On 9 October, Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth welcomed seven experts as members of the independent Search Committee that will make recommendations to the Commission on the best candidates for the next President of the European Research Council (ERC). Recommendations for this prestigious post will be based on a consultation of the scientific community and an [...]
Exploiting Archives for Radio Astronomy in the SKA-era, 23-25 November 2020, virtual format
The Institute of Astronomy and Space Sciences (IA) in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the RadioNet project is glad to announce that the online workshop "Exploiting Archives for Radio Astronomy in the SKA era." will take place on the 23rd, 24th, 25th of November on Zoom platform (only morning sessions). The main goal of [...]
IV RICH Symposium: Research Infrastructures as engines for maximising impact of Horizon Europe on 12-13 November 2020, virtually
IV RICH Symposium entitled 'Research Infrastructures as engines for maximising impact of Horizon Europe' will take place as virtual event on 12-November 13, 2020. It aims to provide a comprehensive view of possibilities that the European RIs offer in terms of research resources – with particular attention to digital research resources- in order to ensure the [...]
European Researchers’ Night on November 27, 2020 – call for 2021 open
This year, the European Researchers´ Night will take place on November 27, 2020 as online event. Admission free! The European Researchers’ Night is a mega-event that takes place every year at the same time in many European cities. The European Researchers' Night, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA), is a Europe-wide public event that brings researchers closer to [...]
ESO is offering an engineering PhD Studentship in Garching
ESO is offering an engineering PhD fellowship with an initial contract of one year followed by a two-year extension (three years total). Application deadline Dezember 13, 2020. Full job advertisement here.
EC Report published: Gender differences in tertiary education – What explains STEM participation?
The European Commission has published a report presenting some common themes on women in maths-intensive science fields -generally known as science, technology, engineering and maths or STEM. Although the share of women achieving tertiary education has increased rapidly over time, yet they are severely under-represented in maths-intensive science fields. Because of the economic importance attached to these fields, [...]
2021 Commission work programme – from strategy to delivery
The Commission adopted its 2021 work programme. It contains new legislative initiatives across all six headline ambitions of President Ursula von der Leyen's Political Guidelines. While delivering on the priorities set out in this work programme, the Commission will continue to put all its efforts into managing the crisis, and into making Europe's economies and societies more resilient. [...]
KVN VLBI / Call for Proposals 2021A KVN VLBI: Submission deadline November 2, 2020
The Korean VLBI Network (KVN) invites scientific proposals for VLBI observations during the 2021A season from astronomers around the world. Observations of successful proposals will be scheduled between January 16 and June 15, 2021. Proposals should be submitted via the KVN website before the deadline of UT 08:00 (KST 17:00) on November 2, 2020. Please refer [...]
This week online seminar “Our Galactic Center: A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes” / Andrea Ghez
The online seminar “Our Galactic Center: A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes” by Andrea Ghez/UCLA will take place this week on October 29, 6pm CET - arranged by the IAA in Granada. More information here.
RadioNet newsletter issue 10/2020
Read the RadioNet newsletter issue 10/2020 here.