DATE: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:37:56 +1000 SUBJECT: 2009 ATNF Summer Vacation Program Scholarship Applications Now Open Dear ASA Members I would appreciate it if you could draw the following opportunity to the attention of interested students: ************************************************************** CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility 2009 Summer Vacation Scholarships ************************************************************** CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) offers scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students who have completed undergraduate courses of three years or more in Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Education/Science Communication, Electrical Engineering or closely related subjects. ATNF is the premier radio astronomical facility in Australia and operates world-class radio astronomy observatories at Parkes and Narrabri, with headquarters in Sydney. Research projects offered for the 2009 summer vacation program will be in the areas of Astrophysics and Education/Science Communication. Placements for the astrophysics projects will be in Sydney at ATNF headquarters at Marsfield plus an observing trip to the Australia Telescope Compact Array near Narrabri. The outreach/Education position will be based at Parkes Observatory. Scholarships will be available for 10 working weeks starting Monday 30 November 2009 until Friday 12 February 2010. The stipend is $550 a week, which is taxable, plus superannuation. Each student will undertake a research project under the supervision of a research scientist or member of our outreach team. For further details and to apply online see http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/summer_vacation/ or the CSIRO Careers site at: http://recruitadmin.csiro.au/Asp/Job_Details_Int.asp?RefNo=2009%2F530 Closing date for applications: Sunday 30 August 2009 Please direct any inquiries to: *************************************************************** Robert Hollow ATNF Summer Vacation Scholarship Program Coordinator Australia Telescope National Facility PO Box 76 Epping NSW 1710 AUSTRALIA robert.hollow@csiro.au ph +61 (0)2 9372 4247 fax +61 (0)2 9372 4444 ***************************************************************