Description
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) operates the La Silla and Paranal observatories, and we are constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) on Cerro Armazones. ESO has offices in Garching, Munich, Germany and also Vitacura, Santiago, Chile. The Office for Science (OfS) in Chile coordinates the research activities of around 100 astronomers on the ESO-JAO campus in Santiago. We offer research fellowships, studentships and a range of other possibilities for astronomers of all career stages to collaborate with ESO astronomers in Chile. In this contribution, I will give a brief overview of ESO's current and future facilities before focusing on collaboration opportunities offered by the OfS. I will outline the ESO-Chile fellowship - a prestigious opportunity for early-career scientists to develop their research while obtaining experience of operations of the preeminent ground-based observatory in the world. The Chile studentship offers the possibility for students to come to ESO from between six months to two years to work on collaborative research projects and engage in short observatory trips. ESO is building the most advanced ground-based telescope, and is already planning the next large project (see 'ESO Horizons'). With this contribution I hope to further develop collaboration between ESO Chile and the UK astronomy community.
