Fly Your Thesis! 2021 call for proposals

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22/05/2020
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Acquire your investigation to a higher amount

Visualize your experiment flying onboard the Airbus 310 Zero-G, experiencing free of charge-drop situations through multiple parabolas. You and/or your teammates are there to immediately run the experiment even though finding the fascinating effects of weightlessness. Provided that it does not have to have a too large excellent amount of microgravity and can be performed immediately, flying your experiment is a considerably less costly alternative than launching it into area.

Status: Open
Deadline: October four, 2020, 23:fifty nine CET 

The Fly Your Thesis! (FYT) programme is a when in a lifetime possibility for pupils to propose, structure, create, exam and fly their experiment on board a parabolic flight. During the Parabolic Flight Campaign, operated by Novespace in Bordeaux, France, university student groups are able to take part in a few flights with 31 parabolas for every flight. As one parabola consists of close to 22 seconds of microgravity, the groups practical experience around ten minutes of microgravity for every flight and can therefore advantage from around thirty minutes of microgravity in total to realize their scientific goals. 

The free of charge-floating Pulsating Heat Pipe, conceived by PHP3 Workforce

Previous FYT participation involved the participation of the staff PHPthree, from the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. Their experiment aimed to examine the efficacy of a Pulsating Heat Pipe beneath microgravity situations, as the fluids circulation to control the device’s temperature is no more subjected to gravity. Their staff leader  shares his return on practical experience: “The Fly Your Thesis! programme is a when in a lifetime possibility to develop your investigation into the area area. Giving any pupils the possibility to not only exam a hypothesis in a really controlled microgravity environment, but to also sign up for their experiment by flying together with it and interacting with it in flight – this is an practical experience that is frequently only afforded to astronauts and decide on scientists all around the environment and it is one that I could not recommend ample to anyone contemplating about applying, everybody we have labored with on our journey from ESA and Novespace have been endlessly helpful and devoted to producing it the greatest practical experience probable for us.”

FYT offers pupils the practical experience of working in a experienced venture environment, will allow them to create their CVs and their experienced community and hence fosters a fantastic begin to occupations in Europe’s area sector. 

The picked groups will be supported in their preparations by ESA Academy, ESA and Novespace microgravity specialists. The groups might also be supplied an more mentor of the European Low Gravity Study Affiliation (ELGRA) to more assist them in their improvement. ESA Academy will present some economic help in order to go over areas of journey and accommodation. 

Want to know how to become a section of FYT! 2021? Click here for data on how to use, eligibility necessities, principles and restrictions. Eligible groups need to submit an correctly done application pack right before the deadline on October four, 2020 23:fifty nine CET. The important dates for this new edition can be discovered on the 2021 Program web page. 

For more data you should make contact with us at flyyourthesis @ esa.int.