Fellowship, Research and Study opportunities

GIONET project

We are seeking to recruit 14 early-stage researchers to the seven GIONET full partner organisations.

GIONET will create a European Centre of Excellence for Earth Observation research training. The University of Leicester is coordinating GIONET, which is funded by the European Framework Programme 7 People Programme. It will provide skilled personnel for the emerging GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) land monitoring and emergency monitoring core services during the GMES Initial Operations period (2011-2013) and beyond. The rationale of GIONET is to train a community of early-stage researchers in the areas of optical and radar remote sensing, including (i) modelling fundamental radiative processes determining the satellite signal, (ii) atmospheric correction and calibration, (iii) processing higher-order data products, (iii) developing information products from satellite data to meet user requirements, and (iv) statistical methods for assessing the quality and accuracy of data products. This training will be delivered through individually supervised research, four international summer schools and local training. Communication skills and effective engagement with stakeholders and the public will form an integral part of the training. The full partner institutions in GIONET are the University of Leicester (Department of Geography), Astrium GEO-Information Services; Gamma Remote Sensing AG, Switzerland; the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in Warsaw, Poland; the Department for Earth Observation of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany; the Balaton Limnological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen. Two research posts are available at each partner organisation. All researchers will have the opportunity to register for a PhD regardless whether they are employed in a private sector partner or a University partner organisation.

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ESO Fellowship Programme

Are you a young, post-doctoral Scientist? Are you looking for a fellowship which gives you opportunities to enhance your research programmes by facilitating close contact between young astronomers? The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) awards several postdoctoral fellowships each year in both Germany and Chile. For more information on the Fellowship Programme and the application procedure please visit the ESO's website dedicated page.

International Space University

Founded in 1987 in Strasboug, France, the International Space University provides graduate-level training covering all disciplines related to space programmes and enterprises, space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society. Within its two-month Space Studies Programme and one-year Masters programme with an intense student research Team Project, ISU provides international graduate students and young space professionals the opportunity to solve complex problems by working together in an intercultural environment.

More information on ISU's academic programmes and to contact the University please visit ISU website: http://www.isunet.edu/