The "European Research Infrastructures for a smarter future" Conference will be held on May 15th 2020 and will be fully digital. The event is open to all participants, and is hosted by the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU, as part of the Future of Research Infrastructures in European Research Area event. It will allow [...]
The strategy paper “MAKING SCIENCE HAPPEN - A new ambition for Research Infrastructures in the European Research Area” was elaborated and adopted by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI). This document represents the outcomes of the reflection process over the last 15 months of ESFRI, working on its vision of an integrated ecosystem [...]
EC has published information on how HorizonEU will be managed in practice. Read here about the latest progress on Horizon Europe’s Implementation Strategy.
There will be 12 scholarships, including three funded by INAF and one by CTA, so ample opportunities to carry out research projects in the field of VLBI-related science topics. Please forward this announcement to suitable candidates. The deadline for application is May 21st (1pm CEST), with an oral examination on June 22nd and results announced [...]
SKA is looking for an Ops Scientist to join the international team in the UK. Deadline for applications: 30 April 2020. More information here.
For its Science Operations Software Department (SCS), within the Directorate of Engineering (DoE) at its Headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany, ESO is advertising the position of a Software Engineer (ALMA Science Archive). Deadline: 17.5.2020. More information here.
From April 2020, the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel publishes a monthly newsletter with relevant news and information on the topic area. The first issue explains the reactions on the challenges connected to the Corona Virus. Find here the new launched webpage on Corona Research and Innovation. Subscription to the monthly [...]
The Event Horizon Telescope observes a bent jet near a black hole. A team led by Jae-Young Kim at the MPI für Radioastronomie has imaged the jet origin at 20 µas resolution and found that deep in the quasar 3C279’s heart, something weird goes on: rather than a simple straight structure, two perpendicular features appear, [...]