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María de Maeztu seal of excellence

The Spanish State Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigación, AEI), dependent on the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIN), resolved the call for the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu Centers and Units of Excellence programme. These recognitions are aimed at funding and accrediting research centers and units, from any scientific area, which are able to prove scientific impact and leadership at an international level and actively collaborate with their social and business environment.

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19 July 2021

ICE receives ‘Maria de Maeztu’ Excellence Distinction

The Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) has obtained the María de Maeztu seal of excellence, a distinction that recognizes the centers and units that carry out highly competitive cutting-edge research and that are among the best in the world in their respective scientific areas.

Our future

The Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) obtained the María de Maeztu seal of excellence, a distinction that recognizes the centers and units that carry out highly competitive cutting-edge research and that are among the best in the world in their respective scientific areas.

The requirements, levels of demand, criteria and procedures for evaluation and selection related to scientific excellence do not establish differences between centers and units, which have been selected for their scientific results and strategic programmes after a rigorous evaluation with the participation of prestigious international scientists. The total investment of the programme is 40 million euros.

The institute will receive €2 million for funding and 8 pre-doctoral contracts.

We Look Forward to Having
You on Board

Embedded Systems Engineer for the MIRROR project	The successful candidate will participate in the design, implementation, validation and use of a new remote sensing RADAR to be flown on-board of a drone for measuring soil moisture in precision agriculture. Deadline: Position open until filled.	See details
Software engineer(s) for scheduler development	The candidate will join a group developing control software for the operation and control of astronomical instrumentation and telescopes and will be strongly involved in the implementation and future exploitation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory. Deadline: Position open until filled.	See details
Software Engineer	The successful candidate will participate in the design, implementation, validation and documentation of software applied to space missions and science. Job reference 'MdM-2023-06'. Rolling until filled.	See details
Postdoc position: Gamma-ray observations, CTA survey preparation, and scientific interface for CTA scheduler development	The candidate will join a group developing control software for the operation and control of astronomical instrumentation and telescopes and strongly involved in the implementation and future exploitation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory. The position will be open until filled and its expected duration is 2 years. A starting date in early 2023 is preferred. Application deadline: January 31st, 2023.	See details
Postdoc position: The astrophysics of pulsar wind nebulae and related systems	The candidate will join ongoing research on radiative / hydrodynamical models of PWNe, including reverberation, he/she should have good background with C++, Python, and Fortran programming languages. The position will be open until filled and its expected duration is 2 years. A starting date in early 2023 is preferred. Application deadline: January 31st, 2023.	See details

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