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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Dear Colleague, </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">[Please forward this to any interested students]</div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We invite well-qualified students of any nationality to apply to the PhD program at Curtin University's Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) based in Perth, Australia. In support of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), this program focuses on radio astronomy or radio astronomy engineering. </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/oyqdCyojxQTrjAwXnuZllPF?domain=astronomy.curtin.edu.au/" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We have a wide range of potential PhD projects to choose from</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">CIRA forms one half of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), a joint venture between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia. Curtin University operates the </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Bf4vCzvkyVCMPOZgLiXsbkg?domain=mwatelescope.org" class="">Murchison Widefield Array</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> (MWA), the precursor to the low frequency component of the </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/90vICANpgjCNmGX6Yc9oGDp?domain=skatelescope.org" class="">Square Kilometre Array</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> (SKA), and supports a large research group spanning radio astronomy (galactic, extragalactic), pulsars, accretion physics, studies of the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), and radio astronomy engineering research including significant participation in developing systems (hardware and software) for the SKA. This year has seen two important steps forward for the SKA, with the launch of the SKA Observatory as an intergovernmental organisation, and approval of construction of the SKA telescopes.</span></div></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" class="">For further details on the scholarships please see <span style="caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1);" class="">our</span> advert: </font></span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/thLdCBNqjlC7Zzr6ofjsUNo?domain=jobregister.aas.org" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/d13306e5</a></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Please send any general enquiries to <a href="mailto:AppPhD_CIRA@curtin.edu.au" class="">AppPhD_CIRA@curtin.edu.au</a>.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">CIRA is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nick</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span style="color: rgb(172, 132, 4); font-family: "Arial Bold"; font-size: 9pt;" class=""><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(172, 132, 4); font-family: "Arial Bold"; font-size: 9pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></div>Dr Nick Seymour | CIRA</span><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; 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