DATE: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:40:55 +1000
SUBJECT: Australian Gemini Undergraduate Summer Studentships


Australian Gemini Undergraduate Summer Studentships
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The Australian Gemini Office (on behalf of Astronomy Australia Ltd)
provides opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in
research projects. Students will spend 10 weeks in the period
Dec 2009 - Feb 2010 based in La Serena, Chile carrying out a research
project under the supervision of Gemini South researchers. Applicants  
must
be enrolled at an Australian university.

The deadline for applications is *** 31 August 2009 ***

Details are available here:
http://ausgo.aao.gov.au/aguss.html

The stipend is A$604 per week.

The Australian Gemini office will pay the airfare from Australia to  
Chile,
and also provides medical insurance while in Chile.

How to Apply

Applications by e-mail are strongly preferred. Please send your  
application as a single Word or PDF document attachment to the AGUSS  
Program Supervisor, Dr Stuart Ryder (sdr@aao.gov.au). The application  
should include the following:

- A curriculum vitae, including name and contact details, and your e- 
mail address.
- A full listing of university courses taken, including a transcript  
of academic record (if your university supplies only hardcopy  
transcripts, please scan it and send us the JPEG or PDF file).
- A one page statement on why you would like to get one of these  
studentships, describing your background, and including an insight  
into your longer term career goals, and interests in astronomy/ 
astrophysics/instrumentation. What is it about the Gemini South  
observatory that particularly appeals to you?
- You should ask two academics who are familiar with you to send us  
academic reference letters. E-mail to "sdr@aao.gov.au" is fine. The  
names and contact details of these referees should be included in your  
CV. The reference letters must reach us before the application deadline.

Please contact Stuart Ryder with any queries about the program or
the application process.

Andrew Hopkins
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A.Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of AAT Science
Anglo-Australian Observatory
P.O. Box 296, Epping
NSW 1710, Australia
ph: +61 2 9372 4849  fax: +61 2 9372 4880