HIP NEWS, 5 December 2022
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 13 December 2022 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Tomas Lindén (Helsinki)
”Privately funded fusion research”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
HIP SEMINAR
Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom (note day!)
Daniel Panizo (Uppsala)
“Blowing bubbles from string theory”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 20 December 2022 at 10:15 using Zoom
Sophia Han (T.D.Lee Institute, Shanghai)
TBA
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
The inaugural lectures of the new professors
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, Suomen Laki Hall (Porthania, first floor)
- at 14.45 Aleksi Vuorinen, Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics: Maailmankaikkeuden tiheintä ainetta etsimässä: neutronitähdet hiukkasfysiikan laboratoriona
- at 15.45 Hannu Kurki-Suonio, Professor of Cosmology: Maailmankaikkeuden laajeneminen ja pimeä energia
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. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio [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
The Runar Bäckström Foundation
The aim of the Runar Bäckström foundation is to encourage and support inventions that are beneficial to Finnish businesses and thereby strengthen their global competitiveness. The foundation assigns grants once a year. Individuals, work groups, companies or associations can apply for the grants.
The application period is open from 1 October 2022 to 16 December 2022.
More details https://runarbackstrominsaatio.fi/en/
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
In the October round of applications, it is possible to apply for a regular working and/or expenditure grant or a special purpose grant, such as Art for Everyone, Additional Million-euro Funding to Science, Science Education, DNA in Time and Space and Eminentia grants. The Application Guidelines for Grants apply to all of these. Special purpose grants also have their own detailed additional guidelines.
Application period: 10.10.–31.10.2023 until 4 pm
https://skr.fi/en/grants/october-round-applications
Young Physicist Prize 2022 (FPS Master’s Thesis Prize 2022)
The Finnish Physical Society awards an annual prize for an excellent Master’s thesis in the field of physical sciences. The purpose of this prize is to support early career researchers and acknowledge them for the exceptional work.
The call is now open. The deadline is on Monday 10.1.2023 at 23:59.
https://www.fyysikkoseura.fi/language/en/grants-prizes/young-physists-prize/