Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP)

Reporting and Publications

2.1 The NAI Annual Report

Progress reports are submitted annually to NAI Central by each of the NAI Teams, Focus Groups, International Partners, and Postdoctoral Fellows. These reports are used to generate the NAI Annual Report as well as keep the NAI e-mail lists and online photo directory current. The NAI Annual Report is published and previous years archived on the NAI website. Previous annual reports are available online at: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/library-of-resources/annual-reports/.

2.2 Publications

The papers published by NAI members are the primary record of the character, productivity, and impact of NAI-sponsored research. For this reason, NAI investigators are strongly encouraged to include the “NASA Astrobiology Institute” as an author’s affiliation when a significant portion of the research was the result of NAI support. In addition, all publications resulting from NAI-sponsored research are required to acknowledge funding support from the NAI.

In those cases where papers have been accepted by high-visibility journals (e.g., Nature, Science, PNAS) or are expected to generate media attention, the authors are asked to alert NAI Central so that it can participate in announcing the publication through a NASA press release or co-release with the Team’s institution. Advance copies of manuscripts can help NAI Central staff to prepare for questions from the media and are appreciated. E-mails regarding publications can be sent to Daniella Scalice at dscalice@arc.nasa.gov.

Each Team is responsible for providing a full list of NAI-funded publications as part of the input to the NAI Annual Report. This is to include hardcopies of the five most significant astrobiological papers published during that year, as judged by the Team PI.