If you are interested in joining or visiting my group, please consider the following options. Feel free to contact me at hosilva@illinois.edu to discuss your application.
Current openings
- There are no openings at the moment. I will recruit members for the group once I am in Illinois.
Postdoctoral scientists
- Here are some fellowship options. Please contact me well in advance so we have enough time to work on a strong application together.
- NSF’s Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships supports scientists of historically excluded and currently underrepresented in MPS fields. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the United States. The deadline is October 16, 2024.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions has Global Postdoctoral Fellowships that supports nationals or long-term residents of the EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, for 2 to 3 years, of which the first 1 to 2 years can be spent in the United States, and the remaining year in the EU. Deadlines are around September each year.
Graduate students
Prospective students
- Interested in pursuing a Ph.D in gravitational physics in my group? See this page for how to apply to our graduate program. What makes our Department such an exciting place to be? The answer.
Students at UIUC
- If you have been accepted to our graduate program (congratulations!), and are interested joining my group, please contact me. We will then discuss possible “test projects” you can do, and can then decide if working together is the best decision for us. After all, your Ph.D. will take at least for 4 years.
- For students already in my group: the Illinois Database of Grants and Fellowships for Graduate Students has an excellent “Fellowship Finder”. Check this website regularly. Opportunities include:
Reseachers and students in Brazil
- I am keen to host applicants through the Fulbright Brasil program.
Opportunities are listed here, and the calls
open in June each year. Please contact me well in advance so we have enough time to work on a strong application together.
Specific calls include:
- Professor e Pesquisador Visitante
- Doutorado sanduíche nos Estados Unidos
- Programa CAPES - Fulbright de Doutorado pleno nos EUA (note: in 2024 the call opened in April)
- If you are based in the state of Rio de Janeiro, FAPERJ offers: