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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="">Dear Colleagues, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would be grateful if you could forward this notice to any undergrad students looking for HDR positions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nick</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><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;" id="docs-internal-guid-2535c8dd-7fff-ea5d-404d-28c8ce693266" class="">PhD Opportunities in Astronomy & Radio Astronomy Engineering at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University node</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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="">We welcome highly qualified students of all nationalities to apply for the PhD program at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (</span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Bhn9CjZ1N7i3Ql1kDCWfKfmmubo?domain=research.curtin.edu.au/" 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="">CIRA</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="">), based at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, which forms the Curtin node of ICRAR. This program emphasises radio astronomy and radio astronomy engineering, supporting the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/j7RGCk81N9trzY3ZAUVh5fGw6op?domain=research.curtin.edu.au/" 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="">We have a wide range of potential PhD projects to choose from</span></a><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="">.</span><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=""> Our PhD scholarships are for 3.5 years.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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 </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Z5edClx1NjiANOqDmUyiGfzGqJC?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="">, which is 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/nTtuCmO5gluAN1LG8U9sBfR5I_F?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/R1j1Cnx1jniKNlpQgCmtmfJJOkI?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="">SKAO</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="">.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><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="">Why study at ICRAR/Curtin?</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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="">Conduct research on SKAO-related topics, such as transients, pulsars, accretion physics, fast radio bursts, radio galaxies, studies of the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), space domain awareness, planetary defence, and radio astronomy engineering. </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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="">Develop your career through working in the vibrant Perth astronomy community including access to SKAO, the Australian SKA Regional Centre (</span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/3xGgCoV1kpfB3lpJ5FouWfpPYes?domain=aussrc.org" 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="">AusSRC</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="">), international networks, and research infrastructure such as the MWA and the </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/6FzkCp81lrtv3QEPqh7CxfGd3rq?domain=pawsey.org.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="">Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre</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="">.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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="">Take advantage of a strong focus on translation and impact, collaborating with industry partners on projects and internships to enable a transition from academia to industry if desired. </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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="">Enjoy a positive, inclusive, and diverse work environment. </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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="">Study at a globally recognised astronomy institute. </span></div></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><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="">There are 15 projects; all are open to domestic (Australian and NZ) students, two of which are also open to international students. The application for scholarships to undertake one of these projects is a two stage process:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" role="presentation" class=""><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 research projects listed </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/j7RGCk81N9trzY3ZAUVh5fGw6op?domain=research.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 read the instructions and then 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) via the link next to each project. Students should 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="">31st July 2026</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></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; 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;" aria-level="1" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" role="presentation" class=""><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 2026</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></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><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><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><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 total annual scholarship package (stipend and tuition fees) is approx. $70,000 AUD p.a. The stipend is valued at $</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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="">38,440</span><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=""> AUD p.a. in 2026. A small number of projects have an additional stipend allowance of $5,000 AUD p.a.</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/-o5zCq71mwfzjL6GnFvFYfE5GPQ?domain=astronomy.curtin.edu.au/" 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="">https://astronomy.curtin.edu.au/study-with-cira/</span></a></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; 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="">Contact: Dr Nick Seymour (</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; 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=""><a href="mailto:appphd_cira@curtin.edu.au" class="">appphd_cira@curtin.edu.au</a></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; 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="">)</span></div></div></body></html>