TOPICS

HERE     01 Milky Way History I

HERE     02 Milky Way History II

HERE     03 Writing Proposals

HERE     04 Gaia

HERE     05 Proposal Brainstorm

HERE     06 Milky Way Overview

HERE     07 Variable Stars

HERE     08 Stellar Populations I

HERE     09 Stellar Populations II

HERE     10 Clusters I

HERE     11 Clusters II

HERE     12 Milky Way Neighborhood

HERE     13 Disk Overview

HERE     14 Disk Structure & Formation ... Ilija Medan

HERE     15 Disk Stellar Kinematics ... Ilija Medan

HERE     16 Disk Potpourri

HERE     17 Galactic Center

HERE     18 Bulge + Bar

HERE     19 Halo --- Globular Clusters I

HERE     20 Halo --- Globular Clusters II

HERE     21 Halo --- Stellar Streams

HERE     22 Milky Way Structure Wrapup

pending     23 Milky Way Among Galaxies ... Justin Robinson

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READINGS

1. Gaia Mission (Prusti+ 2016)

2. Gaia DR3 (Vallenari+ 2023)

3. Gaia HR Diagrams (Babusiaux+ 2018)

4. Gaia Galactic Disk (Katz+ 2018)

X. Gaia Variables (Clementini+ 2019)

X. Gaia EDR3 (Brown+ 2021)

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL TEMPLATES AND EXAMPLES --- 14 TOTAL PAGES

PART 1: Project Description (6 pages + 2 pages Tables/Figures + 1 page References)      template.proposal.tex      template.proposal.pdf

PART 2: Biographical Sketch (2 pages)      EXAMPLE      template.biosketch.pdf (editable)

PART 3: Budget Spreadsheet (1 page) and Justification (1 page)      Spreadsheet      Justification (LaTeX)

PART 4: Facilities (0.5 page) + Mentoring (0.5 page)      Template (LaTeX)      Template (.pdf)      EXAMPLE 1 (short version, mimic this one)      EXAMPLE 2 (long version, Collaborative Proposal)

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EXAMPLE PROPOSALS

Successful RKSTAR (K-KIDS) Proposal (2018)

Successful RECONS Proposal (2020)

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TALKS

Todd's Top 10 Tips for Talks

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EXTRA BITS

3. Budget (1 page) + Budget Justification (1 page) = 2 parts       EXAMPLE Budget Justification (.pdf)       Fringe Benefit Rates Agreement (.pdf)