NOVEMBER 2017 - TOPICS

Short News Proposal Evaluations: ΕΔΒΜ34 Call by the Ministry of Education Graduate Programs at Chilean Universities Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

The Society would like to congratulate Ordinary Member Vicky Kalogera for her integral role in the detection of the multi-messenger source GW170817 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). This historic development brought together, for the first time, observations across the electromagnetic spectrum with gravitational radiation. The Society is delighted to be informed of Prof. Kalogera's role and extends its best wishes to her for further successes in her professional pursuits. The Society would like to congratulate Ordinary Member Sotiria Fotopoulou for securing an Advanced Postdoc Mobility Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation. In the framework of this grant, Dr Fotopoulou has now moved to the Center for Extragalactic Astronomy of the Physics Department at Durham University, United Kingdom. The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Fotopoulou for further successes in her career pursuits.

2. Proposal Evaluations: ΕΔΒΜ34 Call by the Ministry of Education

The tentative proposal evaluation results for the Call ΕΔΒΜ34 "Support for Researchers, with Emphasis on Young Researchers" of the Ministry of Education's Education and Lifelong Learning Program can be found here. The Call referred to proposals submitted by March 22, 2017. Further actions and the objection process were completed in October and the selected new projects are expected to kick off early next year.

3. Graduate Programs at Chilean Universities

In the framework of the collaboration fostered between the Society and the Chilean Astronomical Society, that resulted in the attendance and plenary talk by the Chilean Society's President, Dr. Patricio Rojo, during the 13th Hellenic Astronomical Conference in July 2017, the Society would like to inform its members of the new permanent webpage for graduate programs at Chilean Universities. The webpage can be found here and will be hereafter added as a permanent link in Section 4 below.   Dr. Rojo has also informed the Society that he would be happy to advise students interested in applying to a Chilean Graduate School. Dr Rojo can be contacted here.

4. Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad

The list below may be refreshed or updated with further established lists: AAS Pre-Doctoral / Graduate positions here. AAS PostDoctoral Positions and Fellowships here. EAS Job Directory (choose "PhD positions" or "Academic jobs" accordingly) here. EAS School Directory here. IAU Careers in Astronomy here. Careers and research fellowship opportunities at ESA here. Careers at NASA here. ESO Recruitment Portal here. CERN opportunities for students here. CERN opportunities for graduates here. Graduate programs at Chilean Universities here. Software Developer, PROBA-3 / ASPIICS Science Operation Center, here. Deadline November 22, 2017. Postdoctoral Researcher / Doctoral Student at the Department of Astronomy, University of Turku, Finland, here. Deadline November 19, 2017. Senior Researcher at the Department of Astronomy, University of Turku, Finland, here. Deadline November 19, 2017. Any Member of the Society who wishes to contribute another credible link with opportunities, or individual opportunities that will, however, shown in a single-liner format as above, is encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Society.

5. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece

The Olympian Symposium 2018: gas and stars from milli- to mega- parsecs,  Paralia Katerini, Mount Olympus, May 28 - June 1, 2018

6. About this Newsletter

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