At the KoWi (The EU Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations) general meeting on 10 August 2023, Prof. Dr. Anton Zensus/Director of MPIfR, Scientific Coordinator of the running Opticon RadioNet Pilot project and Coordinator of the former RadioNet project was elected to the KoWi Advisory Board, with immediate effect.
The call is open for observing proposals on IRAM telescopes, both the NOEMA interferometer and the 30-meter telescope, for the winter semester 2023/2024. Access/funding offered through the ORP (Opticon RadioNet Pilot) project. Submission deadline: 14 September 2023, 17:00 CEST (UT + 2 hours)
On 13 July 2023, the Commission unveiled a comprehensive set of measures targeted at strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) and making it more resilient, appealing, and competitive. These will contribute to a priority action of the ERA Policy Agenda 2022-2024, namely to promote attractive and sustainable research careers. The set of measures includes: A proposal [...]
At the EAS 2023 in Krakow, Prof. J. Anton Zensus, Coordinator of the concluded RadioNet project and director of the MPIfR, has received the prestigious Tycho Brahe Medal of the European Astronomical Society (EAS). He has been honored for significant advances in Very Long Baseline Interferometry that led to the first images of the shadows [...]
The Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) jointly offer outstanding postdoctoral researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science and earth sciences a prestigious four-year appointment in a unique research environment. The cooperation between the MPG and the WIS offers talented researchers the opportunity to participate in innovative [...]
RadioNet Newsletter 06/2023 issued. Read it here.
The extensive report of new Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap for European Astronomy is now available.
An international collaboration of European astronomers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) and Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) have published the results of more than 25 years of observations from six of the World's most sensitive radio telescopes. Along with other international collaborations, the European and Indian Pulsar Timing [...]
The 52nd Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC) will be held in Manchester/Jodrell Bank, UK, from 12-15 September 2023. YERAC has been running since 1968, giving up to 40 early career researchers from across Europe, nominated from their institution director, an opportunity to meet and present their research to their peers. Registration will be open [...]
The Special Session SS38 European Forum of Astronomical Communities will take place on 10 July 2023 at the EAS 2023 in Krakow. The aim of this session is to maintain the platform for discussion on how to support underrepresented astronomy communities in Europe to identify ways of increasing access to training, mentoring, grants, etc. to present current [...]