ASTRON - JIVE Summer Student Programme, Netherlands (2015)

The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) offers a limited number of grants for 2015 Summer Research Programme. The Programme enables astronomy students (graduate or advanced under-graduate) to spend the summer (10-12 weeks) at the Dwingeloo Observatory, conducting astronomical research under the supervision of ASTRON and JIVE staff members. The grants are provided to astronomy, graduate or advanced under-graduate students. International students can apply for this programme.

Study Subject (s):
Possible topics of study include radio galaxies and quasars, aspects of observational cosmology, continuum and line emission/absorption from normal and starbust galaxies, faint radio sources, pulsars, molecular clouds, cosmic magnetism, as well as working with LOFAR data.

Course Level:
This is a 10-12 weeks summer research programme

Further details:
http://scholarship-positions.com