HIP NEWS, 11 February 2019
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10.15 in A315
Ulf Gran (Gothenburg)
Dynamical symmetry enhancement near black hole horizons
More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
Thursday 14 February 2019 at 10.15 in A315
Jugoslav Stahov (Tuzla)
The single energy partial wave analysis of scattering data with analyticity constraints
More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/
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)
Climate-KIC summer school 2019 is now open for applications
University of Helsinki will be hosting an international climate entrepreneurship course in collaboration with Aalto University in August 2019.
This is a great opportunity to internationalize, find new contacts, learn entrepreneurship and working life skills, and have fun! Please find more below and apply!
University of Helsinki students can get credits for example via “ATM303 Project course in atmospheric sciences”: https://courses.helsinki.fi/en/atm303
https://journey.climate-kic.org/index.php
Twitter @PetriAllekotte @AaltoClimate
Twitter @LRiuttanen @INAR_fin
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) 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) Emil Aaltosen säätiö
Nuoren tutkijan apurahat, osavuotiset työskentelyapurahat, kannustusapurahat, kohdeapurahat.
Apurahoja voivat hakea ainoastaan yksittäiset tutkijat. Erityisesti pyritään tukemaan väitöskirjatyötä tekeviä tutkijoita ja vastavalmistuneita tohtoreita heidän jatkotutkimustyössään.
Hakuaika on vuosittain 15.1.-15.2.
(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: Katariina Sulander e-post: katariina.sulander@nordea.com
http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html
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
KUMPULA WELLBEING GROUP’S WIKI PAGES
The Kumpula Physics Work Wellbeing group developed wiki pages gathering e.g., information for new employees, and links to the most important information on Flamma. Please visit the pages and link to your bookmarks! https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/WellBeing/Home+of+WellBeing