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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear ASA student members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The European Southern Observatory (ESO) offers PhD students the opportunity to spend between 6 months and 2 years working alongside ESO scientific staff through the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uf7tC6XQ4LfoP96vqTpZ1A_?domain=eso.org" title="https://www.eso.org/sci/activities/fellowships-and-studentships/FeSt-overview/ESOstudentship.html"><span style="color:#954F72">ESO
Studentship Programme</span></a>. There are 2 application deadlines each year, the next of which is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>31 May 2022</b>. A number of Australian graduate students have benefited from this opportunity since the commencement
of Australia’s Strategic Partnership with ESO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ESO have just released two instructional pdfs to support the latest call for applications. Applications require coordination of Australian and ESO ends so, if you are interested, please start your application early.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In the PDF documents, ESO says explicitly:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“For
this purpose, the ESO supervisor should be contacted well in advance of the application deadlines (next deadline is 31 May 2022)”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Applicants
are strongly advised to trigger these invitations [to their home institute supervisor and ESO supervisor to provide letters of reference] (using the Web application form) well in advance of the application deadline (can be done before the final submission
of the application).”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The attached PDF’s also include links to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">detailed
information about the studentship program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">lists
of current ESO Staff and fellows and their research interests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">lists
of PhD projects currently being offered by ESO staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">details
of employment conditions and benefits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">relevant
FAQ’s (and contact addresses for further questions) about the studentships and application process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr James Murray<br>
Director of Programs<br>
Astronomy Australia Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">T: 03 9214 8426</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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E: <a href="mailto:james.murray@astronomyaustralia.org.au" target="_blank" title="mailto:james.murray@astronomyaustralia.org.au">james.murray@astronomyaustralia.org.au</a><br>
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