European Southern Observatory Fellowship Peogrammes 2020-2021

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) invites applications for the ESO Fellowship Scheme 2020/2021. The scheme is designed to help young scientists to develop their independent research programmes and successfully reach the next step of their scientific career by:

Developing their scientific profiles, benefiting from a rich and structured scientific environment where they can interact with more senior scientists;
Becoming mature and independent researchers who will develop their own research projects and contribute effectively to collaborative scientific endeavours;
Getting prepared to take on higher scientific, technical or supervisory/managerial responsibilities in future positions.
Fellowships are available both at ESO's Headquarters in Garching near Munich, Germany, and at ESO's astronomy centre in Santiago, Chile. ESO Fellows are expected to actively participate in ESO's scientific life by proposing and getting involved in the organisation of scientific workshops, co-supervising PhD students, coordinating thematic research groups, joining scientific committees, organising seminars, writing competitive grant and telescope proposals, etc.