Award amountseveral hundred dollars up to about $5,000Academic levelUndergraduate; Graduate; PostdoctoralCitizenshipU.S. citizens; Permanent residents; International applicantsEligibilityGraduate students; Postdoctoral scientists; Junior scientists (within five years or fewer beyond their Ph.D. or equivalent degree); U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or foreign nationals formally affiliated with a U.S.-based institutionRequirementsField studies in any area of interest to astrobiology; Submit brief reports on the trip for archiving in the APS Library and distribution by the NASA Astrobiology Program; Project and financial reports due one month after completion of the funded work; Two letters of recommendation required 