COSPAR Capacity-Building Workshop

The COPAR Capacity Building Workshop on Earth-affecting solar transients will take place during August 31-September 11, 2026 in Cairo, Egypt. Participants will work with data from the CDAW Data Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, including missions such as SOHO, STEREO, Wind, and ACE. Type II radio burst data from the e-CALLISTO network and the global Radio Solar Telescope Network will also be used, together with contextual data from NOAA’s GOES and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

We expect to host 35–40 participants. The target audience includes primarily young scientists, PhD candidates, advanced Master’s students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career professionals or junior staff members. Non-local participants will be fully accommodated in the university residence at no cost. Meals will be provided for all selected participants, and travel expenses will be partially covered. The school is free of charge.

The program includes introductory lectures on the Sun, Solar Corona, Interplanetary medium, Solar Eruptions, Shocks, and Solar Radio Bursts, training in Python and web-based tools, and team projects that may lead to scientific publications. Participants may also apply for COSPAR fellowships to continue collaboration after the workshop.

Further details and application forms are available at:
https://cospar2026-nriag.com/ 

Scientific Organizing Committee: Nat Gopalswamy (USA, Chair), Christian Monstein, (Switzerland), Denise Perrone (COSPAR, Italy), Christine Amory (France), Pertti Mäkelä (USA), Seiji Yashiro (USA), Susan Wassem Samwel (Egypt), Safinaz Ahmed (Egypt), Mohamed Semida (Egypt), Carlos Gabriel (COSPAR, Germany).