20th Synthesis Imaging Workshop

The first NRAO Synthesis Imaging and Interferometry School was held in 1983, and proved to be a great success and a much needed resource for radio astronomers, both novice and more advanced users of the then newly delivered Very Large Array. Forty years later and we are excited to be organising the school's 20th edition.

The 20th NRAO Synthesis Imaging Summer School will be held on 15 - 22 May 2024 in Socorro, New Mexico. The workshop will consist of a week of lectures on aperture synthesis theory and techniques at a level appropriate for graduate students in astrophysics, covering both radio interferometry fundamentals and state-of-the-art methods and techniques. The program will also include discussion groups, and tutorials demonstrating data collection, calibration, and imaging of various types of observations, including new data from the Very Large Array (VLA), Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

ALMA Ambassadors Program for Cycle 12

The North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) is accepting applications for the ALMA Ambassadors Program, with a deadline of May 24, 2024. The program provides training and up to a $10,000 USD research grant (other forms of payment are available, see below) to postdoctoral researchers, senior graduate students, and early career researchers interested in expanding their ALMA/radio interferometry expertise and sharing that knowledge with their home (or other) institutions. For Cycle 12, ALMA Ambassadors can choose to support the community by organizing and hosting (1) ALMA Cycle 12 proposal preparation support workshops (Spring 2025) and/or (2) ALMA-focused data processing and analysis workshops (Fall 2024).

For more information, please visit the ALMA Ambassadors website.

Student Funding Opportunity for ALMA Archival Research

The North American ALMA Science Center is pleased to announce a funding opportunity to support students working on data obtained from the ALMA archive. This opportunity will follow the terms and conditions of the NRAO Student Observing Support (SOS) program. Students enrolled at US universities and colleges are eligible for funding. Eligible expenses include a student stipend, computing hardware, and student travel to present ALMA results at a domestic conference.

For more information, and to apply, visit: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/opportunities/student-programs/sos

The application deadline is May 24, 2024. We expect to announce results in August 2024. Questions about this SOS opportunity may be directed to Jim Braatz at jbraatz@nrao.edu.