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ELT job opportunity in Porto
Click on link for details of the new E-ELT job opportunity, working under the co-supervision of Paulo Garcia (Porto) and Isobel Hook: http://members.aas.org/JobReg/JobDetailPage.cfm?JobID=26486
Have a look at the new Research Infrastructure brochure published by I3NET
The European Telescope Strategy Review Committee Report: the first version of the ETSRC report is now available
The first version of the report has now been submitted to the Astronet Executive and can be found here. The community at large are invited to comment on the report on the ETSRC website until April 18, 2010.
Announcement of E-ELT Postdoctoral Fellowship, see Overview (PDF file)
OPTICON features in EC brochure
Download the new EC factsheet on OPTICON here.
The First OPTICON FP7 Annual Report process has begun
It is time to start writing our first perodic report to cover the period from 1-Jan-2009 to 31-12-2009. A summary of the reporting requirements can found on the EU site: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/project_reporting_en.pdf (PDF file). It would be helpful if the information could be sent to John Davies by Monday 1st February (preferably using MS Word).
OPTICON FP7 STATUS:
The fully signed OPTICON FP7 Grant Agreement kicked off the FP7 work and contracts and initiated the payment process. We hope the pre-financing payment will arrive in the summer.
ESO Press Release on World's fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera:
Please find the link to the Press Release on the ESO website here.
EU Public Service Review:
Click here to download the EU Profile on Optical Astronomy for Europe.
E-ELT Science Case
Read the new E-ELT Science Case Summary, "An Expanded View of the Universe – Science with the European Extremely Large Telescope" (PDF file). The ESO E-ELT Science pages are here (link opens new window).