc.creatorConselice, Christopher
dc.creatorCruz, Kelle
dc.creatorDanly, Laura
dc.creatorFrinchaboy III, Peter M.
dc.creatorGawiser, Eric
dc.creatorGelfand, Joseph
dc.creatorGonzalez, Anthony
dc.creatorHoffman, Jennifer L.
dc.creatorHuterer, Dragan
dc.creatorJohnson, John
dc.creatorJohnson, Roberta M.
dc.creatorKannappan, Sheila
dc.creatorde Naray, Rachel Kuzio
dc.creatorLai, David
dc.creatorLeonard, Douglas C.
dc.creatorLystrup, Makenzie
dc.creatorMarkoff, Sera
dc.creatorMenendez-Delmestre, Karin
dc.creatorMuchovej, Stephan
dc.creatorMcSwain, M. Virginia
dc.creatorRhode, Katherine
dc.creatorSmecker-Hane, Tammy
dc.creatorSmith, Malcolm
dc.creatorSokoloski, Jennifer
dc.creatorTran, Kim-Vy
dc.date2009-03-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:57:00Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:57:00Z
dc.descriptionThe NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) is exceptional among the available postdoctoral awards in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The fellowship is one of the few that allows postdoctoral researchers to pursue an original research program, of their own design, at the U.S. institution of their choice. However, what makes this fellowship truly unique is the ability of Fellows to lead an equally challenging, original educational program simultaneously. The legacy of this singular fellowship has been to encourage and advance leaders in the field who are equally as passionate about their own research as they are about sharing that research and their passion for astronomy with students and the public. In this positional paper we address the importance of fellowships like the AAPF to the astronomical profession by identifying the science and educational contributions that Fellows have made to the community. Further, we recommend that fellowships that encourage leading postdoctoral researchers to also become leaders in Astronomy education be continued and expanded.
dc.descriptioncover page +10 pages, Astro2010 Decadal Survey State of the Profession Position Paper
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4509
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4509
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/224778
dc.subjectInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
dc.titleResearch Science and Education: The NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship
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