From michael.ireland at anu.edu.au Mon Sep 8 16:23:44 2014 From: michael.ireland at anu.edu.au (Michael Ireland) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 06:23:44 +0000 Subject: [ASA] RSAA Masters Advanced scholarships and higher degree research information days. Message-ID: The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (Canberra) is running a new Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Advanced) from 2015, with information days on 2-3 October. This Masters Advanced is a new prestigious pathway into a PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics which can be taken instead of, or in addition to, Honours. The Masters Advanced is a 2-year advanced coursework masters, which includes 50% coursework and 50% research. The total time spent on research is one full-time year, spread over two years, and is equivalent to the Masters that is taken before PhD in Europe and the US under the Bologna Model. We believe this kind of program is necessary to give Australian students the breadth and depth to compete internationally. RSAA is the premier astronomical research institution in Australia. Our staff and students have access to world-class facilities and instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the Gemini 8m telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, the Keck 10m telescopes in Hawaii, the 6.5m Magellan Telescope in Chile, the Anglo-Australian telescope 4m (AAT), the ANU 2.3m telescope, and radio telescopes based in Australia and overseas. The RSAA has premium access to the Australia?s fastest supercomputers based at the National Computational Infrastructure supercomputing facility in Canberra. The Advanced Instrumentation & Technology Centre at the RSAA combines research excellence with technical capability to deliver innovative astronomical instrumentation for ground-based astronomy and small satellites. The RSAA is a partner in the international Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) consortium. In particular, our researchers are designing and building the integral-field spectrograph and adaptive optics for the GMT. We are offering Masters Advanced scholarships with tax-free stipends of AUD$10,000 p.a., and also have a range of PhD scholarships and top-up scholarships available. On 2-3 October, we will run action-packed higher-degree research information days, and are offering free travel and accommodation to top candidates to attend the information days. You will get the chance to hear about the latest research at RSAA from many of Australia?s top astronomers including Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt, and will get the chance to socialise with current students. Visits to RSAA for prospective students who can not make these days are also possible, with 6-7 Nov preferred alternative dates. The deadline for the travel scholarship is 18 September. To apply, please send a description of any previous research experience, your academic transcript and curriculum vitae to masters at anu.edu.au. For more information, see: http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/study. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.ireland at anu.edu.au Mon Sep 8 18:11:28 2014 From: michael.ireland at anu.edu.au (Michael Ireland) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:11:28 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Correction: RSAA Masters Advanced scholarships and higher degree research information days Message-ID: The application email address for travel scholarships in the previous email was incorrect. The following version of the announcement is correct (masters at mso.anu.edu.au) --- The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (Canberra) is running a new Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Advanced) from 2015, with information days on 2-3 October. This Masters Advanced is a new prestigious pathway into a PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics which can be taken instead of, or in addition to, Honours. The Masters Advanced is a 2-year advanced coursework masters, which includes 50% coursework and 50% research. The total time spent on research is one full-time year, spread over two years, and is equivalent to the Masters that is taken before PhD in Europe and the US under the Bologna Model. We believe this kind of program is necessary to give Australian students the breadth and depth to compete internationally. RSAA is the premier astronomical research institution in Australia. Our staff and students have access to world-class facilities and instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the Gemini 8m telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, the Keck 10m telescopes in Hawaii, the 6.5m Magellan Telescope in Chile, the Anglo-Australian telescope 4m (AAT), the ANU 2.3m telescope, and radio telescopes based in Australia and overseas. The RSAA has premium access to the Australia?s fastest supercomputers based at the National Computational Infrastructure supercomputing facility in Canberra. The Advanced Instrumentation & Technology Centre at the RSAA combines research excellence with technical capability to deliver innovative astronomical instrumentation for ground-based astronomy and small satellites. The RSAA is a partner in the international Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) consortium. In particular, our researchers are designing and building the integral-field spectrograph and adaptive optics for the GMT. We are offering Masters Advanced scholarships with tax-free stipends of AUD$10,000 p.a., and also have a range of PhD scholarships and top-up scholarships available. On 2-3 October, we will run action-packed higher-degree research information days, and are offering free travel and accommodation to top candidates to attend the information days. You will get the chance to hear about the latest research at RSAA from many of Australia?s top astronomers including Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt, and will get the chance to socialise with current students. Visits to RSAA for prospective students who can not make these days are also possible, with 6-7 Nov preferred alternative dates. The deadline for the travel scholarship is 18 September. To apply, please send a description of any previous research experience, your academic transcript and curriculum vitae to masters at mso.anu.edu.au. For more information, see: http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/study. The email should have read "To apply, please send a description of any previous research experience, your academic transcript and curriculum vitae to masters at mso.anu.edu.au." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.tingay at curtin.edu.au Fri Sep 12 18:30:27 2014 From: s.tingay at curtin.edu.au (Steven Tingay) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:30:27 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Murchison Widefield Array Call for Proposals, semester 2015A Message-ID: Dear ASA Members, The new Murchison Widefield Array Call for Proposals has now been released, for semester 2015A (Jan 2015 - June 2015). The relevant materials can be found at: http://mwatelescope.org/astronomers In 2015A, 1600 hours of MWA observing time are available for allocation. In addition, a new capability has been added to the suite of MWA observation modes, the ability to capture voltage data from the MWA at maximum time and frequency resolution using the Voltage Capture System (VCS). Please note that, in addition to the Call for Proposals form, an addendum to the second Announcement of Opportunity has also been released, briefly speaking to the new VCS capabilities. Regards, Steven -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Professor Steven Tingay Premier's Fellow Deputy Director ICRAR Deputy Director Western Australian Radio Astronomy Centre of Excellence Director, Science and Operations Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy Department of Imaging and Applied Physics Curtin University of Technology Bentley, Western Australia Australia Street address: Brodie Hall building 1 Turner Ave Technology Park Bentley 6102 Western Australia Email: s.tingay at ivec.org OR s.tingay at curtin.edu.au WWW: http://astronomy.curtin.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)8 9266 3516 Mobile: +61 (0)425 771 856 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: