Baruch Blumberg Grants in Astrobiology

The Baruch Blumberg Grants in Astrobiology provide funding for field studies in areas relevant to astrobiology, including investigations of extreme environments and planetary analogs. Recipients are designated as Baruch Blumberg Field Scholars in Astrobiology. Grants support doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior scientists conducting field research for theses or other projects. Funding is provided by NASA and a grant to the Green Bank Observatory and administered by the American Philosophical Society.

Grant funds to cover travel and related field expenses (typically several hundred dollars up to about $5,000); designation as Baruch Blumberg Field Scholar in Astrobiology.

Grants are available to doctoral candidates and to postdoctoral and junior scientists (those five years or fewer beyond the Ph.D. or equivalent for applicants with doctorates, with rare exceptions). Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation; a graduate student should have a supervisor or field trip leader write one letter. The competition is open to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and foreign nationals formally affiliated with a U.S.-based institution. Applicants from outside the United States and U.S. citizens affiliated with foreign institutions may not apply.

Submit an application through the APS online application portal with required proposal materials and two letters of recommendation (one from supervisor for graduate students).