The Institute of Astronomy and Space Sciences (IA) in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the RadioNet consortium is glad to announce that the online workshop "Exploiting Archives for Radio Astronomy in the SKA era" will take place on November 23-25, 2020 as virtual meeting. Astrophysics is without doubt entering at present the century [...]
ERA-LEARN, which supports research funding organisations, policy makers and researchers with general information and services on research and innovation partnership initiatives, published an article that summarizes the Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation, adopted by the European Commission on 30 September 2020, with a view to European Partnerships. Read the summary [...]
For its Infrastructure Department in Santiago, within the Directorate of Administration, ESO is advertising a Local Staff member position of a Facilities Technical assistant. The selected candidate will provide support to the Santiago Facilities Administrator in technical activities such as inspections, maintenance of buildings and equipment, documentation, development and analysis as well as records keeping. [...]
The University of Bielefeld is looking for an experienced radio astronomer in the context of MeerKAT and the SKA. The candidate is expected to take a coordinating role among the partners of the German D-MeerKAT consortium that contributes to MeerKAT and SKA pathfinder science. Application deadline: November 22, 2020. Full advertisement here.
The next European VLBI Network e-seminar will be held on October 19, 2020, 16:00 CEST. It is one of 7 talks the EVN presents in a series of virtual seminars focused on how very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations can significantly contribute to different astronomical fields. These seminars are oriented to the broad astronomical community and provide [...]
The meeting will host a symposium covering a broad variety of astrophysics at radio wavelength, as well as GLOW (German Long Wavelength Consortium), LOFAR and MeerKAT gatherings. Registration of attendance is required to receive further instructions for participation. Registration is now closed, but organizers can be contacted in case of interest to still join the event. More [...]
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.