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8.5.5.4 Education and Workforce
The AIM community recognizes the increasing need to promote education and training in all aspects of
space science and space technology. At the same time, few educational institutions have the breadth within
their faculty, or the student numbers within a department, to facilitate a complete AIM curriculum. Thus it
is important to afford the opportunity for students and faculty to participate in programs that bring together
varying expertise from different institutions in intensive training sessions in order to fill this pedagogical
gap. NSF, NASA, and DOD should continue to support the development and execution of summer schools
and workshops to provide a full spectrum of instruction in geospace science and technology. This effort is
considered essential to the proper development of the next generation of space scientists and engineers.
NSF should continue its Faculty Development in Space Sciences program, which provides an incentive
for universities to hire faculty in geospace research. The federal government should revise export control
policies to exempt basic space research from government restrictions such as those mandated under ITAR.
AIMI Priority: As described above, expand and promote education and training opportunities to
develop the future generation of AIM scientists and engineers.
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
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SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS: A SCIENCE FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY
8.5.5.4 Education and Workforce
The AIM community recognizes the increasing need to promote education and training in all aspects of
space science and space technology. At the same time, few educational institutions have the breadth within
their faculty, or the student numbers within a department, to facilitate a complete AIM curriculum. Thus it
is important to afford the opportunity for students and faculty to participate in programs that bring together
varying expertise from different institutions in intensive training sessions in order to fill this pedagogical
gap. NSF, NASA, and DOD should continue to support the development and execution of summer schools
and workshops to provide a full spectrum of instruction in geospace science and technology. This effort is
considered essential to the proper development of the next generation of space scientists and engineers.
NSF should continue its Faculty Development in Space Sciences program, which provides an incentive
for universities to hire faculty in geospace research. The federal government should revise export control
policies to exempt basic space research from government restrictions such as those mandated under ITAR.
AIMI Priority: As described above, expand and promote education and training opportunities to
develop the future generation of AIM scientists and engineers.