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NAEC Application Form


With this form you can submit your application to be an IAU National Astronomy Education Coordinator (NAEC). Each country or territory may have up to five NAECs. You can find a list of our current NAECs here. If you apply for a position where the team already has five NAECs your application will likely be rejected. If you need more information on the NAEC role please see this page. Before applying please read the NAEC Guidelines. If you have questions on the NAEC role or application process then please contact oae​atastro4edu.org.


    Please enter the country or territory you are applying to represent as a NAEC..


    Please enter your surname/family name..
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    Please enter your given name..
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    If you have a suffix after your name (Snr, Jnr, III, etc.) please add it here..
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    What order should your name be in, given name-surname or surname-given name .


    Please select your honorific/title. If you do not see your honorific/title listed here, please fill it in in the "other honorific" box below and select "other" here..


    If your honorific was not in the list above, please write it here..
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    Please select your pronouns. If you do not see your pronouns listed here, please fill them in in the "freeform pronouns" box below and select "pronouns not listed" here..


    If your pronouns were not in the list above, please write them here..
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    Please enter your affiliation (max 100 characters)..
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    Please enter your email address..
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    Please enter your office/work address..
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    Please enter your mailing address if you cannot receive mail at your office/work address..
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    Please enter your mobile phone number including the country dialing code..
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    Please enter your office/work phone number including the country dialing code..
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    Are you an member of the IAU?.


    Top astronomy education efforts within the last 12 months by the applicant. Please list no more than 5 items and add the effort, audience type and reach. Please list the local or regional astronomy-education-related institutions that the candidate is directly affiliated with at present, or has been in the past. State name, number of members, and role of the institution (max 1000 characters)..
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    Please describe the connection you have with other astronomical societies/communities or educational institutions at any level, including professional astronomers, amateurs, school teachers etc. (max 1000 characters)..
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    Describe briefly what particular experience and skills in the area of primary education, secondary education, informal education or astronomy education research you would bring to the team. Please also mention any academic qualifications you have as well as your current job (max 1000 characters)..
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    Please enter any which languages you can speak along with your level of fluency for each (max 300 characters)..
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    Please enter any social media handles that you use if you regularly post content related to astronomy education (max 300 characters)..
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    Please enter any personal or departmental homepages that present you and your work..
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    Please add links to the websites of any organisation or institution mentioned in your application..
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    Please enter what you would like to achieve in your role as a NAEC (max 400 characters)..
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    Please give the name and contact details for two people who can provide references for you. One of these people should be resident in the country you are seeking to represent as a NAEC.

    Please enter the details of your first referee below.

    Please enter the name of the first person you would like to act as your referee. This person should be familiar with you and your work on astronomy education.
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    Please enter your first referee's affiliation..
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    Please the email address for your first referee.
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    Please enter the country or territory your first referee lives in.


    Please enter the details of your second referee below.

    Please enter the name of the second person you would like to act as your referee. This person should be familiar with you and your work on astronomy education.
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    Please enter your second referee's affiliation..
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    Please the email address for your second referee.
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    Please enter the country or territory your second referee lives in.


    Please tick this box to indicate that you have read the NAEC guidelines. You can find the NAEC Guidelines here.


The Office of Astronomy for Education is hosted by the Haus der Astronomie on the campus of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. The Office of Astronomy for Education is an office of the International Astronomical Union, with substantial funding from the Klaus Tschira Foundation and the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The Shaw-IAU Workshops on Astronomy for Education
are funded by the Shaw Prize Foundation.