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     Dear colleagues,

    we kindly ask you to forward the following announcement to
 everybody who might be interested.

 Thank you very much!

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             First Announcement and Call for Applications
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     The INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL (IMPRS) for

   ASTRONOMY and COSMIC PHYSICS at the UNIVERSITY of HEIDELBERG

                       announces the

              HEIDELBERG SUMMER SCHOOL on the

                    INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM

                  September 25 - 29, 2006


 Our understanding of the Interstellar Medium has considerably
 increased during the past years pushed forward by rapid advances
 in observational and instrumental techniques and in the
 theoretical modeling.

 The IMPRS Summer School 2006 aims: (1) to present an overview of
 this progress; (2) to bring together students of various research
 areas; (3) to encourage young researchers and advanced students
 to continue research in these fields; (4) to strengthen future
 interdisciplinary research of the interstellar medium.

 The major topics being considered during the school are:

 Multi-phase model of the interstellar medium - analytic tracers -
 radio astronomy - atomic gas - ionized gas - cosmic dust -
 molecular clouds - extragalactic interstellar medium - HST key
 results: resolved stellar systems & the distant universe


 Invited lecturers:

   LEO BLITZ, University of California, Berkeley

   THOMAS HENNING, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg

   ROBERT WILLIAMS, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore


 Applications for participation are invited from graduate students
 and early post-docs working in scientific disciplines related to
 the content of the summer school.

 A limited number of grants are available to partially cover travel
 expenses.

 Deadline for application is June 30, 2006.

 Please find more information, our poster, and the application
 forms under
             http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/imprs-hd/
             http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/imprs-hd/summerschool.html


  With kind regards,
                                              Christian Fendt
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  Coordinating Scientist
  International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for
  Astronomy and Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg

  Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  Koenigstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany

  Tel: +49(0)6221-528-387               Email:  imprs-hd@mpia.de
  Fax: +49(0)6221-528-246       Url: www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/imprs-hd
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