Announcements

To help protect scientists and students, the National Science Foundation will require grant recipients' organizations to report findings and determinations of sexual harassment.

Renew your AAS membership today to avoid losing valuable benefits, like discounted meeting registration and journal subscriptions, Chambliss competition eligibility, and much more.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on Algol — the well-known variable star that changes every 2.867 days.

The NASA Science Mission Directorate requests information, comments, and suggestions to assist in the development of a Strategic Plan for Scientific Data and Computing. Responses are due 19 October.

The Lecar Prize recognizes exceptional contributions to the study of extrasolar planets in particular and theoretical astrophysics in general. Nominations are now welcome. Deadline: 1 November 2018.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

Congress is scrambling to pass legislation to fund the federal government starting 1 October, and federal agencies have only recently been able to finalize their budgets for the year ending 30 September.

The American Institute of Physics is seeking qualified scientists to apply for the 2019-2020 AIP State Department Fellowship program by 15 October 2018.

Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, explains the agency's new policy against discrimination in NASA-funded programs, activities, and institutions.

On 4 September 2018, Nicola Fox began official duties as director of NASA's Heliophysics Division, leading the agency's efforts to study the Sun and its effects on Earth and the solar system.

The National Science Foundation needs YOU to help create the Big Ideas of the future! The NSF 2026 Idea Machine is a competition to help set the US agenda for fundamental research in science and engineering.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 13 September, at 3:00 pm ET to learn if Mars was once closer to the Sun.

The Infrared Telescope Facility is a 3-meter telescope optimized for infrared observations and located at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Observing proposals for the 2019A semester are due by Monday, 1 October.

The AAS is sponsoring a free skill-building workshop at AAS 233 in Seattle to support early-career astronomers in doing effective outreach to schools, families, and the public. Apply today!

British astrophysicist and honorary AAS member Jocelyn Bell Burnell is awarded a $3M Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her discovery of pulsars and inspiring scientific leadership.