[ASA] ESO Summer Research Programme 2024

[stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au]

Dear colleagues,

 

  As the new academic year gets underway, AAL and ESO would be grateful if
ASA members could bring the following notice to the attention of eligible
undergraduate or Masters students at their universities. The ESO Summer
Research Programme is an unparalleled opportunity to engage with ESO
scientists on a cutting-edge research project, join exclusive
behind-the-scenes tours of ESO facilities, and more. A poster advertisement
can be downloaded here
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4TpSCGv0oyCB7O5ywsKKrZy?domain=eso.org
4-poster.pdf> . Please note that applications close on Wednesday 31st
January 2024.

 

Stuart Ryder, AAL

 

 

 

ESO Summer Research Programme
8 July - 16 August 2024


Application Deadline (instructions
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/hjWiCJyBrGfBJAE4xsGeoDU?domain=eso.org
ure.html> ): 31st January 2024

 

For six weeks in the northern summer of 2024, ESO will host the sixth Summer
Research Programme
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-u8YCK1DvKTDoM5ALI3zMqm?domain=eso.org> . This
fully-funded programme is an opportunity for university students from STEM
fields who have not yet started a PhD programme and have completed at least
two years of their degree, to obtain research experience alongside
astronomers based at ESO Headquarters (HQ) in Garching, Germany. ESO accepts
applications from promising university students from any country, although
priority will be given to students from ESO Member States
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/zlzvCL7EwMfkWwnoLhmBA56?domain=eso.org> ,
Strategic Partners (Australia) and the Host State (Chile). Students must be
able to attend the full six week duration of the research programme.

Travel costs to/from Garching will be covered for participants of the
programme. Accommodation
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/x8MRCMwGxOt2rk4ojiQjagU?domain=eso.org
>  will be provided free of charge in a shared apartment in Garching (with
electricity, heating and internet all included). Students will also be
provided with a modest stipend to cover living costs during the programme.
Successful students have the responsibility to acquire any required visas to
spend six weeks working in Germany under these conditions.

The Summer Research Program at ESO is an exceptional opportunity for
students to work at an institute that is both the headquarters of the most
productive observatory in the world and a top-class research organisation.
People at ESO's HQ maintain a very active research community and are also
designing and operating cutting-edge telescopes and their instruments
including the
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/doVcCNLJyQUZWPmnot0nGYo?domain=eso.org> VLT,
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_nMrCOMKzVTN8ZmP3TAaCZa?domain=eso.org> ALMA, and the forthcoming
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4cfuCP7LAXf0wNEDQTZbTGz?domain=elt.eso.org> ELT, which will be the world's biggest
optical/near-infrared telescope. 

The applicants can choose between a wide range of
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Pr_ZCQnMBZfXQljD7tGEWWF?domain=eso.org>
research projects, covering many areas of astronomy from protostars to black
holes. The ESO Summer Research Programme will also provide opportunities
beyond research
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/RyK1CROND2uG60qKNcWFZds?domain=eso.org> ,
including a series of lectures, a mini-conference, a planetarium visit, an
ELT instrumentation visit, and many social activities. You should expect six
weeks packed with new experiences, new networks and new friendships!
Potential applicants are encouraged to read the ESO Blog article on the 2022
edition
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/PzQcCVARKgC2Jko4Mix_SZ-?domain=eso.org
udents>  of the Summer Research Programme, as well as the experiences of two
Australian students (Matthew Wilkinson from UQ in 2019
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8HeFCWLVXkU6EXmp0uz_kU-?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au
r-research-student> , and Katy Proctor from UWA in 2020/21
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/89fACXLW2mU4QDo6muLDiDj?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au
ch-programme> ) who have previously participated in the ESO Summer Research
Programme.

 

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