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well-qualified students of any nationality to apply to the PhD program at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA), based at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. This program focuses on radio astronomy and radio astronomy engineering in support of
the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/E1ozCjZ1N7il5MJyWsWuAbA?domain=astronomy.curtin.edu.au/" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We
have a wide range of potential PhD projects to choose from (nominally for three years with a possible six-month extension).</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">CIRA forms one half of the International
Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (</span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/DjpHCk81N9tYW60qxUVfCcl?domain=icrar.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">ICRAR</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">),
a joint venture between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia, supported by the Western Australian Government. CIRA operates the Murchison Widefield Array (</span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BXzqClx1NjiOn5KzQSyAdUJ?domain=mwatelescope.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">MWA</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">),
the precursor to the low frequency component of the </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/OkteCmO5glu1JKYROH9XXjT?domain=astronomers.skatelescope.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">SKA</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">,
and supports a large research group spanning Galactic and extragalactic radio astronomy, 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. Construction of the SKA began last year and CIRA has close connections with the SKA Observatory and the Australian SKA Regional Centre. Perth has a vibrant astronomy community with astronomers from four different institutes
working closely together. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Please note that there are 14 scholarships
(seven for international and domestic students and seven for domestic students only). The application for these scholarships is a two stage process:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Review the projects listed
</span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/E1ozCjZ1N7il5MJyWsWuAbA?domain=astronomy.curtin.edu.au/" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.
Prospective students should submit an </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Expression
of Interest</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (EoI) for a given project by following the APPLY HERE
link beside each project. Students are encouraged to contact the potential supervisor beforehand to find out more about the projects. These EoIs must be submitted by
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">18th August 2024.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If a student is the preferred choice for a given project they will be invited
to proceed with the full scholarship application. The deadline for this is </span>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">31st August 2024</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">CIRA is committed to equity and diversity
and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Included Benefits: </span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 15px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">The total annual scholarship package (stipend
and tuition fees) is approx. $70,000 AUD p.a. The stipend is valued at approx. $42,000 AUD p.a. </font></span></p>
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<font face="Arial" style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Contact: Nick Seymour (</span><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:appphd_cira@curtin.edu.au" class="">appphd_cira@curtin.edu.au</a></span>)</font></div>
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