MAY 2019 - TOPICS

Short News Office of Astronomy Development (OAD) call for proposals. Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

We would like to congratulate ordinary member Athina Coustenis, for receiving the 'Argo' award http://vraveiaargo.gr for Greeks outside Greece achieving excellency, under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic P. Paulopoulos. The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Coustenis for further success in her professional pursuits.

2. Office of Astronomy Development (OAD) call for proposals. The 2019 OAD Call for proposals is OPEN. Proposers can choose to submit application under the Themes: 1. Sustainable, local socio-economic development through astronomy 2. Science diplomacy through astronomy: Celebrating our common humanity. Deadline for Stage 1: May 20, 2019. More information at the links below. For background information on astronomy for development click here. For free online course on astronomy fro development click here. For information on the call and link to application click here. Contact: projects@astro4dev.org.

3. Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad

The list below may be refreshed or updated with further established lists: The XXXI edition of the Canary Islands Winter School in Astrophysics is dedicated to the Computational Fluid Dynamics in astrophysics (La Laguna, Tenerife, 19-20 November 2019), in order to overview CFD simulations in many astrophysical regimes. For more information look here The Institute of Theoretical Physics IFT CSIC/UAM welcomes applications to a postdoctoral position in astroparticle phenomenology (1+1 years). The position starts in fall 2019, the candidate should have the PhD before June 30, 2019. For more info look here The first ever ESO Summer Research Programme provides the unique opportunity to students, not yet enrolled into a PhD programme, to carry out a 6-week long research project at the ESO Headquarters in Garching (Germany). For more info look here Any Member of the Society who wishes to contribute another credible link with opportunities, or individual opportunities that will, however, be shown in a single-liner format as above, is encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Society.

4. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece

International Radiation Near Earth (IRENE) Space Radiation Modelling and Data Analysis Workshop 2019 29-31 May 2019, Sykia, Peloponese, Greece Summer School for Astrostatistics 18th-21th June, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Registration deadline on 26th April Exploring the Infrared Universe: The Promise of SPICA 20th-23th May 2019, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece Supernova Remnants II, and odyssey in space after stellar death 3th-8th June 2019, Chania, Crete, Greece Supermassive black holes environment and evolution 19th-22th June 2019, Corfu Town Feedback and its role in Galaxy formation 25th-29th June 2019, AKSS, Spetses, Greece, 4th OBSPM/LAM Summer School Galaxy Formation and Evolution in a Cosmological Context Spetses 28th August – 5th September 2019.

5. About this Newsletter

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