HIP NEWS, 4 March 2024

HIP SEMINAR

Friday 8 March 2024 at 10.15 in A315

Michael Doser (Cern)

“Quantum Sensing for (low and high energy) particle physics”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/67181702058?pwd=N3ZkYmpKL0lnUWtQK3Z5QndyNTBlZz09

Meeting ID: 671 8170 2058

Passcode: 654387

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 10:15 in A315

Juska Pekkanen (CERN)

“FCC project and ALLEGRO detector concept”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR

Wednesday 6 March 2024 at 14:15 in C124

Esko Keski-Vakkuri (University of Helsinki)

“Majorization and applications to quantum information”

Abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2024-02/abs-20240306.txt

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops

Nobel Lecture at Physics Days 2024

Prof. Anne L’Huillier, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023, will visit Helsinki to give a public lecture at Physics Days on Wednesday the 6th of March at 15:00. For streaming and other details, please see:

https://www.fyysikkoseura.fi/language/en/physics-nobelist-anne-lhuillier-visit/

The next Kumpula Physics Colloquium in the spring series will take place

on Friday the 8^th of March at 14:15 in Exactum E204.

Our speaker is Pauliina Ilmonen, who is a professor (tenured associate professor) in Statistics and Mathematical Data Science at Aalto University School of Science. She is also the vice head (in charge of teaching) of the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis. The title of her talk is “On extreme quantile regions”.

For more information, please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/

Welcome!

InstituteQ Workshop spring 2024

Our goal at InstituteQ is to raise the readiness of Finnish society for the disruptive potential and implications quantum technologies will have for society and the economy at large.

Time and venue: Thursday-Friday, March 14-15, 2024, Aalto University School of Business (Ekonominaukio 1), Otaniemi

The workshop will take place over two days with a focus on decoherence and dissipation in Josephson junctions and qubits.

Invited speakers and program can be seen in https://instituteq.fi/instituteq-workshop-spring-2024/

Registration link. The deadline to register is March 9, 2024.

Registration is open: FIRI 2024 Call Information Session

Time and venue: Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 10.00 – 11.30, online

In April 2024, the Research Council of Finland will open a call for applications for the national research infrastructure roadmap. The new roadmap will cover the period 2025–2028. The FIRI 2024 Call information session will be held in English and is organized as an online event.

Registration closes on March 12 at 8.30.

The session will be recorded. Registered participants will receive a link to the recording by email after the session.

FIRI2024 Call Information – Research Council of Finland (aka.fi)

Welcome!

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.

https://www.kollinsaatio.com/

(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.

https://www.podoco.fi/

(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)