The "Under One Sky" Call for Proposals is currently open to supporting projects in and around the UN International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples celebrated on 9 August 2022. Don't miss the opportunity to apply until 31 December 2021.
In the issue, we want to encourage you once again to join our IAU Inclusive Outreach community, highlight the communicating climate risk toolkit and join our Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Journal as a peer reviewer.
We want to give a warm welcome to our new colleague Suzana Filipecki Martins. Suzana is joining our team as our International Outreach Officer (IOO) and will be working with us as Project Manager of designated IAU Outreach Global projects and programmes, and engaged in Editorial Managing tasks for the CAPjournal.
Wishing you the clearest skies and good health!
Lina Canas and Suzana Filipecki Martins, on behalf of the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach Team
1) Telescopes for All Special Edition: 100 Hours of Astronomy Winners Announced
From October 1–4, 2021, the world celebrated “Together Under One Sky” in over 60 countries, continuing the legacy of the popular IAU global project “100 Hours of Astronomy”. The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and partners, Stars Shine for Everyone (SSVI), Leiden University and Bresser, donated 10 telescopes to participating outreach groups, awarding them for their creativity in connecting and reaching out to their communities. Additionally, the first 100 activities registered in our IAU Outreach Event Calendar received the latest editions of CAP Journal and other IAU OAO goodies.
2) Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal: Call for Peer-Reviewers
The Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal (CAPjournal) is a free peer-reviewed journal for astronomy communicators, currently issued two times per year and distributed both online and in print, published by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach. We wish to invite interested members to join our pool of peer-review experts to continue to ensure the high quality of CAPjournal.
To apply please send an email with an expression of interest to capjournal@oao.iau.org, with Subject: CAPjournal Peer-Reviewer Application.
3) Calls for Applications for Workshops Under the IAU Hands-On Workshops (I-HOW) Initiative
The IAU calls for applications for workshops under the IAU Hands-On Workshops (I-HOW) initiative. This is an initiative to train young scientists in developing countries in accessing, analysing and using those data for their research projects. Proposals to organise one of these workshops should be submitted by January 31, 2022.
The Forum on Astronomy in Africa was hosted online from 27 to 29 October 2021. The purpose of this meeting was to bring together the African Astronomy community in preparation for the IAU General Assembly in 2024 (which will be the first in Africa). The event had over 400 registered participants and it was an important milestone for identifying key science, outreach and collaborative initiatives on the continent, in order to briefly map out the landscape of astronomy in Africa before 2024.
The IAU Executive Working Group Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion subgroup on Inclusive Outreach welcomes everyone to join their "IAU Inclusive Outreach Community" on Facebook. This group objective is to facilitate the development and spread of inclusive practices in astronomy outreach activities around the world. Join the group, share your experiences and learn from others!
Call for nominations for the 2021 Women in Astronomy in Africa Awards. The aim of the award is to recognise and support the scientific achievements, and contributions to society, of women in Astronomy in Africa. The deadline for nominations is 30 November 2021
Conversations about climate action need to include everyone. To effectively address climate risk we need to communicate across numerous communities. "Communicating Climate Risk Toolkit" provides recommendations and practical tools to support this dialogue.
8) New Report: Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s
A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies scientific priorities, opportunities, and funding recommendations for the next 10 years of astronomy and astrophysics. “Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s” drew from the astronomical community through hundreds of white papers, town hall meetings, and the advice of 13 sub-panels over several years to produce its recommendations.
a) STEM XR: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Workshop on Science Communication in Virtual Worlds
Location: Virtual
Date: 1 October 2021 - 1 January 2022
Website: https://stemxr.org
Japanese:https://bit.ly/36XeKZr
Translations are thanks to Akihiko Tomita, through the Astronomy Translation Network.
You can subscribe to the Japanese newsletter through the Japanese Amateur Astronomers Association (http://www.jaaa-astro.jp/jaaa-ml.html) or the Japanese Society for Education and Popularization of Astronomy (http://www.tenkyo.net/).
If you are interested in translating the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach Newsletter into your language, please email public@oao.iau.org.
11) Contribute to the IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter
We’re always looking to include news about astronomy outreach, communication and public engagement from around the world in the next newsletter from the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach. If you have an astronomical event, job, opportunity, educational resource, or anything else that would be of interest to the astronomy outreach community, send us an email at public@oao.iau.org with more information.
You can send us your suggestions through the 4th for issue #1 and the 17th for issue #2 of each month. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
