The National Institute for Astrophysics is pleased to announce the launch of the AstroFIt Programme, in co-funding with the European Commission's 7th Framework Progamme, under the Marie Curie Action COFUND. The programme offers seven transnational grants enabling researchers from abroad to carry out a project in one of the INAF structures in Italy, for a period of two years.

Research Areas: galaxies and cosmology; stars, stellar population and interstellar medium; Sun and solar system; relativistic and particle astrophysics; advanced technology and instruments.

AstroFIt call 1 funds:

• n. 3 Incoming Mobility fellowships
  Applicants must have not resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Italy for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
• n. 4 Reintegration Mobility fellowships
  Applicants must be Italian nationals who have carried out research in a Third Country1 for at least 3 years in the last 4 years prior to the call deadline.

To be eligible, researchers must be holders of a doctorate or have at least 4 years of research experience.

Publication Date: 1 December 2011. Deadline for submission of applications: 1 February 2012 at 12.00am (Rome local time). For further information and documents, please visit the AstroFIt website or contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

Offrire a chiunque ami l’astronomia, dagli astrofili agli studenti ai singoli cittadini, tempo d’osservazione gratuito su 17 telescopi robotici sparsi in tutto il globo. È l’obiettivo del progetto europeo GLORIA, partito in questi giorni e finanziato dall’FP7 con 2.5 milioni di euro. INAF IASF Bologna, con Eliana Palazzi, Luciano Nicastro (entrambi nella foto a fianco) e Marco Malaspina, è fra i partner.