The 2nd ESFRI RIs-EOSC Workshop "Research Infrastructures shaping EOSC", 06-07.10.2020, started today as virtual meeting. The main objective of the workshop is to bring together ESFRI, ESFRI RIs and EOSC stakeholders, in order to showcase and better comprehend the EOSC concept and value proposition for its users, and ensure the optimal federation of ESFRI [...]
The European Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation. Based on excellence, competitive, open and talent-driven, the new European Research Area will improve Europe's research and innovation landscape. The Commission set out strategic objectives and actions to be implemented in close cooperation with the Member States, in order to prioritise [...]
The Commission has launched a manifesto to maximise the accessibility of research results in the fight against COVID-19. The manifesto provides guiding principles for beneficiaries of EU research grants for coronavirus prevention, testing, treatment and vaccination to ensure that their research results will be accessible for all and guarantee a return on public investment. Find [...]
Call for ESO Studentship Programm in Chile is now open to students enrolled in Chilean universities in their last year in a PhD programme in astronomy or related fields. Deadline: 30.11.2020. Read full job advertisement here.
Open EAVN call for the 2021A semester. Proposal submission deadline is November 2, 2020 Please find more details here.
e-MERLIN requests proposals from the international astronomical community for observations to be made during Cycle-11. Proposals are competitively peer-reviewed under standard STFC rules by the e-MERLIN PATT Time Allocation Committee. All awards will be made on the basis of scientific merit and technical feasibility alone. Submission deadline: November 5, 2020. Full proposal call text [...]
The Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) invites scientists to participate in the call for proposals of observing time at the three national radio telescopes: - the 32-m Medicina antenna - the 32-m Noto antenna - the 64-m Sardinia Radio Telescope The three telescopes can be used as single dish for spectroscopic and continuum observations as [...]
Phosphine gas (PH3) has been detected in the clouds of Venus (Greaves, J.S., Richards, A.M.S., Bains, W. et al., Nat Astron (2020). The absorption line at 267 GHz was first seen in JCMT spectra, and followed up with ALMA in 2019. The line-shape indicates that it arises at 50-60 km above the surface, where the [...]
For its ELT Programme Office, within the Directorate of Programmes at its Headquarters in Garching(DE, ESO is looking for a ELT Deputy Telescope Scientist. This is an excellent opportunity for physicists/astronomers with experience in optics and instrumentation. The role is foreseen to support the ELT Telescope Scientist in providing assistance in the planning for, and [...]
European Research and Innovation Days – fully virtual this year on 22-24 September 2020. The annual flagship event of the European Commission’s brings together policy makers, researchers, and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. The event is accompanied by the exhibition The Science is Wonderful. [...]