Ongoing calls

In every section, calls are ranked by their deadline (DL), so most recent announcements are not necessarily on the top of each section.

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Conferences and workshops...

...with abstract submission still open

• Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes (V), Venezia (Italy), 20-24 March 2017. Abstract DL : 1 Oct 2016.

• Exploring the X-ray Transient and variable Sky, Pavia (Italy), 21-23 Nov 2016. Abstract DL: 15 Sept 2016. Registration DL: 23 Oct 2016.

• MOONS France workshop, IAP, Paris (France), 17-18 Oct. 2016

• Physics of the Intra-Cluster Medium, Beijing Normal University (China), 3-7 April 2017. Abstract and registration DL : 15 January 2017

... abstract submission closed/not expected

• Detecting the unexpected: discovery in the era of astronomically big data, STScI, Baltimore (US), from February 27th to March 2nd 2017. Registration DL : 1 Nov 2016

• The second "User Training in JWST Data Analysis", workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore, USA), 9-11 Nov 2016. Registration DL : 1 Oct 2016

• In and Out: what rules the galaxy baryon cycle workshop at MIAPP, Munich (Germany), 26 June to 21 July 2017. Participants must register at least for 2 weeks (financial aid available). Resgistration DL : 30 Sept 2016

• Galaxy clusters: physics laboratories and cosmological probes, Cambridge (UK), 5-9 Dec 2016 (travel support available).

• IAU Symposium 328: Living around Active Stars, Maresias, S. Paulo (Brazil),

17-21 October 2016. Registration DL : 16 Oct 2016

• Shining from the heart of darkness: black hole accretion and jets, Kathmandu, Nepal, 16-21 October 2016. The conference will be focused on the discussion of accretion physics and the mechanisms of jet launching and evolution in Galactic and extragalactic black hole systems (major observational and theoretical results).

• Exploring the Universe with JWST - II, Montreal (Canada), 24-28 October 2016.

• SKA2016: science for the SKA generation, Goa (India), 7-11 Nov 2016.

• VIALACTEA 2016: The Milky Way as a Star Formation Engine. Towards a predictive Galaxy-scale model of the Star Formation Life-Cycle. Rome (Italy), 26-30 September 2016. Registration DL : 20 Sept 2016.

• Towards the European Coordination of the CMB programme, to set the conditions and chart the first steps towards European coordination on the ground and sub-orbital missions, review and prepare future collaboration in the detector side, discuss similar efforts in other parts of the world, prepare the proposals to future mission calls of ESA. Florence (Italy), 8-9 Sept 2016. Registration DL : 31 Aug 2016.

• Half a Decade of ALMA: Cosmic Dawns Transformed, Indian Wells, California (USA), 20-23 September 2016. Early registration DL : 1 Aug 2016.

• The galaxy life-cycle. From activity to quiescence, and back, across cosmic times. Organized by Excellence Cluster Universe and the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics at Venice, Italy, 24-28 October 2016.

• Physics of Groups and Galaxy Properties therein at IAP, Paris (France), 12-15 Dec 2016. Early registration DL : 15 Sept 2016.

• 26th annual conference on the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems, Stazione Marittima Conference Centre, Trieste (Italy), 16-20 October 2016.

• Crossing the Rubicon: the fate of gas flows in galaxies, Santarcangelo di Romagna (Italy), 5-9 Sept 2016.

• Workshop on the 1st GAIA release at ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 2-4 Nov 2016. If you are interested in the exploitation of Gaia data.

• The Milky Way and its environment: gaining insights into the drivers of galaxy formation and evolution. International workshop held at IAP, Paris (France), 19-23 Sept 2016.

PhD schools

• 2nd ASTERICS virtual observatory school, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France), 15-17 December 2016.

• Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics. A PhD School at University of Ferrara, Italy (director: P. Rosati). 5-9 Sept 2016.

• III Krome School on Computational Astrochemistry, Arcetri, Firenze (Italy), 19-21 September 2016.

• School of Astrophysics "Francesco Lucchin", Bertinoro (FC, Italy), 18-23 September 2016. Topics: 1) The Hot and Energetic Universe through high-resolution spectroscopy (Directors: M. Cappi, S. Ettori); 2) Techniques and strategies to search for signs of Life in the Solar System: new results from Rosetta (Directors: J. Brucato, P. Cerroni)

Telescope time and other science proposals

• Science commissioning of the ARGOS facility at LBT (info

here)

Funding and grants

Job offers

• Postdoc position at IAS, in the domain of mm and sub-mm waves astronomical instrumentation (info here).

• Three postdoctoral positions on CTA within the ​Paris-Saclay University, starting this fall (more info).

• Call for the new ESO director

• Tenure position in Observational Cosmology, at the Department of Physics at Stockholm University.

• Postdoc on extragalactic transients at LAPP, Annecy (France).

• Postdoc fellowships in Chile (many benefits, e.g. money to travel).

Useful links

List of international meetings (CADC)

• http://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/meetings/

Call of Proposals webpages of the principal Observatories

• ESO proposals

• HST proposals

• Subaru

Jobs announcements

• Job market on Benty-fields

• AAS Job Register

• New Scientist

• Euraxess

• Career Opportunities in Euclid

• Jobs and PhD in UK (there is also a section of careers advice like "how to write a CV" etc.)

• Available jobs at the University of Stockholm

• Open positions at MPIA in Heidelberg

• Job offers at MPA in Garching