HIP NEWS, 4 February 2019
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
Thursday 7 February 2019 at 10.15 in A315
Lars Bergström (Stockholm)
Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter?
More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/
KUMPULA PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM ON 08.02.2019 AT 14.15 IN D101
The next Kumpula Physics colloquium will take place on Friday 8 February. Our speaker will be another new professor in our department, Peter Johansson. Peter is Professor of Astrophysics here in Helsinki. His research interests range from supermassive black holes to galaxy evolution. He recently received an ERC Consolidator Grant to study the dynamics of supermassive black holes in galactic-scale hydrodynamical simulations and estimate their gravitational wave signatures. In his talk, titled “The birth, life and death of astrophysical black holes”, he will tell us more about his work.
The talk will last about 30 minutes, after which there will be a cocktail reception. Welcome!
For more information please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/
EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019
The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.
For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019
Mini-workshop on Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis
The X-ray Laboratory and Ion Exchange Group of the Department of Chemistry organize a “Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis” -miniworkshop between 12:00-16:00 on 4th March 2019 in Chemicum (Room A127) . The workshop is suitable for all interested in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in their research. The registration to the workshop can be done at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95383/lomake.html
The participation to the course requires a computer with Demeter program installed. Demeter is a freeware program for processing and analyzing X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data and it can be downloaded from https://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/.
Further information from Prof. Simo Huotari (simo.huotari@helsinki.fi) or Dr. Risto Koivula (risto.koivula@helsinki.fi)
FIRI 2019 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CALL
Please notice that the University of Helsinki internal deadline for the Academy of Finland FIRI 2019 research infrastructure call is earlier than previous years: Deadline for the preliminary proposals is Monday, February 18, 2019.
Take into account in your planning that there will not be a FIRI funding call next year, in 2020.
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/
(In Finnish) Pirkanmaan apurahat
Pirkanmaan rahaston apurahojen seuraava hakuaika on 10.1. – 8.2.2019.
Apurahaa voivat hakea pirkanmaalaiset tai Pirkanmaan hyväksi työtä tekevät yksityishenkilöt, työryhmät tai yhteisöt, yhteisöt lähinnä erilaisten tiede-, taide- ja kulttuurihankkeiden toteuttamiseen.
Rahoitamme suuriakin taiteen ja tieteen hakemuksia, kunhan työsuunnitelma on kiinnostava ja hankkeen budjetti mitoitettu realistisesti.
https://skr.fi/rahastot/pirkanmaan-rahasto/pirkanmaan-apurahat
(In Finnish) Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse
Säätiön tarkoitus on tukea kotimaista yleishyödyllistä toimintaa jakamalla apurahoja henkilöille ja yhteisöille, jotka toimivat tieteiden ja kulttuurin eri aloilla. Vuonna 2019 apurahoja jaetaan tieteelliseen tutkimukseen seuraavissa kategorioissa: E. Bio- ja ympäristötieteet, F. Matematiikka, fysiikka ja kemia
Hakuaika alkaa 15. tammikuuta ja päättyy 15. helmikuuta.
https://www.oskaroflund.fi/?lang=fi
(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö
Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Apurahojen myöntämisen lisäksi toimimme linkkinä tutkimusmaailman ja liike-elämän välillä järjestämällä erilaisia verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia tukemillemme tutkijoille omistamiemme toimitilojen vuokralaisten kanssa.
Apurahojen hakukausi on 1.2.–28.2.2019.
https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa
(In Finnish) The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
Suomen Tiedeseuran tutkimusapurahat 2019 julistetaan haettaviksi matemaattis-fysikaalisen, biotieteellisen, humanistisen ja yhteiskuntatieteellisen tutkimuksen aloilla.
Hakuaika on 7.1.–10.2.2019 ja hakemus tehdään sähköisesti oheisen linkin kautta.
Lisätietoja http://scientiarum.fi/fi/apurahat-ja-palkinnot/
Call for proposals for UH three-year research grants (2020-2022) is now open
The University of Helsinki allocates yearly some of its funds to support research. This year €2.55 million will be reserved for three-year research grants. The funding decision will be made by the rector based on the Research Council’s proposal.
The grants for three-year research projects are intended for promising researchers of the University of Helsinki. The funding is aimed at supporting future research leaders who are beginning to conduct independent research and are establishing a research group at the University of Helsinki.
The application period is from 24 January 2019 to 14 February 2019 at 3:00 p.m.
More information and application instructions are available in Research Services Flamma. https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY371407
University of Helsinki: Scholarships and grants
The University of Helsinki Funds offers grants and scholarships only to students and researchers of the University of Helsinki (the only exception is The Cooperative Teaching and Research Fund). All applications and recommendations are registered using the electronic application system Aava.
Application round: on 15 January 2019 from 9.00 am to 7.2.2019 at 15.00.
https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY379716