RadioNet is a consortium of 28 institutions in Europe, the Republic of Korea and South Africa, integrating at European level world-class infrastructures for research in radio astronomy. RadioNet has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730562, in order to perform a comprehensive, innovative and ambitious suite of actions that fosters a sustainable research environment.

Submission deadline: 01/07/2018, 5pm (CEST)

For the JAO Department of Science Operations (DSO) in Santiago and the OSF in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, the ALMA Observatory is opening the position of

ALMA System Astronomer

The closing date for receipt of applications to be considered for the position is 31 May, 2018.  

Tracing the Flow: Galactic Environments and the Formation of Massive Stars
2-6 July 2018
Lake Windermere, UK

The University of Manchester, together with the UK Node of the ALMA Regional Centre, organises the next meeting in the series of high-mass star formation meetings.

Registration is now open

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)