HIP NEWS, 28 April 2025
RECFA VISIT TO FINLAND – PUBLIC SEMINAR ON FRI 30.5.2025
European Committee for Future Accelerators in its Restricted composition (RECFA) is meeting in Finland on Fri-Sat 30-31 May 2025. RECFA reviews the status of research related to high energy facilities in CERN member countries on a regular basis – the previous visit in Finland was in 2017. The high-level committee is headed by the Director General of CERN, and it has representatives from all the CERN member countries.
There is a full day seminar aiming to give a comprehensive overview of the research related to high energy facilities in Finland for RECFA at the main building of the University of Helsinki on Friday 30.5.2025. The HIP community is encouraged to participate in the seminar, either full day or part of the day. The seminar is a public event so feel free to distribute the information to anyone potentially interested.
The program can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/event/1492840/timetable/?view=standard
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Andreas Schmitt (Southampton)
“TBA”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
HIP SEMINAR
Thursday 8 May 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Björn Garbrecht (Munich)
“TBA”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 14:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Clare J. Burrage (Nottingham U.), (Remote)
“The Hunt for Light Scalar Fields”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 7 May 2025 at 14:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Maria Olalla Olea-Romacho (King’s Coll. London), (Onsite)
“TBA”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR
Friday 16 May 2025 at 13:15 in C124
Bernt Wennberg (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
“TBA”
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops
(In Finnish) Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunta: Apurahainfo
Aika: Maanantai 12.5.2025 klo 11:00-13.00
Vuoden 2025 apurahojen haku aukeaa toukokuussa. Apurahainfossa käydään läpi keskeiset asiat Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunnan (TJNK) myöntämistä apurahoista ja neuvotaan, kuinka kirjoittaa hyvä hakemus. Neuvomme myös julkaisukanavan löytämisessä.
Tilaisuus järjestetään verkossa. Ohjelma päivitetään myöhemmin.
Tapahtuman järjestäjä: Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunta (TJNK). The Committee for Public Information (TJNK)
https://tjnk.fi/fi/tapahtumat/apurahainfo-0
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, Tuomo Kuusi (tuomo.kuusi [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)
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.
- Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen
- Stipendier i första hand för kortare forskningsvistelser
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
Otto A. Malm Foundation
In 2025, the Otto A. Malm Foundation will distribute grants for popular education and general welfare. The 2025 grants will not be awarded for scientific research projects, such as doctoral theses.
The application categories for 2025 are:
- Artistic work and Cultural projects
- Citizen and association activity
- Science communication and popular education
A list of awarded grants will be published on the foundation’s website on July 1, 2025. Grants recipients will be notified by email.
Next application time 1.-30.4.2025.
https://en.ottomalm.fi/andamal-och-allmanna-direktiv
Public information grants (TJNK)
The Committee for Public Information (TJNK) awards public information grants to individuals or members of working groups (but not to associations or societies) to implement work plans that contribute to public information, mainly as a form of compensation for creative work.
Grants may be awarded for non-fiction books, radio and TV programmes, articles in periodicals, information products published in electronic form or other information products that popularise information.
The application service opens on 1 May and closes at 4pm on the last working day of May. Note that when the application service has closed, applications can no longer be saved or confirmed (submitted).
https://tjnk.fi/en/public-information-grants
Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation is a Finnish non-profit organisation operating in the fields of research, art and societal activities. Our mission is to create chances to fulfill, encounter and experience these three areas of life.
Grants for science: Scientific work, Other activities that further the appreciation and impact of science.
Please carefully read the instructions below before you start filling in the application.
The general grant call of 2025 will be organized 9.5.–31.5. The online grant service closes 31st May at 4.00 PM local Finnish Time.
https://wihurinrahasto.fi/?lang=en
(In Finnish) Osk. Huttusen säätiö
Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa. Tuki kohdistuu kaikille tieteenaloille.
- Apurahat tohtoriopintoihin
- Post doc –apurahat
Hakuaika on 15.5. -15.6.
http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html