ACEAP 2024 -  Institution/Self-funding Application
ALL applications MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM (your local time) on Friday, May 31, 2024. Extensions will not be granted.
TRAVEL DATES for 2024 Cohort Expedition in Chile are anticipated to be sometime during the U.S.A. Summer 2025, exact dates are yet to be determined.
ALL applications MUST be submitted online. You can NOT email or snail mail your application. THANK YOU!

Welcome to the 2024 Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) Application. We are excited that you have decided to apply for the program, and we look forward to reviewing your application.

We encourage you to print out the application and review the questions, and take your time to prepare your thoughtful responses using MS Word or something similar. This will make it easy for you to spell- check and monitor your character count, etc. Once you have completed your responses, return to the online application and copy/paste your responses into the appropriate fields.
NOTE: Please pay close attention to the character/word limits that have been placed on responses. You may NOT exceed the maximum number of characters permitted for any response. Pay particular attention when you copy and paste, to make sure your entire response has been entered into the space allowed.

ALL applications MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM (your local time) on Friday, May 31, 2024. Extensions will not be granted. We anticipate notifying applicants of their status by mid-late August 2024. Those fully supported by their institution or self-funding will be notified by August 1 of their status.
NOTE: While we anticipate NSF will continue support of the ACEAP program, NSF funding has not yet been secured.

Please direct questions to Yasmin Catricheo at ycatricheo@aui.edu or to Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht at twolbrecht@aui.edu

ACEAP Social media channels:
Website - https://astroambassadors.org
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyAmbassadorsProgram
Instagram - @astroambassadors 
 NOTE: Visit us on Facebook to see what happened last year, and learn about the outreach activities previous ACEAP Ambassadors have conducted.

ACEAP 2024 - Institution/Self-funding Application:
Individuals requesting to join the expedition as one of the four Ambassadors fully funded by their institution and/or personal funds must complete this abbreviated application, and be prepared to provide a $1,000 non-refundable deposit. These abbreviated applications will go through an expedited review process to confirm eligibility, and the five slots will be filled on a first come-first serve basis.
The total cost (less RT airfare to Santiago) for an institutional or self-funded Ambassador will be $4600 USD. Please note that upon completion of your outreach activities, you will receive a $500 stipend, bringing the total cost down to $4100.
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1. Please provide the following contact information.
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2. Please identify your gender (NOTE: This question is optional. You may skip this question.)
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3. Please describe your race/ethnicity. (NOTE: This question is optional. You may skip this question.)
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4. Please provide links to each of the following. If you do not have one or more of the items listed below, please leave those boxes blank.
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5.  Please provide links to any other social media activities/sites you manage (examples: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Tumblr, etc.):

6. Do you teach in a formal education setting? (examples: K-12, college, etc.). If yes, please provide name of institution, and the grades and subjects/courses you are currently teaching.

7. Are you actively involved in informal science education, either professionally or on a volunteer basis? (examples: planetarium, science center, professional organization, public lectures, civic or other informal science, technology, engineering, mathematics center). If yes, please provide name of the facility and a brief description of your duties.

8. Are you an amateur astronomer? If yes, please provide name of the amateur astronomy organization(s) of which you are a member (if any). You need not be a member of an official organization to apply to ACEAP.

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9. Approximately how many years have you been engaged in astronomy education/public outreach activities?

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10. One of the primary goals of the ACEAP program is to "get the word out" across the United States and its territories about U.S. astronomy initiatives in Chile. How would you use your experience as an ACEAP Ambassador to achieve this goal and what specific outreach activities would you engage in as part of the program? Please provide as much detail as possible, but limit your response to 150 words.

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11. What do you, either personally or professionally, hope to gain from the ACEAP experience? Please limit your response to 150 words. *

12. Please tell us anything additional about yourself that may be of interest and would make you a good candidate for the ACEAP program. Please limit your response to no more than 150 words.

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13. Please provide the names and email addresses of three professional and/or personal references that we may contact. PLEASE note that your references may or may not be contacted.

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