Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:22:38 +0100
From: Karl Heinz Mack 
Subject: ASTRON/JIVE summer research program 2002

Summer Research Program 2002
ASTRON/JIVE
NETHERLANDS FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY (ASTRON),
JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE (JIVE)

P.O. Box 2, 7991 P Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-521-595223
FAX: +31-521-597332  
URL: http://www.astron.nl or http://www.jive.nl

Attention: Ms. Nanuschka Csonka

The Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (ASTRON) and the Joint 
Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) announce the availability of a limited 
number of grants for their 2002 Summer Research Program. The program enables 
astronomy students (graduate or advanced undergraduate) to spend the summer 
(10 to 12 weeks) at the Dwingeloo Observatory, conducting astronomical research
under the supervision of ASTRON and JIVE staff members. Possible topics of
study include radio galaxies and quasars, aspects of observational cosmology,
continuum and line emission/absorption from normal and starburst galaxies,
faint radio sources, pulsars, molecular clouds and the interstellar medium.
The actual project the successful candidate will work on will be defined
after arrangement with the local supervisor. 

ASTRON operates the 2.7 km Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) used 
largely for precision mapping at wavelengths from 3.6 to 92 cm. JIVE operates 
the European VLBI Network's 16-station MkIV VLBI Data Processor. For more 
information see our web sites at  http://www.astron.nl and http://www.jive.nl
.

The research grants will provide successful candidates with accommodation at 
the Observatory, a modest stipend for up to three months, and full travel 
reimbursement. We expect most participants to begin in early June 2002. If
this is not possible please indicate why. 

Please send or fax to the address given above the completed application form,
which can be obtained from http://www.astron.nl/wsrt/astron_form.ps ,together
with a statement of your scientific interests and the names and addresses of
two persons that will provide letters of reference. 
Applicants should arrange for these letters of reference to be sent directly 
to the same address. Completed applications/references should be received by
15 February 2002. If required, printed copies of the application form can be
requested by sending email to csonka@astron.nl