ESO Summer Research Programme
4th ESO Summer Research Programme
Garching, Germany
4 July - 12 August 2022
For six weeks in the summer of 2022, ESO will host the forth Summer Research Programme. This fully-funded programme is an opportunity for university students interested in astronomy/astrophysics, who are not yet enrolled in a PhD programme, to obtain research experience alongside astronomers based at ESO Headquarters (HQ) in Garching, Germany. We accept applications from promising university students from any country, although priority will be given to students from ESO Member States, Strategic Partners (Australia) and the Host State (Chile).
The Summer Research Programme will be hosted in Garching.
If the COVID-19 pandemic does not allow an in-person visit, the programme will be held virtually as it was done in 2020 and 2021.
We are very excited to announce the successful applicants for the 2022 Summer Programme and the projects on which they will be working:
Natanael Gomes de Oliveira (Valongo Observatory, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Project A: Wind-blown bubbles around accreting neutron stars and black holes
with Marianne Heida & María Díaz Trigo
Nicolás Guerra (University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Project B: Changing monsters: How do blazars change their power across the spectrum?
with Paula Sánchez Sáez, Gabriela Calistro Rivera & Martin Zwaan
Sophie Penger (University of Cologne, Germany)
Project C: Extragalactic planetary nebulae in the central regions of galaxies
with Magda Arnaboldi & Johanna Hartke (Oxford)
Isabel Kerr (University of St Andrews, UK)
Project D: Hide and seek with brawling stellar couples
with Julia Bodensteiner, Jakub Klencki & Henri Boffin
Linn Friis-Liby (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Project E: Combat stellar activity in the hunt for young planets
with Louise Dyregaard Nielsen
Maja Jabłońska (Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, Poland)
Project F: Learning the secret of the elixir of youth: a study of blue stragglers with Gaia
with Henri Boffin & Nicola Gentile Fusillo
A detailed description of the projects is available here.
The Summer Research Program at ESO is an exceptional opportunity for students to work at an institute that is both the headquarters of the most productive observatory in the world and a top-class research organisation. People at ESO's HQ maintain a very active research community and are also designing and operating cutting-edge telescopes and their instruments including the VLT, ALMA, and the forthcoming ELT, which will be the world's biggest optical-near infrared telescope!
The applicants can choose between a wide range of research projects, covering many areas of astronomy from planets to galaxies. The ESO Summer Research Programme will also provide opportunities beyond research, including a series of lectures, a mini-workshop, a planetarium visit, an ELT instrumentation visit, and many social activities. You should expect six weeks packed with new experiences, new networks and new friendships!
If it is possible to host the programme in person, travel costs to/from Garching will be covered for participants of the programme. Accommodation will be provided in a shared apartment in Garching (with electricity, heating and internet all included). Students will also be provided with a modest stipend to cover living costs during the programme. Successful students have the responsibility to acquire any required visas to spend six weeks working in Germany under these conditions.
ESO Blog articles on the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions of the Summer Research Programme can be found here, here and here!
For inquiries about the programme, please email summerresearch@eso.org.