For its ALMA Regional Centre at the Headquarters in Garching near Munich, Germany, ESO is opening the position of

ALMA Regional Centre Scientist

The closing date for receipt of applications to be considered for the position is 30 April, 2018.  

The ALMA Director, on behalf of the Joint ALMA Observatory and the partner organizations in East Asia, Europe, and North America, is pleased to announce the ALMA Cycle 6 Call for Proposals for scientific observations is now OPEN!

ALMA Cycle 6 is currently scheduled from October 2018 to September 2019. Users of any nationality or affiliation are invited to to submit proposals before the deadline of 15:00 UT on Thursday 19 April 2018.

Announcement from the IRAM Node

The 10th IRAM millimeter interferometry school will be held October  1st - 05th 2018 at the IRAM headquarters (Grenoble, France). It is  intended for students, post-docs and scientists who want to acquire a  good knowledge of interferometry and data reduction techniques at  millimeter wavelengths, with a special emphasis on the NOEMA  interferometer and its new capabilities.

Announcement from the German Node

The next Call for Proposals for observing time with ALMA (Cycle 6) will be issued on 20 March 2018 with a deadline on 19 April 2018. To prepare the local astronomical community for the Cycle 6 proposal deadline, the German ARC node offers a number of ALMA Community Events, including remote proposal preparation support and outreach sessions as well as the traditional German ALMA Community Day. The Community Day will take place on 5 April. The remote training sessions are scheduled between 15 March and 10 April.

Prior to the deadline for the ALMA Cycle 6 proposal submission (April 19th), Allegro will host a Proposal Preparation Day. Bring in your proposals and we will assist you with the technical aspects and help you exploring their feasibility, while you work on it during that day. Allegro staff will be there to provide tips & tricks and answer all your questions.

Date: Monday April 9th, 2018 (9:30-17:30h)

For its Directorate for Science at the Headquarters in Garching near Munich, Germany, ESO is seeking a

European ALMA Programme Scientist

The European ALMA Programme Scientist serves as the primary contact between the ALMA Observatory, the European ALMA Support Centre and the European astronomical community with respect to the scientific capabilities, mission and exploitation of the ALMA facility.

The initial deadline for receipt of applications to be considered for the position is 31 March, 2018.  

New Science Verification data are now listed on the Science Verification data page (source no. 15 on the list: HL Tau)

The development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array, which forms part of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has been approved by the ALMA Board. Developed by Japan, the Morita Array is composed of twelve 7-metre antennas and four 12-metre antennas.