SGAA/SSAA News No 21 - 12/12/2012 _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Travel support SSAA - invitation to apply for grants 2. Call for "Astronomy Outreach" projects 3. Swiss Cosmology Day, 15 feb 2013, Bern 4. Exascale Computing in Astrophysics, conference in Ascona, sept 2013 5. 43rd Saas-Fee Advanced Course, registration deadline 5 feb 2013 6. General Assembly 2012 material on the Web _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Travel support SSAA - invitation to apply for grants In 2013 the SSAA (Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy) will have some money from the sc|nat available for travel grants. The SSAA now invites applicants to apply until February 24, 2013 to daniel.schaerer∂unige.ch (Daniel Schaerer, Observatoire de Geneve). The request should provide the date, place, and the reason for the travel, as well as the cost to be covered by the SSAA. There are two types of travel grants: (a) international collaboration (CHF 6000.-) Travel money for international collaboration is preferentially given for travels to meetings where Swiss participation is considered to be useful, for visits at other institutions (for research projects), and observing runs. The person should be a SGAA member and an active researcher in astrophysics. (b) support for young scientists (CHF 5000.-) Travel money for young scientists is given preferentially to Ph.D. students but also young Post-Docs, whereby the money may be used for observing runs, visits to other institutions, conferences, research schools etc. In the application it should be clarified in a few words why this travel is important for the research project of the applicant. Particularly encouraged to apply are young researchers who are in a situation where it is not so easy to get the money from other institutions. _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Call for "Astronomy Outreach" projects In 2013, the SSAA offers financial support of up to 8000 CHF for projects on Astronomy Outreach. Funding is possible for diverse outreach projects, including support for exhibitions, the preparation of material for schools, the organisation of events, and alike. Projects will be funded on a competitive basis. Please send a brief project description and your budget request to daniel.schaerer∂unige.ch. The deadline for the call is: March 31, 2013. Requests may also be supported outside this call, if funding permits. _________________________________________________________________________ 3. Swiss Cosmology Day, 15 february 2013, Bern To promote communication and exchanges among Swiss Cosmologists, a Swiss Cosmology Day will be organized once a year. These days would include short scientific presentations and a lot of time for discussions. Talks from young people, especially PhD students, are particularly encouraged. For more information contact swisscosmo∂phys.ethz.ch From Ruth Durrer & Alexandre Refregier _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Exascale Computing in Astrophysics, conference in Ascona, sept 2013 A conference on "Exascale Computing in Astrophysics" will take place from 8-13 september 2013 at the Centro Stefano Franscini in Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland. For more information consult http://www.itp.uzh.ch/exastro2013/Home.html Co-organizers: Romain Teyssier and George Lake (UniZH) _________________________________________________________________________ 5. 43rd Saas-Fee Advanced Course, registration deadline 5 feb 2013 The 43rd "Saas-Fee Advanced Course" on "STAR FORMATION IN GALAXY EVOLUTION: CONNECTING NUMERICAL MODELS TO REALITY" will take place 11-16 March 2013, in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. The regular registration is open until 5 february 2013. For more details visit http://lastro.epfl.ch/conferences/sf2013/ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. General Assembly 2012 material on the Web The Minutes of the 2012 General Assembly of the SSAA, held 19 oct 2012 at the ETHZ, as well as all the usual reports and presentations are available on the SSAA website: http://www.ssaa.ch/index.php?page=assemblee-2012&hl=eng SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA For more information concerning the SGAA/SSAA, astronomy in Switzerland, and related topics visit our Website http://www.ssaa.ch. For any information and messages to be circulated via the SGAA/SSAA mailing list please e-mail your text to the new secretary (georges.meynet∂unige.ch) in plain ASCII. Thank you ! SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA
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