NAASC Conference and Workshop Support

 

 

Please note: At this time this program is closed for FY25, and no new call is anticipated for FY26.

The North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) periodically opens calls to support members of the North American  scientific community through funding in support of conferences and workshops which encourage the participation of students, postdocs, and early career researchers. PI-led events based in the US or other national or international conferences may be considered.

For awarded events, the NAASC can provide monetary funding. As needed, the NAASC can also provide logistical support (e.g., webinar platform, event website), access to facilities (NRAO rooms and auditorium in Charlottesville) and content (materials, training sessions for attendees) if requested in the application or proposed by the NAASC at the time of the award.

For any questions about this program please email the NAASC at .

Events supported in FY26

Events supported in FY25

  • The Co-Evolution of Galaxies, Dust, and PAHs (PI P. Torrey), UVA, November 2024
  • Infrared Astrophysics Into The Next Decade (PI R. Paladini), Washington DC, May 2025
  • Science with strong lensing, ALMA, and next generation radio interferometry (PI M. Yun), NRAO Charlottesville, May 2025
  • Identifying and Bridging Gaps in Laboratory Astrophysics (PI S. Milam), Anchorage AK, June 2025
  • Infrared Fine-Structure Lines Workshop (PI Ferkinhoff), Winona MN, June 2025
  • New Results Challenging Underlying Assumptions in Galaxy Evolution and Beyond (PI . Long), Acadia Maine, June 2025
  • Origin of Solar Systems (PI S. Andrews), Mount Holyoke MA, June 2025
  • GOALS Workshop (PI L. Barcos Munoz), NRAO Charlottesville, September 2025

 

Events supported in FY24

 

Events supported in FY23

  • exoALMA Large Program Start of Science Workshop (invitation only), Boston, MA, USA, 5-9 December 2022
  • DECO Large Program Workshop (invitation only), Charlottesville, VA, USA, May 23-26 2023
  • Gordon Research Conference on Origins of Solar Systems: Chemical and Dynamical Constraints on Planet Formation, Conference and Seminar, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 11-16 June 2023.
  • 76th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Champaign-Illinois, IL, USA, June 19-23 2023
  • COMPASS Large Program Workshop, Direction for Scientific Discovery with ALMA (invitation only) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, July 7-9, 2023
  • Kavli-AUI Symposium, Astrochemistry VIII – From the First Galaxies to the Formation of Habitable Worlds, Traverse City, MI, USA, 10-14 July 2023
  • New Era of AGN Science with the Vera C. Rubin LSST, NRAO, Charlottesville, VA, USA, 24-26 July 2023
  • The Evolution of Gas in and around Galaxies, Stanley, ID, USA, 31 July-4 August 2023

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