6 PhD Fellowships in Astrophysics, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain (2018)

The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for SIX PhD fellowships in Astrophysics:

1.- Astrophysics Research Fellowships (5 positions)
2.- Astrophysics Instrumentation Fellowships (1 position)

Candidates can only apply for one position (1.-arsinves2018 or 2.-arsinstrum2018).

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 and work towards obtaining a PhD.

Duration: The IAC will offer four year contracts that are yearly renewable following the recommendation of the Head of the Graduate Studies Division, on the basis of a positive evaluation of the student’s annual progress report and activity plan by the Graduate Students Division Board of the IAC.

Students obtaining their PhD within three years will not be renewed as PhD students for their fourth year. Instead, a one further year, Postdoctoral Training Period contract, will be offered to them. These contracts will have a significant salary increase and are intended to offer the new doctors a bridge between their studentships and the postdoctoral phase of their careers.

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6 PhD Fellowships in Astrophysics, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain (2018)