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23.04.2025
PhD Vacancy: LISA stellar binary populations - Radboud University in Nijmegen
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to work on the populations of binary stellar objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes) that are LISA sources. Application deadline: May 23rd 2025. The project will take place in the stellar evolution group (Gijs Nelemans, Onno Pols) at the department of Astrophysics that is part of the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
22.04.2025
PhD position in gravitational wave data analysis with machine learning at UC Louvain
The gravitational-wave (GW) group of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain, Belgium), hosted at the Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3) of the Research Institute in Mathematics and Physics (IRMP) and the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM), welcome applications for two four-year PhD student positions on gravitational wave data analysis using machine learning with expected starting data September/October 2025. One position focuses on the problem of parameter estimation for modelled signals in current and future ground-based detectors, while the other position focuses on the characterization of continuous waves and the stochastic gravitational wave background. Applications must be submitted online by May 23rd 2025.
16.04.2025
PhD opportunity at the University of Cádiz
The University of Cádiz is offering a 4-year predoctoral contract (FPI-UCA-TALENT 2025) associated with the research project Development of sub-millihertz magnetic sensing techniques and in-orbit operations of the MELISA-III experiment in the first nanosatellite of the H2020 IOD/IOV programme. The selected candidate will contribute to two small space missions, supported by ESA, focused on the development of magnetic instrumentation for LISA. The application deadline is April 30, 2025, at 23:59 (CEST).
16.04.2025
Call for national postdoc fellowships in Chile
The call for the “FONDECYT” Chilean national postdoctoral fellowships is now open, with application deadline May 7th. The awarded fellows will receive a competitive salary and research funding for three years, starting in April 2026. In order to apply you need to prepare a ~ 10 page proposal and have the support of a professor at a Chilean university, where you will carry out the project.
10.04.2025
Call for nominations for the position of Director (f/m/d) at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) expects to have an opening for a scientific director position. The Institute invites nominations, including self-nominations, for consideration. Application deadline April 30th 2025.
10.04.2025
2 Post-doc positions in Large Scale Structure Rubin/LSST survey and 3rd generation GW detectors at IFT Sao Paulo
Applications are open for two postdoctoral positions to work on multi-messenger science, with focus on the exploitation of data from the Vera Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and 3rd generation GW observatories (Einstein Telescope/Cosmic Explorer). Combining galaxies, quasars and other sources detected with the LSST, with mergers of compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) detected by present and future facilities, represents a new frontier for connecting cosmology and fundamental physics. The synergies between maps of electromagnetic sources and gravitational wave sources offer new opportunities for probes of the universe at low and high redshifts, structure formation and the merger history traced by stellar-mass objects as well as galaxies, among other areas. Application deadline on Apr 30, 2025.
10.04.2025
Expression of interest: Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships in Particle Cosmology at UCM Madrid
The Particle Cosmology Group at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Institute of Particle and Cosmos Physics (IPARCOS) invites expressions of interest from candidates applying for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025. The 2025 call opens on May 8, 2025, and closes on September 10, 2025. Results are expected in early 2026. We welcome applications for both European and Global Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline for EoIs: May 30, 2025.
10.04.2025
GSSI PhD in Astroparticle Physics 2025/26
The Physics Division of the GSSI – Gran Sasso Science Institute (L’Aquila, Italy) is opening 12 Ph.D. positions in Astroparticle Physics, starting in the Academic Year 2025/2026. Additionally, 1 Ph.D. position is opened funded under the Grant Agreement n. 101137080 “Astrocent Plus - Particle Astrophysics Science and Technology Centre", for which the selected candidate will contribute to the DarkSide experiment program for direct Dark Matter searches. Deadline: May 30th 2025, 3 PM CEST.
09.04.2025
Post-Doc position available on Einstein Telescope at the University of Ferrara, Italy
Title: Birefringence measurements for the optimization of the optics of Einstein Telescope; Duration: 24 months; Application deadline: April 24 th , 2025; Link to the advertisement (in italian); Link to the submission website (italian and english); For further information contact Prof. Guido Zavattini via email at guido.zavattini(at)unife.it
08.04.2025
PhD opportunities at Milano-Bicocca
The 2025 call for PhD scholarships at University of Milano Bicocca has just opened. If your students are looking for a PhD in gravitational physics, please share this announcement with them. The procedure is described at this link (Session 1); the deadline is April 24th at noon CEST. In particular I would like to advertise two scholarships on PTA science. To apply for those, please express interest in scholarships PROG.6 and PROG.7. If you know of potential candidates interested in gravitational-wave related astronomy at large, please conssider applying to PROG.1 and PROG.3.
02.04.2025
Research Software Engineer position at IFAE Barcelona
You will work as a software engineer at PIC, closely collaborating with the IFAE gravitational-wave group and remotely with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the IGWN Computing and Software Group. Your job will consist in: Supporting our group’s research in gravitational waves, Supporting the development of new data analysis and signal processing methods, or applications of machine learning, Providing computing support for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Supporting high-throughput computing workflows and large-scale data distribution at PIC and on the LIGO clusters, Collaborating with the PIC computer engineers. Application Deadline April 25th, 2025.
25.03.2025
PhD position on Teaching Einsteinian Physics at Schools, University of Western Australia
The Einstein-First project in the university of Western Australia is seeking PhD and Masters students with a background in modern physics (including quantum physics and relativity), strong interest in science communication, experience in science teaching and aptitude in quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Closing date: December 1st 2026.
27.02.2025
ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme
To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, ESA welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research based on publicly available data in the ESA Space Science Archives. The Archives host data from all current and past ESA space science missions in astronomy, planetary science, and heliophysics. The next deadline for applications is 30 April 2025, 23:59 UTC
11.02.2025
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Physics & Astronomy at UCLA
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles is searching for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor with outstanding potential as a research scientist, science educator, and mentor to students from groups that are under-represented in the physical sciences. This search is part of a cluster hire with faculty positions in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy who will support UCLA’s goals to achieve federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution as early as 2025. Next review date: Sunday, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025.
05.09.2024
Faculty openings at IUCAA for Gravitational Wave research
The LIGO-India project received approval from the Union Cabinet of India last year. The detector is expected to start science runs by 2030 and promises a massive boost in science and technology. IUCAA, being one of the four lead institutions for executing the project, was given several faculty positions for gravitational wave (GW) science and instrumentation by the University Grants Commission (UGC). If you know any suitable and enthusiastic candidates for those positions, we request you to please send their contact details to us and encourage the candidates to apply.
25.07.2024
Senior Vacuum Engineer at LHO
Caltech’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) seeks a highly motivated and skilled Senior Vacuum Engineer to join its Cosmic Explorer Beamtube Experiment (CEBEX) team at the Richland, Washington observatory site. The selected applicant will join an elite team charged with conceiving, designing, building, and testing advanced technology for the CE vacuum systems, destined to be the largest ultrahigh vacuum systems ever built. We will exercise and develop this technology in a new, purpose-built UHV research facility, the Cosmic Explorer Beamtube Experiment (CEBEX) Laboratory, located at LIGO Hanford.