Yearly Archives: 2021

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Annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society  – virtual meeting from June 28 -July 2, 2021

The annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society will take place from June 28 -July 2, 2021 in virtual space. Special session 11 is scheduled for Tuesday 29 June. This is a call for abstracts for contributed talks and posters. Join for "Extreme astrophysics at extremely high resolution" at EAS2021 special session 11. This session demonstrates the [...]

By | 2021-01-26T12:22:40+00:00 January 26th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society  – virtual meeting from June 28 -July 2, 2021

The SKA Convention officially entered into force

Concluding five years of negotiations, signatures and ratifications, the Convention establishing the SKA Observatory (SKAO) entered into force on January 15, 2021, with the official launch of the new intergovernmental organization scheduled for February 3-4 , 2021 at the first SKAO Council meeting. This follows the ratifications of Portugal and the UK in December 2021. Find full information here.     [...]

By | 2021-01-21T08:33:15+00:00 January 21st, 2021|announcement, press release|Comments Off on The SKA Convention officially entered into force

Contact – The SKA Magazine: Latest issue available

Contact, the SKA Magazine, is a quarterly public-friendly publication produced by SKAO’s Communications team. It covers the broad range of SKA-related activities taking place around the world in a single publication. Contact was designed for the digital age from the start, and is only available in electronic format. It is published via the electronic publishing platform Issuu, and [...]

By | 2021-01-21T08:23:51+00:00 January 21st, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Contact – The SKA Magazine: Latest issue available

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

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 [...]

By | 2021-01-21T08:10:53+00:00 January 21st, 2021|announcement, press release|Comments Off on EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

The German Horizon Europe Portal is online

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.    

By | 2021-01-21T07:58:08+00:00 January 21st, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on The German Horizon Europe Portal is online

SKA Virtual Science Conference: A Precursor View of the SKA Sky – Registration open

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.  

By | 2021-01-20T15:40:14+00:00 January 20th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on SKA Virtual Science Conference: A Precursor View of the SKA Sky – Registration open

EAS 2021: Opening of the Abstract Submission and the Registration

  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 [...]

By | 2021-01-20T13:26:57+00:00 January 20th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on EAS 2021: Opening of the Abstract Submission and the Registration

Postdoctoral Research Position – Solar Radio Astronomy with LOFAR and MWA

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 [...]

By | 2021-01-19T14:17:55+00:00 January 19th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Postdoctoral Research Position – Solar Radio Astronomy with LOFAR and MWA