From chris.power at uwa.edu.au Tue Feb 19 14:25:25 2013 From: chris.power at uwa.edu.au (Chris Power) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:25:25 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: "Synthetic Universes for Future Surveys" workshop on 21/22 March 2013 Message-ID: Hi all, A reminder that we're organising the "Synthetic Universes for Future Surveys" workshop at ICRAR/UWA in Perth on the 21st and 22nd March 2013. **Note that the deadline for registration is this coming Thursday, 21st February.** This workshop, sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), will bring together simulators, modellers and observers from around the world to assess how fit-for-purpose the state-of-the-art in galaxy formation modelling is in the coming era of large galaxy surveys on next generation telescopes such as ALMA, the SKA and its pathfinders, the ELTs, and with instruments such as SAMI, TAIPAN, etc... We plan to have special sessions on the requirements posed by the SAMI and WALLABY/DINGO surveys. Invited speakers include Andrew Benson (Carnegie Observatories, USA), Darren Croton (Swinburne), Alexander Knebe (UA Madrid, Spain), Claudia Lagos (ESO Garching, Germany) and Aaron Robotham (ICRAR/UWA). If you'd like to attend this workshop, please register at our website http://www.caastro.org/event/synthetic-universes-for-future-surveys please note that (i) there will be a small fee of A$100 per person, (ii) attendance is limited to ~45 participants If you have any comments or queries, please contact A/Prof. Chris Power by e-mail (chris.power at icrar.org) or office phone (+61 8 6488 7630). Hope to see you in Perth next March! Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ahopkins at aao.gov.au Wed Feb 20 17:49:29 2013 From: ahopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:49:29 +1100 Subject: [ASA] AAO Honours and PhD scholarships Message-ID: <512471F9.1010909@aao.gov.au> The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) is pleased to be able to offer both Honours Scholarships and PhD Scholarships in 2013. Full details are available here: http://www.aao.gov.au/students/studentsgrad.html Honours Scholarships: --------------------- The AAO offers a $5000 scholarship for Honours students enrolled at any Australian university, for a research project substantially co-supervised with an AAO staff-member. The deadline for applications is **************** 1 March 2013 **************** Details, including the application forms and application process, are available here: http://www.aao.gov.au/students/studentsgrad.html In addition, we also support jointly-funded scholarships with Macquarie University and with Monash University. Students wishing to apply for these scholarships should use the relevant application form from the host university, and follow the instructions on their web pages. Any questions about the AAO Honours Scholarships or the application process can be directed to the Head of AAT Science at the AAO, Andrew Hopkins (ahopkins at aao.gov.au). PhD Scholarships: ----------------- In 2013, the AAO is offering up to two AAO PhD Scholarships, and up to two Trevor Burgess PhD Scholarships to students at Australian universities. All scholarships are for a period of 3 years, with a possible extension for a further 6 months. The value of the scholarships will be $5000 per annum. Annual renewal is conditional upon satisfactory performance by the student. The scholarships are open to any student accepted for a PhD programme at any Australian university who are substantially co-supervised by an AAO staff member. The Trevor Burgess PhD Scholarships are only open to Australian Citizens. The scholarships can support students with backgrounds in astronomy, physics, engineering or mathematics with thesis research programs in astronomy or astronomical instrumentation (and related fields). For further details, including the application forms and procedure, please see the website: http://www.aao.gov.au/students/AAOscholarship.html The deadline for PhD scholarship applications is: ************* 15 March 2013 ************* Please consider whether your incoming students this year, and their planned projects, would benefit from an association with the AAO, and discuss the possibility of co-supervision with an AAO staff member. The research interests of AAO staff and some potential projects that could be discussed are also available on the web at: http://www.aao.gov.au/AAO/students/studentsgrad.html Any questions about the AAO PhD Scholarship Scheme can be addressed to the Head of AAT Science, Andrew Hopkins, atahopkins at aao.gov.au. Andrew Hopkins -- A.Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of AAT Science Australian Astronomical Observatory P.O. Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia ph: +61 2 9372 4849 fax: +61 2 9372 4880 From thill at museum.vic.gov.au Fri Feb 22 11:47:47 2013 From: thill at museum.vic.gov.au (Hill, Tanya) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:47:47 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Charlene Heisler Prize - closes 1st March Message-ID: <7A64CF74085EDA4E93CEF1089F043E4517A62CFA24@RAKALI.mv.vic.gov.au> A reminder that nominations for the Charlene Heisler Prize close next Friday 1st March. The prize is for most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. The PhD thesis must have been accepted (but not necessarily conferred) by an Australian university during 2012. 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