What does the functional work imply? How high is the workload?
The functional work depends on the duty station. The basics are outlined in the ESO Fellowship Announcement. In Chile, the functional work is dominated by Science Operations activities (80 nights per year). At first exclusively during daytime (instrument calibrations, introductions to observers, …); later also during nighttime (observation support, execution of service mode programmes, …). It is accompanied by about 35 days in Santiago. In Garching, the functional work is determined by the current needs of the organisation and could be any of e.g. instrument development, data management/pipelines, virtual observatory/archive activities, public relations work, …. It is agreed upon with the head of the office for science at the beginning of the fellowship, and can be re-discussed periodically if needed.
