The Opticon RadioNet Pilot (ORP) project brings together two mature communities, optical/IR and radio/sub-mm to work towards the harmonization and improvement of services of astronomical infrastructures and of the access to them. ORP offers access to many of the world’s premier optical/IR and radio telescopes and arrays and aims to develop various services to aid scientific [...]
Horizon Europe uses lump sum funding to reduce administration and financial errors and to make the programme simpler by removing the need to report actual costs. This makes the access to the programme easier, especially for small organisations and newcomers. Here you find the EC page with all information on lump sum funding in Horizon Europe. It is updated [...]
The NIAS-Lorentz Program calls for coordinators for the NIAS-Lorentz Theme Group (NLTG) 2023/2024. The deadline for application with a pre-proposal is September 1, 2022. The NIAS-Lorentz Program is a collaboration established in 2006 by NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam) and the Lorentz Center (workshop center for all scientific disciplines, [...]
RadioNet newsletter 5/2022 issued. Read here.
The European ALMA Regional Centre Network organises, co-funded by the ORP, the ALMA Science Archive School at the Italian ARC node headquarters in Bologna ITaly) on 5-7 October 2022. This school will present an overview of the most advanced tools to exploit the archive content for science, and a discussion of possible tricks to address mining [...]
The JIVE diretor position is initially for five years, with possible renewal. Deadline for applicaction is July 31, 2022 - 23:59 UTC. Read more details here.
IAF consists in a single call for proposal offering 5 to 10 fellowships of 24 or 36 months duration for experienced young researchers. The research activity will be carried out at INAF Research Centres. Deadline: July 7, 2022. Find details here. https://www.astrofit.inaf.it/project-and-aims/
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The image was produced using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes. Progress on the EHT continues, the ongoing expansion of the EHT network and significant technological upgrades will [...]
Get here inside information, emotional backgrounds, and exciting explanations from scientist of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy on the groundbreaking image of Sgr A* . Image: © EHT Collaboration This is the first image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short), the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It’s [...]
European Research and Innovation Days will be held as digital event on September 28-29, 2022. This event is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. This year’s European Research and Innovation [...]