3 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Astrophysics in Spain | Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)

The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for three post-doctoral research fellowships in Astrophysics. Research topics at the IAC include most areas of astrophysics: solar physics, planetary systems, stellar and interstellar physics, galactic formation and evolution, and cosmology and astroparticles. These are supported by an ambitious instrumentation programme. It has been selected as a “Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence” in research by the Spanish Government.

Requirements:To be considered applicants must prove that they have completed their PhD in Astrophysics or Physics in the last seven years (after April, 2007) and they must provide a copy of their title or corresponding certificate by the deadline of the present call for applications (April, 30).

Training: Those candidates who have done their PhD research at the IAC must have undertaken a period of training at other research centres. This period must consist of either one continuous year or 18 accumulated months (including periods of training during their doctoral period).

Duration: Three years. The successful candidates will take up their position during the first semester of 2014.

Remuneration: The gross annual salary is 32.886 € per annum.