Six (6) Summer Grants in Astrophysics, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain (2016)

The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for SIX Summer Grants in Astrophysics.

The research topics pursued at the IAC include most areas of Astrophysics: Solar Physics, Planetary Systems, Stellar and Interstellar Physics, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, and Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.These are supported by an ambitious instrumentation programme. The IAC has been selected as a “Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence” in research by the Spanish Government. Further information about the IAC's research programme, its Observatories and the 10.4 m telescope GTC is available on the IAC's Web site (http://www.iac.es/).

The successful candidates will work at the IAC's headquarters in La Laguna, (Tenerife) in a stimulating research environment. They will be expected to join one of the IAC's research groups to start up their formation on Astrophysical Research.
Description

Qualifications: To be considered, applicants must meet one of the next conditions:

i. To carry out a MsC in astrophysics or a similar one (preferably Physics or Mathematics) at the moment of application.

ii. To carry out the last year of a degree in Physics or Mathematics (or similar) and have finished already 180 ECTS at the moment of application.

Applicants must have an average qualification of 7,5 on a 0 to 10 scale. The qualification obtained in each subject should be presented on a scale of 0-10. If your University uses a different scale then convert your qualification to this scale in each of the subjects studied and indicate the method applied.

Further details:
http://ec.europa.eu