HIP NEWS, 16 September 2019
KUMPULA PHYSICS SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
On Friday 4 October 2019 at 14.00, the Kumpula Physics Colloquium group organizes a special colloquium on “High Performance Computing Applications” in Exactum A111, with speakers including Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Kosonen, Prof. Ilpo Vattulainen, Prof. Minna Palmroth and Academy Prof. Kari Rummukainen. Cocktails will be served after the colloquium at 15.00.
SECOND PLACE IN AN IAEA CHALLENCE FOR HELSINKI TEAM
An algorithm developed in a collaborative project of mathematicians and physicists from the University of Helsinki won second place in a challenge organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in which solutions were sought for interpreting gamma radiation originating in spent nuclear fuel assemblies.
Researchers’ Night Friday 27 September 2019
The European Researchers’ Night is held at the same time in around 300 cities across Europe on the last Friday of September (27 Sep 2019).
HIP organizes a workshop “Particles in the universe” at 17.00 – 20.00.
More details on
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/researchers-night
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-observatory
Tampere University https://events.tuni.fi/researchersnight2019/
University of Jyväskylä https://www.jyu.fi/en/academic-events/researchers-night
Lahti University Campus https://www.facebook.com/events/270295160112620/
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: NORDIC NETWORK FOR DIVERSITY IN PHYSICS CONFERENCE IN HELSINKI NOVEMBER 4TH-5TH, 2019
Representatives of all genders are welcome to submit an abstract on either physical sciences or diversity/equality work in the field of physics. Special focus of the conference is implicit bias. The maximum length of the abstract is 3000 characters (approximately one A4 with a 12 pt font).
Registration closes on Tuesday 15 October 2019.
Local organisers: Eija Tuominen, Hanna Vehkamäki, Katja Lauri
More information: https://norndip.com/norndip-2019/
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
Donations and scholarships are available for application on a continuous basis.
http://www.jaes.fi/en/avustusten-haku/
(På svenska) Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland (STV)
Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen
Akademien utdelar stipendier för verksamhet vars syfte sammanfaller med Akademiens. Stipendier kan beviljas enskild sökande med avlagd akademisk slutexamen. Stipendier kan sökas kontinuerligt under året och beslut görs kvartalsvis.
https://www.stvif.fi/forskarstipendier/
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund.
There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio@helsinki.fi).
https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html
Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation
Post doc scholarships
Persons who recently have obtained their PhD may apply for a postdoctoral scholarship. The purpose of a postdoctoral scholarship is to enable the grantee to further develop as a researcher. Applicants for a postdoctoral scholarship may also apply for support for research related costs and travel. A separate application for these purposes must be made.
Graduate student scholarships
The graduate student stipend can be awarded for a period of one year or a half year, preferably for the period 1.7. – 31.12. to a student who has been accepted by the university as a doctoral student. The stipend can be awarded conditionally to a student about to graduate.
https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/
(In Finnish) Väisälän rahasto
Rahasto tukee erityisesti matematiikan, fysiikan, meteorologian, geofysiikan ja astronomian aloilla tehtävää tutkimusta.
The call for applications for the Väisälä Fund is open from August 14 to September 25.
More details in Finnish https://www.acadsci.fi/apurahat-ja-palkinnot/haettavat-apurahat/vaisalan-rahasto.html
The Foundations´Post Doc Pool.
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland. The pool grants are not intended for subsidizing researchers’ mobility from other countries to Finland. The Pool’s Autumn application round is open from 15 Aug until 15 Sep 2019.
https://www.postdocpooli.fi/?lang=en
Tieteellisten seurojen julkaisutoiminta ja kansainvälinen toiminta
TSV välittää tieteellisille seuroille opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriöltä saatavan valtionavustuksen julkaisutoimintaan ja kansainväliseen toimintaan
Hakuaika on vuosittain syyskuussa eli 1.-30.9.
Lisätietoja https://www.tsv.fi/fi/avustukset/julkaisutoiminta-ja-kansainvalinen-toiminta
The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV)
The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) distributes subsidies granted by the Ministry of Education and Culture to scientific societies for their publishing and international activities. Subsidies may also be granted to general scientific societies and science policy associations to cover the costs of high-quality publishing activities.
The annual application period is 1–30 September.
https://www.tsv.fi/en/grants/publishing-and-international-activities-scientific-societies