ALMA Cycle 7 Call for Proposals
The ALMA Director, on behalf of the Joint ALMA Observatory and the partner organizations in East Asia, Europe, and North America, is pleased to announce the ALMA Cycle 7 Call for Proposals for scientific observations to be scheduled from October 2019 to September 2020. It is anticipated that 4300 hours of the 12-m Array time and 3750 hours of the Atacama Compact Array time, also known as the Morita Array, will be available for successful proposals from Principal Investigators in Cycle 7.
The Cycle 7 proposal submission deadline is 15:00 UT on Wednesday, 17 April 2019.
Memorial Symposium For Riccardo Giacconi
The Space Telescope Science Institute, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, the Johns Hopkins University, European Southern Observatory, and Associated Universities, Inc. are organizing a Memorial Symposium to celebrate the life and work of our friend and colleague Riccardo Giacconi, whom we lost on December 9, 2018. The Symposium will cover the various phases of Riccardo's career and achievements. It will be held in Washington, DC at the National Academy of Sciences (2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.) on May 29-30, 2019.
The meeting website will provide information on the program, top-level schedule, SOC members, lodging options, and other Symposium details. The website is now open for registration and provides instructions for submitting requests to speak. The deadline for responding is April 29, 2019. Please visit the symposium website for more details.
2019 Jansky Fellowships Awarded
The NRAO Jansky Fellowship program provides outstanding opportunities for research in astronomy. Jansky Fellows formulate and carry out investigations either independently or in collaboration with others within the wide framework of interests of the Observatory. We are pleased to announce that three new Jansky Fellows will be joining NRAO in 2019 [L to R above]: Craig Anderson, Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez, and Dary Ruiz-Rodriguez. Read more…
2019 Jansky Lectureship - Call for Nominations
Nominations are solicited for the 2019 Jansky Lectureship. Nominations should be ~1 page and address the nominee’s contribution to radio astronomy and their potential to increase public appreciation through the Jansky Lecture. Nominations should be sent to jutley@nrao.edu by 5 April 2019. The Karl G. Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of AUI to recognize outstanding contributions to radio astronomy. Read more…
