Summer-student fellowships in Astrophysics Research
Summer-student fellowships in Astrophysics Research
The Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA) is opening two positions for a summer-student fellowship. The positions will be offered to Master students who want to start engaging into astrophysical research.
About CEFCA
The CEFCA is a research institution located in the city of Teruel (Aragón, Spain) and is in charge of the construction and operation of the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (OAJ), where two different sky surveys will be carried out (J-PLUS and J-PAS). On top of leading the construction of the OAJ, their telescopes and panoramic instrumentation, CEFCA has a group of researchers, focused mainly on Cosmology and Galaxy Formation, with specific expertise in Computational Cosmology, the study of the Large Scale Structure and its interplay with the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, Stellar Populations, Galaxy Interactions, Quasars and Emission Line Galaxies.
Details of the fellowship
The fellowship will last for two and half months, starting on 1st July 2015 and finishing on 11th September 2015.
Gross salary amounts to 700 Euro/month and a health insurance is included.
Experience of the applicants
Candidates must be Master students in Astrophysics, Astronomy, Physics or Mathematics in the 2014 – 2015 course.
Application procedure
Candidates must send the following documentation:
- Certificate of their academic status.
- List of any course, qualification, research experience and previously obtained grants/fellowships in the form of a "Curriculum vitae".
- If available, one reference letter from a University Professor.
The listed documentation should be sent electronically to the email address jobs@cefca.es, indicating in the subject "Summer Fellowship AYA2015".
Application deadline: 15th May 2015
Selection procedure
A committee will review the applications and make public the grant resolution in CEFCA's web page by 29th May 2015.
Fellowships adjudication
Adjudication of the two summer-student fellowships:
Second adjudication of the two summer-student fellowships:
For more information on the fellowship and on CEFCA, please contact Carlos López San Juan at clsj@cefca.es.