Monthly Archives: January 2022

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Two ERC Starting Grants awarded to (space) weather research projects with the LOFAR radio telescope

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded two of its prestigious Starting Grants to ASTRON scientists for research projects using the LOFAR radio telescope. One project will use LOFAR to create detailed images of lightning on Earth, the other aims to detect space weather events and magnetic fields around exoplanets. Read more on the ASTRON [...]

By | 2022-01-19T11:18:51+00:00 January 19th, 2022|announcement, press release|Comments Off on Two ERC Starting Grants awarded to (space) weather research projects with the LOFAR radio telescope

ERC awards €619m in its first research grants under Horizon Europe

Following the first call for proposals under the EU’s new R&I programme, Horizon Europe, €619 million will be invested in excellent projects dreamed up by scientists and scholars. The selected proposals cover all disciplines of research, from the medical applications of artificial intelligence, to the science of controlling matter by using light, to designing a [...]

By | 2022-01-10T11:35:24+00:00 January 10th, 2022|announcement, press release|Comments Off on ERC awards €619m in its first research grants under Horizon Europe

ASTRON-JIVE 2022 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 2022 Summer Research Programme. The ASTRON-JIVE Programme is an opportunity for students with astronomy, physics, computer science or comparable backgrounds to spend the summer (10-12 weeks) at world-leading [...]

By | 2022-01-10T10:43:53+00:00 January 10th, 2022|announcement|Comments Off on ASTRON-JIVE 2022 Summer Research Programme Opens Applications

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – GLOBAL 3mm VLBI ARRAY

VLBI proposals for observing at 3mm wavelength (86 GHz) using: the VLBA, GBT, EFFELSBERG, PICO VELETA, NOEMA, ONSALA, METSAEHOVI, YEBES and KVN telescopes should be submitted using the NRAO Proposal Submission Tool (PST) by 1 FEBRUARY 2022 (UT 22:00). It is expected that phased ALMA will participate in some GMVA observations during ALMA Cycle 9 [...]

By | 2022-01-05T09:45:40+00:00 January 5th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on CALL FOR PROPOSALS – GLOBAL 3mm VLBI ARRAY