Deadline: January 31, 2012
A scholarship is currently being offered to international students wishing to commence a PhD in radio astronomy at ICRAR in 2012. You are required to nominate one or more research projects that interest you. Example projects are:
* Analysis of galaxies in the GAMA database
* Radio astronomy (VLBI, MWA) technology and algorithms
* Supermassive black holes, galactic X-ray binaries and pulsars
* Aperture arrays in radio astronomy
* Dynamics and star-formation in galaxies
* Galaxy evolution driven by mergers
Eligibility:
Applicants should:
* be international candidates;
* have excellent undergraduate academic record with a First Class Honours or its equivalent in the area of physics, astrophysics, ICT or electronic engineering;
* meet the Curtin’s level of English language proficiency requirements; and
* have excellent academic references
Further Information:
Further and more detailed descriptions of projects are available by contacting:
* Professor Steven Tingay (S.Tingay@curtin.edu.au, Ph: +61 8 9266 3516)
* Professor Peter Hall (P.Hall@curtin.edu.au, Ph +61 8 9266 7951)
Guidelines:
Complete Applications can be sent by email to Research_Scholarships@curtin.edu.au and then mailed to:
Manager, Scholarships
Office of Research and Development
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987
PERTH WA 6845
