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The Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA) aims to promote the study and the research in the fields of astrophysics and astronomy, to develop in Switzerland mutual information and collaboration between astronomers and to support their joint scientific efforts.

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MERAC Awards 2023

Second Call

Advancing the science strategy for the Europa Imaging System
Caroline HASLEBACHER, University of Bern

Unraveling the nature of the super-Earth 55 Cnc e: Magnetic star-planet interaction and stellar contamination
Erik MEIER VALDES, University of Bern
The Formation of the Solar System in the Context of Planetary Population Synthesis
Oliver SCHIB, University of Bern
Impact Cratering Studies on Rubble Pile Asteroids
Sabina RADUCAN, University of Bern
Unveiling the dark side of the Cosmic star-formation history
Mengyuan XIAO, University of Geneva
Ultra-Violet (UV)-bright star-forming galaxies
Rui MARQUES CHAVES, University of Bern

First Call

Quantifying the impact of stellar activity on the stellar parameters determined with asteroseismology
Jérôme BETRISEY, University of Geneva
Coupling Self Colliding Planetesimals to Dust Models for Forming Planets
Nicolas KAUFMANN, University of Bern
The observability of the cosmic web in emission with the BlueMUSE 3D spectrograph
Thibault GAREL, University of Geneva
Observational Signatures Galactic Dynamos
Abhjit BENDRE, EPFL