Dear colleague,

(apologies if you receive this multiple times)

The portuguese national science foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) has issued a call for research contracts, in the context of the Stimulus to Scientific Employment which will be open until the 3rd March 2022, 17:00 (Portuguese time). The positions are for up to 6 years. The gross monthly income corresponds to the salary of a Junior Researcher (2.134,73€), Assistant Researcher (3.201,40€), Principal Researcher (3.611,83€) or Coordinating Researcher (4.678,96€), depending on the profile of the candidate. The selection is done by FCT. Each candidate will have to select and have the support from a host institution in Portugal.

The Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) welcomes pre-applications to the FCT - Stimulus to Individual Scientific Employment 2022 call until the 24th February. The submission to this pre-application (for obtaining institutional support) requires only a cover letter and statement of intended work, CV and publication list. 

IA is the reference institution for this area in Portugal, integrating researchers from the Universities of Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, and is responsible for a major fraction of the national productivity in international ISI journals in this area. The research and development effort at the IA includes most of the topics at the forefront of research in Astrophysics and Space Sciences, complemented by work on instrumentation and systems with potential use in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

For more information please check:

http://www.iastro.pt/ia/jobDetails.html?ID=185

Our galaxy formation and evolution team is currently looking for strong candidates to support in this call, in particular within the MOONS framework. If you are interested or know of someone who is, please let me know!

José Afonso