RadioNet newsletter 12/2022 issued
The RadioNet newsletter 12/2022 has been just issued. Read here.
Agnieszka Słowikowska appointed as new JIVE Director
Agnieszka Słowikowska has been appointed as the next JIVE Director, to start in January 2023. Agnieszka (Aga) Słowikowska is currently Associate Professor, Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, NCU (Poland). For the last three years she was the Deputy Director for Research Infrastructure of the Institute of Astronomy NCU. Among many international responsibilities, [...]
European VLBI Network: Call for Proposals open
The call for proposals for the European VLBI Network (EVN) is open. EVN access and travel support is possible through the OPTICON RadioNet Pilot project (ORP). All regular proposals should be submitted through the Northstar submission tool. Submission deadline: 1 February 2023 at 16:00 UTC.
Restart of ALMA Cycle 9 observations and Cycle 10 pre-announcement status
Regarding Cycle 9, ALMA has resumed performing PI science observations following the cyberattack. The end-to-end data acquisition and processing workflow and software were successfully re-tested prior to the restart. Regarding Cycle 10, due to the disruption caused by the cyberattack, the Cycle 10 pre-announcement will now be issued in the week of January 16, 2023. [...]
5. ESO Summer Research Programme
From July 3 to August 11, 2023, ESO will host in Garching/DE the forth Summer Research Programme. This fully-funded programme is an opportunity for university students interested in astronomy/astrophysics, who are not yet enrolled in a PhD programme, to obtain research experience alongside astronomers based at ESO Headquarters (HQ) in Garching. Applications from promising university [...]
RADIOBLOCKS project
The RADIOBLOCKS project will start on 1 March 2023. It is coordinated by JIVE ERIC and including major European research infrastructures for radio astronomy, together with partners from industry and academia, has been granted 10 M€ by the European Commission to develop “common building blocks” for technological solutions beyond state-of-the-art, that will enable a broad [...]
Open call: Observatory of Yebes
In this call, the Observatory of Yebes (IGN) invites astronomers around the world to submit scientific proposals for the first semester of 2023. This call is oriented to single dish observations and VLBI observations not included in the EVN or GMVA calls. Submission deadline: January 16, 2023, 16:00 UTC.
EC: Open consultation on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation programmes 2014-2027
On December 1, 2022, the EC launched the largest public consultation ever held on the past, present and future of the EU’s Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027. For 12 weeks, stakeholders are encouraged to reply to multiple-choice and open questions and are invited to submit position papers. Stakeholders will be able to share their views on [...]
Update on the configuration schedule for Cycle 9
ALMA ‘s recovery from the cyber-attack is well underway, but it has become clear that the most compact configurations (C-1 and C-2) will not be visited. Information regarding Scheduling Blocks that can only be observed in C-1 and C-2 configurations, will be posted on the Science Portal once the necessary ALMA operations tools and services [...]
ASTRON-JIVE 2023 Summer Research Programme Opens Applications
The Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) announce up to 7 grants for students to participate in the ASTRON/JIVE 2023 Summer Research Programme. Deadline for applications is February 1, 2023 23:59 CET. More here.