Paid Summer Research Internship in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with £1100 Salary at Cardiff University

Cardiff University is offering Summer Research Internships in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy. This internship programme gives undergraduates from around the world the opportunity to conduct research with the Gravity Exploration Institute over the summer vacation. The duration is normally four to eight weeks, but the timescale is flexible based on mutual agreement of the applicant and their mentor.

Benefits:-

The internships include a subsistence allowance of £275 per week.

• The internship is open to undergraduates worldwide now completing their second, third or fourth year of study.
• Successful applicants can typically spend up to eight weeks here in Cardiff conducting research with a group mentor.

Research Topics:-

Possible research topics include:

• Modeling binary black hole orbits and their gravitational wave emission.
• Strong field tests of gravity.
• The development of techniques for detecting gravitational waves from supernovae or from the inspiral of neutron-star and black-hole binaries.

About Cardiff University:-

Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff University is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities. Academics and alumni of the university have included three heads of state or government, two Nobel Prize winners, 15 fellows of the Royal Society, 11 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, seven fellows of the British Academy, 21 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 34 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. Cardiff University was ranked 5th amongst UK universities in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) based on quality. It is  the 10th largest university in the UK in terms of student numbers with 33,260 students and a total estimated income for 2019/20 of £569m.

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