ASTROFIT · Astronomy Fellowships in Italy
FP7 — People (Marie Curie Actions)
- Duration
- 2011-11-01 → 2016-04-30
- EU contribution
- €612,982
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MC-COFUND
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Results in brief
Astronomy Fellowships in Italy
AstroFIt, Astronomy Fellowships in Italy (www.astrofit.inaf.it), is a 54 months long programme, structured in two calls for proposals. The programme supports the mobility of 14 talented and experienced researchers to National Institute for Astrophysics for a period of 2 years. The National Institute for Astrophysics (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – INAF) is the Italian public research organization that promotes, performs and coordinates astrophysics and astronomy research in Italy and cooperates with universities and other national and international organizations. INAF is articulated into 17 research structures distributed all over the country, plus a number of observing facilities and infrastructures in Italy and abroad: the National Telescope Galileo (TNG), located in La Palma, Canary Islands, the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, the Sardinia RadioTelescope (SRT). Applicants were free to choose within one or more (in case of interdisciplinary projects) scientific areas which INAF research activities are related to: - Galaxies and Cosmology - Stars, Stellar Population and Interstellar medium - Sun and Solar System - Relativistic and Particle Astrophysics - Advanced Technology and Instrumentation Each candidate identified the most suitable INAF structure where carrying out her/his proposed project and indicated a scientific staff member in the host structure as contact point and supervisor. List of the INAF Host Structures in Italy: - Bologna: Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Bologna Osservatorio di Radioastronomia – Bologna - Cagliari: Osservatorio di Radioastronomia – Cagliari - Catania: Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania - Florence: Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri - Milan: Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Milano - Naples: Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte - Padua Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova - Palermo: Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Palermo - Rome: Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - Teramo: Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo - Trieste: Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - Turin: Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino AstroFIt programme supports two types of mobility: Incoming Mobility: addressed to applicants that have not resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Italy for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline. Reintegration fellowships: addressed to Italian nationals who have carried out research in a Third Country for at least 3 years in the last 4 years prior to the call deadline. To be eligible, applicants must have at least 4 years of research experience or be holders of a doctorate (experienced researchers). AstroFIt supports career development plans, with training provided also for non-scientific and complementary skills. AstroFIt 1st call creceived a total of 70 applications and at the end 6 Incoming Mobility fellowships and 1 Reintegration Fellowship were assigned. AstroFIt 2nd call was devoted to post-doc researchers with less than 8 years post-PhD activity. The National Institute for Astrophysics received 60 applications and at the end 7 Incoming Mobility Fellowships were assigned. AstroFIt programme public website: www.astrofit.inaf.it AstroFIt contact details: astrofit_info@inaf.it and astrofit@inaf.it
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Project objective
Astrophysics research has typically an international dimension, since most of the projects require large collaborations. Many scientific projects are conducted by international teams. It is therefore essential that young researchers have the opportunity to work with teams in different countries.INAF – the Italian Institute for Astrophysics- intends to launch a programme of incoming mobility for researchers non-resident in Italy. The AstroFIt programme here proposed will allow INAF to set up for the first time such a programme.The fellowships will be carried out at INAF structures, that include 19 Institutes broadly distributed in Italy and the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) in the Canary Island.Two mobility types will be implemented: a) Incoming Mobility and b) Re-integration fellowships. Both types are of utmost importance for INAF, considering the so-called “brain drain” phenomenon, not counterbalanced by an adequate attractiveness of Italian research centres for foreign scientists. Both the proposed types of fellowship try to invert this tendency.The limited number of fellowships foreseen is due to the fact that AstroFIt Programme is an integration of other international scientific collaborations, schemes and initiatives in which INAF is already involved. Nevertheless, Astrofit is important because unrelated to a single scientific programme but is devised to the strenghthening of the fellows capabilities in working in an environment different from the environment where initial training was achieved.The program will be 4-year long. Fourteen (14) fellowships will be offered, with two calls, each one including 3 Incoming mobility fellowships and 4 Re-integration fellowships. Every fellowship will last two years. All the fellowships will be easily completed within its 4-year duration, including a final meeting to present and discuss the programme results..
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Participants
- ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA · ROMACoordinatorItaly
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