From stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au Mon Mar 21 09:46:47 2022 From: stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au (stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:46:47 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ESO Studentships and New Early-Career Scientific Visitor Programme Message-ID: <001901d83cac$65308630$2f919290$@astronomyaustralia.org.au> 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 ESO Studentship Programme . There are 2 application deadlines each year, the next of which is 31 May 2022. A number of Australian graduate students have benefited from this opportunity since the commencement of Australia's Strategic Partnership with ESO. In response to the disruptions caused by the pandemic ESO has now launched a new Early-Career Scientist Visitor Programme . The programme is meant to allow early-career scientists (PhD students and postdoc up to three years from the PhD) to spend a shorter duration (from one to four months) working on their science projects at ESO. With this programme, ESO aims to promote scientific interaction with its community and research institutions worldwide and enhance ESO's role as an astronomical centre of excellence. While working on their research project, there will be the opportunity for early-career astronomers to promote their research and look for new potential collaborators through this programme. Applications may be submitted at any time, at least 4 months before the start of the proposed visit. Potential applicants are encouraged to directly contact any ESO staff member or Fellow and coordinate their planned visit with them. Alternatively, any potential applicant may contact the Chair of the ESO Scientific Visitor Selection Committee (vsc-chair at eso.org ) to put them in contact with an ESO staff member or Fellow working in their field of research. While at ESO, a scientific visitor has the status of Unpaid Associate and receives a monthly allowance to cover living expenses and family support (if needed). Generally, ESO provides accommodation for visitors in the form of fully furnished apartments in Garching, or in a Hotel or ApartHotel in Santiago. Should the visitor arrange to stay elsewhere, reimbursement of accommodation expenses at the level of the costs of a comparable ESO apartment is possible if proof of rent payment is submitted. Travel expenses to and from ESO are also generally reimbursed. ESO can provide family support on demand for visitors with child care responsibilities. Further information about this new programme can be found on the dedicated web pages for Garching and Santiago . ______________________________ Dr. Stuart Ryder Program Manager (Mon, Wed, Fri) Astronomy Australia Ltd. T: +61 (02) 9372 4843 M: +61 (0419) 970834 E: stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: www.astronomyaustralia.org.au O: c/o AAO, 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia AAL endeavours to be an environmentally sustainable organisation built upon equity, diversity and mutual respect for its staff and stakeholders. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne in December. Kind regards Erin O'Grady & Ilya Mandel On behalf of the Local & Scientific Organising Committees Erin O'Grady | Project Officer ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology PO Box 218 Hawthorn Vic 3122 Ph: +61 3 9214 8246 [cid:image001.png at 01D83D14.C1F29350] (CRICOS Provider 00111D) I acknowledge and pay respect to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Swinburne Campuses are located. I also acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait nations across Australia, their Elders, Ancestors, cultures and heritage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11581 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From Philip.Edwards at csiro.au Tue Mar 22 10:44:17 2022 From: Philip.Edwards at csiro.au (Edwards, Phil (S&A, Marsfield)) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:44:17 +0000 Subject: [ASA] MeerKAT Call for Proposals In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) invites users to apply for observing time on MeerKAT. The deadline for proposals is 12:00 UTC (14:00 SAST) on Tuesday, 3 May 2022. A minimum of 1500 hours of telescope time will be awarded through this opportunity. The Call is open for imaging projects only. MeerKAT consists of 64 dishes with superb sensitivity on baselines of up to 8 km. This Call offers continuum and spectral line capabilities employing the UHF (580-1015 MHz) and L-band (900-1670 MHz) receivers. Instructions, documentation, and the tools required to prepare and submit proposals are available on the MeerKAT Knowledge Base. Instructions and relevant links are available from https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/kQRoCwV1vMfLzgynLfVaWZ9?domain=skaafrica.atlassian.net All the best, Fernando Camilo Chief Scientist, SARAO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah at sarahsweet.com.au Wed Mar 23 13:24:57 2022 From: sarah at sarahsweet.com.au (Sarah Sweet) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:24:57 +1000 Subject: [ASA] ESO Users survey - please complete by March 25 In-Reply-To: <5E30E554-2A8D-4D0B-9E61-05BCA7887DEF@sarahsweet.com.au> References: <5E30E554-2A8D-4D0B-9E61-05BCA7887DEF@sarahsweet.com.au> Message-ID: <3049471F-F406-4DF7-97C1-B56AC39491FD@sarahsweet.com.au> Hi everyone, Thank you to those who have already submitted feedback on your experiences with ESO. If you have not yet, please take a few minutes away from proposal writing to give feedback on your experiences and expectations. The poll can be found at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wpOxCxngwOfJ4Ml8Rh8dceQ?domain=eso.org and is now open until this Friday March 25, 2022. We really do value your input and will use it to seek to improve operations at ESO. Regards, Sarah --- Dr Sarah Sweet Lecturer in Astrophysics ARC DECRA Fellow School of Mathematics and Physics University of Queensland Mobile: +61 402 089 803 sarahsweet.com.au sarah at sarahsweet.com.au --- > On 9 Mar 2022, at 3:56 pm, Sarah Sweet wrote: > > Dear Australian Astronomers, > > The Users Committee (UC) represents ESO?s astronomical community forming a direct link between the users and ESO. The User Committee acts as an advisory body to the ESO Director General on matters related to the performance, scientific access, operation, and user interfaces to the La Silla Paranal Observatory and ALMA. > > On an annual basis we ask users for feedback through our User Committee Poll. In this year?s poll there is a special focus on ?La Silla Paranal Observatory visitor mode and remote participation in observations?. I encourage you to submit feedback on your interactions with ESO, and in particular your experiences and expectations for these modes of observing. > > The poll can be found at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wpOxCxngwOfJ4Ml8Rh8dceQ?domain=eso.org and is open until Wednesday March 23, 2022. > > It is an anonymous survey, and the answers will be only seen by the UC members, who will use them as input for discussions during the annual meeting of the UC and ESO scheduled at the end of April. > > During the UC meeting updates from ESO and feedback from the user community are exchanged and openly discussed. The meeting webpage at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_s_tCyojxQTNzX1D2iMwSRX?domain=eso.org includes a record of the last meeting with recommendations that will be discussed. > > Thank you very much for your participation. Please additionally feel free to get in touch directly with anything you wish to bring to ESO?s attention. > > Regards, > > Sarah > - your ESO Users Committee representative > > --- > > Dr Sarah Sweet > Lecturer in Astrophysics > ARC DECRA Fellow > School of Mathematics and Physics > University of Queensland > Mobile: +61 402 089 803 > sarahsweet.com.au > s.sweet at uq.edu.au > sarah at sarahsweet.com.au > > --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krzysztof.bolejko at utas.edu.au Wed Mar 23 14:24:49 2022 From: krzysztof.bolejko at utas.edu.au (Krzysztof Bolejko) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 03:24:49 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 2022 ASM - abstract deadline extended Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for submitting the abstracts has been extended to Thursday 14 April. 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