CAS-CONICYT Postdoctoral Fellowship in China and Chile 2021

Applications Deadline: October 31, 2021
• Course Level: Fellowships are available to pursue a Postdoctoral program for young researchers.
• Study Subject: Fellowships are awarded in observational, theoretical, instrumentation, and/or computational astrophysics. These are often in any area of astronomical research, including observation, instrumental development, and theory, but must involve China-Chile collaboration. If those topics listed here aren’t interesting or relevant to any applicants, they’ll establish any China-Chile collaborative research topics on their own with their two potential supervisors.
• Scholarship Award:
1. Annual allowance: CLP $21,500,000
2. Annual travel and/or operating expenses: CLP $4,500,000
iii. Annual Health Benefits: CLP $468,000
1. Relocation costs (if applicable)
• Nationality: Candidates from everywhere on the planet are welcome to use.
• Number of Scholarships: Numbers not given
• Scholarship is often taken in Chile and China
Eligibility for the CAS-CONICYT Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Eligible Countries: Candidates from everywhere on the planet are welcome to use.
Entrance Requirements: For the aim of this call, the subsequent will apply:
Applicants Requirements
Lead researcher Researchers who obtained a doctorate degree or a document accrediting that they passed the doctorate degree comprehensive exam or it’s equivalent.
Chilean host organization This refers to universities, research centers, and scientific societies with legal entities, either public or private, that are committed to completing research or teaching activities in Astronomy, Astrophysics and/or related sciences, and which participate within the research proposal for the postdoctoral position.
Sponsoring researcher refers to a researcher or scholar with doctoral training, who works for the Chilean host organization and directly oversees the tutorial implementation of the lead researcher’s project.
English Language Requirements: Applicants whose mother tongue isn’t English are usually required to supply evidence of proficiency in English at the upper level required by the University.
CAS-CONICYT Postdoctoral Fellowship Application Procedure:
How to Apply: Applications must include a CV, a search statement, a support letter from the host institution in Chile signed by the Department Director and school sponsor, a replica or certificate of degree, and two recommendation letters. The applications are going to be received at CASSACA website and every one of the documents except recommendation letters should furthermore be sent in PDF format to cassaca-at-nao.cas.cn and postdoc.cas-at-contact.cl before the deadline of Oct. 31st. Further inquiries about this fellowship opportunity are often addressed to Dr. Jiasheng Huang, Chief Scientist of CASSACA, Dr. Wei Wang, Deputy Director of CASSACA (wangw-at-nao.cas.cn), and Dr. Javier Martinez from CONICYT.

How to apply

Scholarship Council Canada has an electronic application center, fill in the form and upload your documents. Upon successful application submission, you will receive an acknowledgment and electronic payment receipt. Keep it safe as a reference and wait for the outcome. Scholarship Council Canada team will take care of your further process upon qualifying.

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