The Astrophysics Division (DAS) of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil welcomes applications from international candidates for a post-doctoral stage to develop a project in one of its research areas (www.inpe.br/pos_graduacao/cursos/ast/ingles/). The grant is part of the program PCI/MCTI/INPE (http://www.inpe.br/tec/programa_pci/, Portuguese only).

The available CNPq grant (PCI-DA) is for an initial period of 12 months, and the grant may be annually renewed for up to 36 months in total. The grant value is R$ 4,000 per calendar month (four thousand Brazilian Reais). Candidates must hold PhD in Physics, Astronomy or related fields and submit:

- an updated CV,
- a research project,
- three recommendation letters, and
- an application letter indicating the researcher of DAS/INPE as a main collaborator.

The deadline of applications has been postponed to 05 December 2014. The grant should be initiated in February, March or April 2015.

To get additional information and/or submit your application, please write directly to ‘

pg.ast

’.