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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As the new academic year gets underway, AAL and ESO would be grateful if ASA members could bring the following notice to the attention of undergraduate or Masters students at their universities. As a result of Australia’s Strategic Partnership with ESO, students who are Australian citizens are eligible to apply for this program, and will have all their costs met by ESO. In 2019 Matthew Wilkinson from the University of Queensland was one of the 7 students selected, and outlined his experiences in an <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uq2QC71ZgLtB8MGZfkivxD?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au">AAL ESO Blog post</a>. Please note that applications close on <b>Wednesday 5<sup>th</sup> February</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stuart Ryder, AAL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>ESO Summer Research Programme<br>Garching, Germany<br>2nd July - 11th August 2020<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><br>Application Deadline (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GhyqCYWL1viynYVAIGlCG0?domain=eso.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>instructions</span></a>): 5<sup>th</sup> February 2020<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For six weeks in the summer of 2020, ESO will host the second Summer Research Programme. This fully-funded programme is an opportunity for university students interested in astronomy/astrophysics, who are not yet enrolled in a PhD programme, to obtain research experience alongside astronomers based at ESO Headquarters (HQ) in Garching, Germany. We will accept applications from promising university students from any country, although priority will be given to students from <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YPQBCZYM2VFWkvKQFK3TXV?domain=eso.org">ESO Member States</a>, Strategic Partners (Australia) and the Host State (Chile). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Summer Research Program at ESO is an exceptional opportunity for students to work at an institute that is both the headquarters of the most productive observatory in the world and a top-class research organisation. People at ESO's HQ maintain a very active research community and are also designing and operating cutting-edge telescopes and their instruments including the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GPuDC1WZXriQPgJqcXMVKp?domain=eso.org">VLT</a>, <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/81NGC2xZYvCDBr58t9uW4U?domain=eso.org">ALMA</a>, and the forthcoming <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AERkC3Q8Z2Fry3D2tvkI5k?domain=eso.org">ELT</a>, which will be the world's biggest optical-near infrared telescope! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The participants can choose between a wide range of <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6v-xC4QZ1RFwDP4luj5spB?domain=eso.org">research projects</a>, covering many areas of astronomy from exoplanets to cosmology. The ESO Summer Research Programme will also provide opportunities beyond research, including lectures, a mini-workshop, and many social activities. You should expect six weeks packed with new experiences, new networks and new friendships!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Travel costs to/from Garching will be covered for participants of the programme. <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mp3XC5QZ29FrX8k6tl4arv?domain=eso.org">Accommodation</a> will be provided free of charge in a shared apartment in Garching (with electricity, heating and internet all included). Students will also be provided with a modest stipend to cover living costs during the programme. Successful students have the responsibility to acquire any required visas to spend six weeks working in Germany under these conditions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For inquiries about the programme, please email <a href="mailto:summerresearch@eso.org">summerresearch@eso.org</a>. An ESO Blog article on the 2019 edition of the Summer Research Programme can be found <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/lK05C6X13Rt4pkLyc9Gm_A?domain=eso.org" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>