Exchange opportunities/Scholarships
Here are a few of the resources available for exchange with latin american institutions. These include opportunities for graduate students, postdocs and researchers.
This list is, by no means, extensive. If you know of more opportunities currently available, please let us know.
CONICYT (Chile)
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- Página general de becas, incluyendo becas de estudios de postgrado en el extranjero para estudiantes chilenos.
http://www.conicyt.cl/becas-conicyt/
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CONICET (Argentina)
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- Becas para estudiantes latinoamericanos
http://convocatorias.conicet.gov.ar/latinoamericanas/
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- Programa de financiamiento parcial de estadías breves en el exterior para Becarios Postdoctorales e Investigadores Asistentes.
http://convocatorias.conicet.gov.ar/estadias-en-el-exterior-2/
- Convenios con organismos internacionales
http://convocatorias.conicet.gov.ar/organismos-internacionales/
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International PhD Program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
PPGCosmo is an international PhD program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation that aims to give PhD students the opportunity to develop a successful international scientific career. The research topics range from theoretical to observational aspects of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, including participation in collaborations such as Euclid, J-PAS and DES. PPGCosmo is a Brazilian program consisting of four institutions from Brazil and four institutions outside Brazil.
Four 4-year PhD positions are now available starting in mid August 2017. The student will be supervised by a Professor at a Brazilian institution and co-supervised by a Professor at an institution outside Brazil. For the compulsory postgraduate courses the student will be mainly based in Vitória (Espírito Santo, Brazil). The student will have opportunities to visit the other Brazilian participating institutions and will have to spend one year at the co-supervisor's non-Brazilian institution.
Please go to http://ppgcosmo.cosmo-ufes.org for further information.
Postgraduate studentships in Gravitation, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Fundamental Interactions at CBPF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Deadline: May 14, 2017
A call is now open for entry into the postgraduate programme (Ph.D. or M.Sc.) at the Brazilian Center for Physics Research / Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Center carries out research in a broad set of areas, from biophysics and condensed matter to high-energy physics and quantum field theory. In particular CBPF has recently created a new department of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Fundamental Interactions - COSMO, with 9 faculty members carrying out research comprising (but not limited to) the following fields: black hole physics; gravitational waves; gravitational lensing; theoretical and observational cosmology; quantum gravity and quantum cosmology; quantum field theory; supersymmetry; nuclear astrophysics.
We particularly encourage students with research interests in the above fields to apply to our postgraduate programme. Entry is made via a selection process which involves a written exam in general Physics and an interview, both of which can be done entirely in the student’s home country and in English, Portuguese or Spanish. Studentships are awarded to those students who pass the selection process.
The deadline for registration (which requires a record of undergraduate grades and two letters of reference) for the selection process is 14/5/2017, the written exam is on 19/5/2017, the interview is on 12/6/2017 for the M.Sc. and on 13/6/2017 for the Ph.D. (exceptionally, a different interview date might be accommodated), and the start of the degree is August 2017.
For further information, please see:
TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
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Deadline: August 11
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The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brasilia, Brazil, and TWAS offer full time postgraduate fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in natural sciences.
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Please go to: https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-cnpq-postgraduate-fellowship-programme for further information on this programme.
TWAS (International) ​
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- The World Academy of Sciences is regularly offering different opportunities to support sciences in developing countries.
https://twas.org/opportunities/
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Centro Latino-Americano de Física​
- El CLAF es un organismo cuyo propósito es apoyar esfuerzos para el desarrollo de la Física en América latina. En este marco, regularmente ofrecen distintas oportunidades que facilitan el intercambio entre naciones miembros del centro.
PhD positions at UNAB
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (Chile)​
Deadline: September 7, 2017
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UNAB is calling for applications for its new PhD program until September 7. There are funding oppostunities.
For more information please visit: https://astrounab.cl/ or click on the pdf icon to download the brochure.