Fly Your Thesis! 2022 call for proposals

The Fly Your Thesis! (FYT) programme is a the moment in a life span opportunity for students to propose, structure, establish, exam and fly their experiment on board a parabolic flight. For the duration of the Parabolic Flight Campaign, operated by Novespace in Bordeaux, France, university student groups are in a position to take part in 3 flights with 31 parabolas per flight. As a single parabola contains approximately 22 seconds of microgravity, the teams working experience more than 10 minutes of microgravity for each flight and can thus gain from in excess of 30 minutes of microgravity in total to attain their scientific targets. 

To be eligible for the FYT! programme, your crew should consist of at minimum 4 grasp or PhD pupils enrolled at a university within an ESA Member Point out, Canada, Slovenia or Lithuania. Range and equal illustration need to be a vital focus when making the experiment workforce. It is important that the submitted proposal describes how the group composition is optimised to best achieve the experiment goals indicating that capabilities and competences are balanced properly.

Teams will be necessary to post an correctly completed Experiment Proposal (EP) document detailing their experiment, the want for microgravity disorders, the connection to their learn or PhD examine and how the crew would cope with workforce member turnover. Although not aspect of the variety criterion, we question the teams to see how their experiment aims align with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Plans (SDGs) and the ESA Strategic Goals. ESA will pick a selection of teams to qualify for the following round of the variety process dependent on the high quality of the team’s proposal.

The shortlisted groups will be provided a 7 days to full a initially draft of their Experiment Protection Data Offer (ESDP) a technological document required from all teams that take part in the FYT! Parabolic Flight Campaign. This will then be adopted by an invitation to go to a assortment workshop to current their experiment proposals to a Review Board composed of ESA Academy, ESA Human and Robotic Exploration Directorate representatives, Novespace team and customers of the European Minimal Gravity Research Affiliation (ELGRA). Right after this workshop, the Evaluate Board will select the teams that will be presented the likelihood to fly on the next parabolic flight marketing campaign tentatively scheduled for Oct/November 2022!

FYT! gives students the knowledge of performing in a skilled challenge atmosphere, allows them to build their CVs and their specialist community and as a result fosters a excellent start off to careers in the place field. 

The chosen groups will be supported in their preparations by ESA Academy, ESA and Novespace microgravity experts. The teams may possibly also be presented an supplemental mentor of the European Lower Gravity Analysis Association (ELGRA) to even more aid them in their development. ESA Academy will give some money help in purchase to deal with elements of vacation and accommodation.

Want to know how to turn into a component of FYT! 2022? Click here for details on how to apply, eligibility needs, rules and polices. Eligible groups must submit an precisely concluded application pack just before the deadline on October 3, 2021 23:59 CET. The essential dates for this new edition can be discovered on 2022 Program.

For further more information and facts remember to get hold of us at FlyYourThesis @ esa.int.