HIP NEWS, 18 March 2024
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 10:15 in A315
Michal Heller (Ghent)
“Beyond (real) geodesics and extremal hypersurfaces in gravity”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 14:15, in A315
Jérôme Martin (Paris, Inst. Astrophys.)
“Can we show that the galaxies are of quantum-mechanical origin?”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR
Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 14:15 in C124
Janne Junnila (University of Helsinki)
“Noise-like properties and information content of imaginary chaos”
Abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2024-03/abs-20240320.txt
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops
Astrophysics seminar
Friday 22 March 2024 at 10:15 – 11:15, in D114
Emma Thomas (University of Leicester)
“TBA”
Last week’s CERN 70 years event in Tiedekulma
The recording of the CERN 70-year celebratory seminar in Tiedekulma on Wednesday 13.3. last week is now available in the event page https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen-tiedekunta/ajankohtaista/aineen-ja-maailmankaikkeuden-perusolemusta-selvittamassa-cern-70-vuotta
Mind and Matter Spring Seminar – Welcome all!
You are warmly invited to join the Mind and Matter Spring Seminar talks. The topics of the cross-disciplinary seminar series are related to the themes of consciousness, intelligence, and information.
Dates: 15 March, 22 March, 5 April, 19 April, 3 May, 24 May
Time: 14:15–15:45 EET/EEST
Place: University of Helsinki Main Building, Unioninkatu 34, 4th floor, room U4078, and online (Zoom link)
- 22 March – Dezső Németh: Competition between predictive processes and prefrontal cortex functions: from non-invasive brain stimulation to local sleep. Chaired by Riikka Möttönen (Hybrid)
- 5 April – Darryl Charles: Modelling Game Player Behaviours. Chaired by Benjamin Cowley (Hybrid)
- 19 April – Fiona Macpherson: Perception in Dreams: A Guide for Dream Engineers, a Reflection on the Role of Memory in Sensory States, and a New Counterexample to Hume’s Account of the Imagination. Chaired by Alexander Carruth (Hybrid)
The whole program can be found at https://www.helsinki.fi/en/mind-and-matter/events/mind-and-matter-seminar-2024
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. There are no separate application times.
https://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation-2/
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund
There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Matti Lassas (matti.lassas [at] helsinki.fi ).
https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html
(In Finnish) Marjatta ja Eino Kollin Säätiö
Säätiön tehtävänä on tukea tieteellistä sekä soveltavaa tutkimusta ja kehitystyötä myöntämällä apurahoja hankkeiden toteuttajille. Säätiö tarjoaa mahdollisuuksia yksittäisille tutkijoille ja kehittäjille sekä tutkimus-/ kehittäjäryhmille. Haasteena on ruokkia nimenomaan sellaista kehitystä, jolla olisi elinympäristömme kannalta positiivista vaikutusta pitkällä tähtäimellä. Apurahojen hakuaika on jatkuva.
(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/
EDUFI Fellowship
The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.
Applicant: a Finnish university department
Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland
Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons
Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.
Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits 3–6 months
https://www.oph.fi/en/development/edufi-fellowship
(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse
Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd åt enskilda finska medborgare eller i Finland verksamma samfund, föreningar och institutioner befordra vetenskaplig forskning samt belöna medborgerlig, fosterländsk och/eller kulturell gärning och att understöda socialt eller vetenskapligt inriktad verksamhet.
Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars.
Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Virve Valkama e-post: virve.valkama(at)nordea.com
http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html
PoDoCo spring application round
PoDoCo helps Finnish companies to improve their competitiveness in the global markets and employ young PhD’s in the private sector.
PoDoCo spring application round is open from March 1 to April 15, 2024.
(In Finnish) Suomen tietokirjailijat ry / Kevään apurahat
Suomen tietokirjailijat ry julistaa maaliskuussa haettavaksi apurahoja luovaan tietokirjalliseen työskentelyyn.
- Puolivuotisapuraha luovaan tietokirjalliseen työskentelyyn
- Apuraha esikoistietokirjan kirjoittamiseen
- Apuraha lasten ja nuorten tietokirjan kirjoittamiseen
- Apuraha tietokirjakritiikkien kirjoittamiseen
Apurahaa haetaan verkkolomakkeella, joka on avoinna vain hakuaikana.
Hakuaika: 1.3.2024- 28.3.2024 klo 16.00.
https://www.suomentietokirjailijat.fi/kirjailijalle/apurahat/kevaan-apurahat.html
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation: Visiting professor (3–12 months)
Application period 01.11.–30.11.2024 at 23:59.
The Visiting professor -grant is targeted for foreign senior medical researchers (“visiting professors”) to enable working in a Finnish research institution.
https://www.sigridjuselius.fi/en/apurahat/visiting-professor-3-12-months/
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation: Fellowship (1–2 years)
Application period 15.03.–15.04.2024 at 23:59.
Fellowship grants are designed for postdoctoral researchers taking part in medical research projects abroad (1–2 years). Fellowship grants cannot be awarded to researchers who already work abroad. Sigrid Jusélius Fellowship-grant holders are expected to return to Finland after their grant period.
https://www.sigridjuselius.fi/en/apurahat/fellowship-1-2-years/
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation: Senior Fellowship (6–12 months)
Application period 15.03.–15.04.2024 at 23:59.
Senior Fellowship grants are designed for senior researchers wishing to take part in medical research projects abroad (6–12 months).
https://www.sigridjuselius.fi/en/apurahat/senior-fellowship-6-12-months/