After intensive negotiations, the European Commission has reached on December 24, 2020 an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of its future cooperation with the European Union. This agreement came into force on January 1, 2021. The draft Trade and Cooperation Agreement consists of three main pillars: A Free Trade Agreement: a new economic [...]
The German Horizon Europe Portal is online. It shows important information on funding opportunities in the 9th framework programme for Research & Innovation in the programme period 2021-20217 and also on the consulting and training services. First Calls for Horizon Europe are expected in April 2021. See the portal here.
Registration for the 2021 SKA Science Conference: A Precursor View of the SKA Sky is now OPEN! The conference will be held as virtual event on 15-19 March 2021, highlighting exciting results from SKA pathfinder telescopes & what their meaning for the SKA. Find more details on the conference page.
The European Astronomical Society (EAS) has announced the opening of the Abstract Submission and the registration for EAS 2021. Submission deadline: 02 March 2021 The EAS 2021 will be virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The EAS provides a generous number of fee waivers for those colleagues who need support. Moreover, students can apply for a position in the volunteer program, which [...]
Call for proposals for the 100-m radio telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie open. Deadline for proposal submission is February 3, 2021. Find more information here.
The Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory (IANAO) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences invites applications for a three-year Post-doctoral researcher position to work on processing and analyzing advanced low-frequency radio imaging observations of solar coronal shocks and coronal mass ejections from the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) and Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) low-frequency telescopes. The postdoctoral [...]
IRAM is seeking a qualified candidate for a position in the NOEMA Science Operations Group (SOG). The candidate is expected to invest 50% of the time on z-GAL, an international project aimed at investigating the nature and physical properties of the brightest submillimeter galaxies in the Herschel surveys (H-ATLAS and HerMES). The other 50% of [...]
The SKA is hiring telescope directors in Australia & South Africa, to lead multi-disciplinary teams building ground-breaking facilities to explore the hidden Universe! Full advertisement SKA-Low - Australia here. Full advertisemen SKA-Mid - South Africa here.
The next URSI General Assembly (URSI GASS2021) will be organized on August 28 - September 4 2021 as hybrid event - you can participate in Rome or online. The J04 session on Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) will be organized. Please note that the call for abstracts is open only till January 31st. Author information here. [...]
ESO has launched a new website to deliver a wealth of information about its Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).