Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Students in Astronomy from ESO in Germany

ESO invites candidates from all over the world to a fellowship opportunity for the academic year 2021/2022. The research studentship program of the European Southern Observatory provides an outstanding opportunity for PhD students to conduct their research in the vibrant scientific environment of one of the world's leading observatories for a period of up to two years.

If you join this fellowship, you will have:

• A one or two-year fellowship period during which you will be employed and paid by ESO.
• a collaborative, international, and multi-disciplinary scientific environment that values innovation and creativity. 
• you stay in touch with the latest developments in science and have the opportunity to network with top researchers. 
•  the chance to complement your scientific profile by volunteering as co-organizer of several regular science events.
• be part of the SOC/LOC of conferences hosted at ESO.
• students in Garching may attend and benefit from the series of lectures delivered in the framework of the International Max-Planck Research School on Astrophysics.
• the possibility to participate in many outreach activities.
• hosting at ESO's Headquarters in Garching (Germany).

You must be:

• Enrolled in a PhD program in astronomy or related fields (observational, theoretical, and fundamental astrophysics). 
•  Accepted into the program work on your studentship project under the formal supervision of your home university, but you are expected to come to ESO to work and study under the co-supervision of an ESO staff astronomer, normally for a period of one or two years during which they are employed and paid by ESO. 
• Supervisors should agree upon and coordinate your research project jointly with your prospective ESO supervisor, and then can apply for one or two years of ESO Studentship. 
• For this purpose, the ESO supervisor should be contacted well in advance of the application deadlines (the next deadline is 31 May 2021).
• All documents should be typed in English (but no translation is required for the certificates and diplomas). 
• Candidates will be notified of the results of the selection process within two months following the deadline. 
• Studentships considered in the May round will normally begin between August the same year and March the following year. 

Please note: A list of potential ESO supervisors and their research interests can be found at http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics.html.

About ESO:

ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organization in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. ESO provides state-of-the-art research facilities to astronomers and is supported by Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, along with the host state of Chile. ESO's main mission, laid down in the 1962 Convention, is to provide state-of-the-art research facilities to astronomers and astrophysicists. The annual Member State contributions to ESO are approximately 198 million euros and ESO employs around 700 staff members. Moreover, ESO offers one of the most collaborative and stimulating scientific settings anywhere in the world by building and operating a suite of the world's most powerful ground-based astronomical telescopes enabling important scientific discoveries.

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