HIP NEWS October 16th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 17 October 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Carl Carlson (College of William and Mary, Virginia)
Proton Radius Problem Review

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/ .

COSMO-SEMINAR
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Wednesday 18 October 2017 at 14.15 in A315
18.10.2017 Takashi Toma (TUM Munich)
TBA

PARTICLE PHYSICS DAY 2017
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Friday 20 October 2017 Particle Physics Day at Hotel Arthur, Helsinki
As part of the PPD, an open meeting of the Particle Physics Division of the Finnish Physical Society will be organized from 5 to 6pm. In this meeting, the Finnish representatives to ECFA will be elected, so we hope for active participation.

OPEN POSITION
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A postdoc position in relativistic heavy ion physics at Niels Bohr Institute. The position is for 2 years starting from 1 January 2018. One of the proposed work topics is development of the Fast Interaction Trigger (FIT) for the ALICE upgrade.
The application deadline is November 15, 2017.
The details can be found in http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=146006

(IN FINNISH) APURAHOJA TOHTORIKOULUTETTAVILLE JA POSTDOC-TUTKIJOILLE
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FULBRIGHT-STIPENDIOHJELMAT
Fulbright-stipendiohjelmat tutkijavierailuun Yhdysvaltoihin ovat nyt haussa lukuvuodelle 2018-2019. Haussa apurahoja väitöskirjatutkimukseen sekä tohtorintutkinnon jälkeiseen tutkimukseen.
Hakuaika tutkijaohjelmiin päättyy 11.12.2017 klo 10.00.
Lisätietoja http://www.fulbright.fi/fi/events/hakuaika-tutkijaohjelmiin-paattyy

TEKNOLOGIATEOLLISUUDEN 100-VUOTISSÄÄTIÖN PODOCO-OHJELMA
PoDoCo (Post Docs in Companies) ohjelman tavoitteena on edistää nuorten tohtorien siirtymistä elinkeinoelämän palvelukseen ja samalla parantaa Suomen elinkeinoelämän kykyä uudistua pitkäjänteisesti.
Hakuaika päättyy 3.11.2017
Lisätietoja http://techfinland100.fi/podoco-haku-15-9-3-11-2017/

UPCOMING RESEARCH FUNDING TRAININGS OF UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
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HORIZON 2020 MARIE S.-CURIE INNOVATIVE TRAINING NETWORKS (ITN) – INFO SESSION FOR 2018 CALL APPLICANTS
Monday 23 October 2017 at 13.00 – 15.00
ITN supports competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, research infrastructures, businesses, SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond.
NB! Registration is free, but required. Registration ends 19 October 2017 at 23:59. Programme and registration link

HOW TO WRITE A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL FOR HORIZON 2020
Wednesday 1 November 2017 at 9.00 – 12.30
Dr. Seán McCarthy from Hyperion Ltd. will give an in-house workshop on How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Horizon 2020. The aim of this half-day course is to train researchers, research managers and research support services in writing professional and competitive proposals for the Horizon 2020.
NB! Registration is free, but required. Registration ends 25 October 2017 at 23:59.
Programme/venue details and registration link. Course Description

More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/fundingtraining/fundingtraining

TRAINING: NEWLY ARRIVED INTERNATIONAL STAFF AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
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EXPERIENCING FINLAND EVENT
More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY366966

HIP NEWS October 9th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 10 October 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Tomas Brauner (Stavanger)
Nuclear matter without nucleons and Bose-Einstein condensation in strong magnetic fields

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/ .

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Thursday 12 October 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Hiren Patel (UMass Amherst)
Automated Calculation of One Loop Integrals with Package-X and CollierLink

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/ .

PARTICLE PHYSICS DAY 2017
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Friday 20 October 2017 Particle Physics Day at Hotel Arthur, Helsinki

This is a reminder for all members of the Finnish particle physics community to register for this year’s Particle Physics Day (PPD), to be organized at Hotel Arthur in Helsinki on Friday 20 October.

As part of the PPD, an open meeting of the Particle Physics Division of the Finnish Physical Society will be organized from 5 to 6pm. In this meeting, the Finnish representatives to ECFA will be elected, so we hope for active participation.

The home page of the event, containing a preliminary program and a registration form, can be found here https://indico.cern.ch/event/667627/

Hoping to see you in Helsinki!
Aleksi Vuorinen & Mikko Voutilainen

SPÅTIND 2018 PARTICLE PHYSICS CONFERENCE, SKEIKAMPEN, NORWAY, 2-7.1.2018
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The “Spåtind” 2018 Conference is now open for registration https://indico.cern.ch/event/666278/

The 25th Nordic Particle Physics Meeting (Spåtind 2018) will take place at the Thon Hotel in Skeikampen (Norway), from Monday, 2 January to Sunday, 7 January 2018. The program consists of lectures and overview presentations on some of the most topical subjects in particle physics and related fields.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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THE MAGNUS EHRNROOTH FOUNDATION AWARDS / GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
The graduate student stipend can be awarded for a period of one year or a half year, preferably for the period 1.7. – 30.6. or 1.7. – 31.12. to a student who has been accepted by the university as a doctoral student.
More information https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/#reserch_grant

A ONE-DAY TRAINING COURSE OF UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI: FINNISH WORKING CULTURE
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More information in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY367873

HIP NEWS October 2nd 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 3 October 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Hiren Patel (UMass Amherst)
Automated Calculation of One Loop Integrals with Package-X and CollierLink

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/ .

A ONE-DAY TRAINING COURSE OF UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI: FINNISH WORKING CULTURE THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER 2017
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The Finnish Working Culture -course 12th October 2017 is targeted for all new international employees of Helsinki University. More information in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY367873

IPCC CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS OF AUTHORS FOR THE SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT 15.9. – 27.10.2017
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GENEVA, September 18 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change, is calling for nominations of authors for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Hundreds of experts around the world in the different areas volunteer their time and expertise to produce the reports of the IPCC. Author teams aim to reflect a range of scientific, technical and socio-economic views and backgrounds.

The IPCC includes three working groups: Working Group I assesses the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II is responsible for impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III assesses the mitigation of climate change.

Experts working in Finland or Finnish experts can express their interest in IPCC A6 working process to secretary of National IPCC Work Group: Heikki Tuomenvirta, Ilmatieteen laitos, IPCCsihteeri [@] fmi.fi

More information
IPCC Suomen Focal Point: http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/uusin-arviointiraportti

HIP NEWS September 25th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 26 September 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Oliver Gould (Imperial College, London)
Magnetic monopole creation

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/ .

Research Funding Services of University of Helsinki: A few tips for writing an ERC application
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Friday 29 September 2017
The target audience consists of ERC applicants and those who plan to apply at a later stage for an ERC starting grant, consolidator grant or an advanced grant. The session is primarily for the candidates from Kumpula Campus (32 seats on the room).
No preliminary registration. General information: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/tutkimusrahoitus-horisontti2020/research-funding-horizon2020-european-research-council-erc-funding

WEBCAST LIVE ONLINE: Researchers’ Night at CERN – virtual tour in Finnish
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Time: Friday 29 September in Finnish at 18:00 CEST with Data Centre
Venue: The Facebook Live will be available from the News Feed. The link to the event page is Webcast .
The online part of the event includes virtual tours of experiments. The Universities of Jyväskylä and Tampere will have an interactive session with Data Centre, which will be broadcasted on Facebook Live on the CERN page for other interested people to follow.

IPCC calls for nominations of authors for the Sixth Assessment Report 15.9. – 27.10.2017
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GENEVA, September 18 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change, is calling for nominations of authors for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Hundreds of experts around the world in the different areas volunteer their time and expertise to produce the reports of the IPCC. Author teams aim to reflect a range of scientific, technical and socio-economic views and backgrounds.

The IPCC includes three working groups: Working Group I assesses the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II is responsible for impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III assesses the mitigation of climate change.

Experts working in Finland or Finnish experts can express their interest in IPCC A6 working process to secretary of National IPCC Work Group: Heikki Tuomenvirta, Ilmatieteen laitos, IPCCsihteeri [@] fmi.fi

More information
IPCC Suomen Focal Point: http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/uusin-arviointiraportti

HIP NEWS September 18th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 19 September 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Paolo Di Vecchia (Nordita)
Universal soft behavior of massless particles and the tale of two dilatons

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/ .

WEBCAST LIVE ONLINE: RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT AT CERN – VIRTUAL TOUR IN FINNISH
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Time: Friday 29 September in Finnish at 18:00 CEST with Data Centre
Venue: The Facebook Live will be available from the News Feed. The link to the event page is http://cern.ch/go/RtN9
The online part of the event includes virtual tours of experiments. The Universities of Jyväskylä and Tampere will have an interactive session with Data Centre, which will be broadcasted on Facebook Live on the CERN page for other interested people to follow.

HIP NEWS September 12th 2017
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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The Foundations’ Post Doc Pool
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland. The pool grants are not intended for subsidizing researchers’ mobility from other countries to Finland.
The Pool’s application round is open from 15 Aug until 15 Sept 2017.
http://www.postdocpooli.fi/?lang=en

WEBCAST LIVE ONLINE: Researchers’ Night at CERN – virtual tour in Finnish
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Time: Friday 29 September in Finnish at 18:00 CEST with Data Centre
Venue: The Facebook Live will be available from the News Feed. The link to the event page is http://cern.ch/go/RtN9
The online part of the event includes virtual tours of experiments. The Universities of Jyväskylä and Tampere will have an interactive session with Data Centre, which will be broadcasted on Facebook Live on the CERN page for other interested people to follow.

HIP NEWS September 4th 2017
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COSMOLOGY SEMINARS
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Thursday 7 September 2017 at 14:15 room A311
Andi Hektor (NICPB, Tallinn): TBA

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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The Foundations’ Post Doc Pool
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland. The pool grants are not intended for subsidizing researchers’ mobility from other countries to Finland.
The Pool’s application round is open from 15 Aug until 15 Sept 2017.
http://www.postdocpooli.fi/?lang=en

KUMPULA CAMPUS: DATA MANAGEMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER
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The Helsinki University Library organizes workshops which concentrate on the best practices of research data management and hands-on training of data management planning.
Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/81186/lomake.html
More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY365770
Please also check ResearchGuides:Research Data Management

WEBCAST LIVE ONLINE: Researchers’ Night at CERN – virtual tour in Finnish
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Time: Friday 29 September in Finnish at 18:00 CEST with Data Centre
Venue: The Facebook Live will be available from the News Feed. The link to the event page is http://cern.ch/go/RtN9
The online part of the event includes virtual tours of experiments. The Universities of Jyväskylä and Tampere will have an interactive session with Data Centre, which will be broadcasted on Facebook Live on the CERN page for other interested people to follow.

HIP NEWS August 28th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 29 August 2017 at 10.15 in E205 (note place!)
Stanislav Rusak (Nordita)
Inflation, Higgs and EW vacuum stability

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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THE FOUNDATIONS’ POST DOC POOL
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland. The pool grants are not intended for subsidizing researchers’ mobility from other countries to Finland.
The Pool’s application round is open from 15 Aug until 15 Sept 2017.
http://www.postdocpooli.fi/?lang=en

THE NESSLING FOUNDATION AWARDS
Nessling Foundation general call is open from 14 Aug until 15 Sept 2017. Funding for scientific research promoting environmental protection, and for the communication and implementation of research knowledge.
http://www.nessling.fi/grants-2/open-calls/?lang=en

THE MAGNUS EHRNROOTH FOUNDATION AWARDS / GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
The graduate student stipend can be awarded for a period of one year or a half year, preferably for the period 1.7. – 30.6. or 1.7. – 31.12. to a student who has been accepted by the university as a doctoral student.
More information https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/#reserch_grant

VÄISÄLÄ FOUNDATION’S SCHOLARSHIPS
Väisälä Foundation’s scholarships in natural sciences can be applied from 14th August to 26th September 2017.
Applications shall be made by electronic means only. For detailed instructions, see https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/vaisala-foundation.html (in Finnish)

All the material is in Finnish, but more information via email ( nina.rapelo [at] acadsci.fi ) from the office of Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters).

VUORINEUVOS MATTI SUNDBERG QUALITY FUND GRANT
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Aalto University School of Science invites applications for the Vuorineuvos Matti Sundberg Quality Fund grant. The amount of the grant is in general 5 000 euro. Eligible applicants are university or university of applied sciences teachers or researchers who have achieved success in quality related education or research or persons working in industry who have distinguished themselves in the development, research or education in quality issues. The grant can also be awarded to an organization.

The deadline for applications is 30.9.2017. A written application with utilization of the grant and/or project plan (and a 1000 character summary) from quality perspective, CV and possible list of publications of the applicant(s) or applicant’s representative are submitted through the electronic Webpropol system at: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/5F63A5F1B57C223F.par

For more information please contact secretary of the grant committee Pirjo Peippo-Lavikka, pirjo.peippo-lavikka [at] aalto.fi
http://sci.aalto.fi/en/about/matti_sundberg_grant/

ASK&APPLY TOUR
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Academy of Finland’s Ask&Apply tour is on its way around Finland. The main themes include the evaluation process, open science and the new international guidelines.
For the tour dates see http://www.aka.fi/fi/rahoitus/ask-apply/askapply-tour-dates-2017/

WEBCAST LIVE ONLINE: RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT AT CERN – VIRTUAL TOUR IN FINNISH
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Time: Friday 29 September in Finnish at 18:00 CEST with Data Centre
Venue: The Facebook Live will be available from the News Feed. The link to the event page is http://cern.ch/go/RtN9
The online part of the event includes virtual tours of experiments. The Universities of Jyväskylä and Tampere will have an interactive session with Data Centre, which will be broadcasted on Facebook Live on the CERN page for other interested people to follow.

HIP NEWS August 21st 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 22 August 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Vasily Tarasov (Moscow State University)
Physics on Fractals: Approaches and Problems

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/.

THE ACADEMY’S SEPTEMBER 2017 CALL
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Applications for the Academy of Finland’s September 2017 call can be submitted as of 1st of September. The call closes on 27 September at 16.15 local Finnish time.
Please note the Academy Programme for Novel Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Physical Sciences and Engineering Research (AIPSE) included in the September call; deadline also 27 September at 16.15 local Finnish time.

OPEN CALL: ERC ADVANCED GRANT – ERC-2017-ADG
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ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders who has track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years, in order to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.
Deadline for the call is 31 August 2017. Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/tutkimusrahoitus-horisontti2020/research-funding-horizon2020-european-research-council-erc-funding

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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THE FOUNDATIONS’ POST DOC POOL
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland. The pool grants are not intended for subsidizing researchers’ mobility from other countries to Finland.
The Pool’s application round is open from 15 Aug until 15 Sept 2017.
http://www.postdocpooli.fi/?lang=en

THE NESSLING FOUNDATION AWARDS
Nessling Foundation general call is open from 14 Aug until 15 Sept 2017. Funding for scientific research promoting environmental protection, and for the communication and implementation of research knowledge.
http://www.nessling.fi/grants-2/open-calls/?lang=en

THE MAGNUS EHRNROOTH FOUNDATION AWARDS / GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
The graduate student stipend can be awarded for a period of one year or a half year, preferably for the period 1.7. – 30.6. or 1.7. – 31.12. to a student who has been accepted by the university as a doctoral student.
More information https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/#reserch_grant

VÄISÄLÄ FOUNDATION’S SCHOLARSHIPS
Väisälä Foundation’s scholarships in natural sciences can be applied from 14th August to 26th September 2017.
Applications shall be made by electronic means only. For detailed instructions, see https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/vaisala-foundation.html (in Finnish)

All the material is in Finnish, but more information via email ( nina.rapelo [at] acadsci.fi ) from the office of Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters).

HIP NEWS August 14th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 15 August 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Martin Krššák (Tartu)
Modified teleparallel theories

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/.

OPEN CALL: ERC ADVANCED GRANT – ERC-2017-ADG
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ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders who has track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years, in order to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.
Deadline for the call is 31 August 2017.
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/tutkimusrahoitus-horisontti2020/research-funding-horizon2020-european-research-council-erc-funding

NOKIA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AND JORMA OLLILA GRANT APPLICATION CALLS
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Nokia Foundation has calls open for applications for Nokia Scholarships, Jorma Ollila grants, and Nokia Visiting Professor grants.
Deadline: 25 September, 2017.

Nokia Scholarship is intended to encourage efficient, fast-progressing postgraduate studies. The scholarship can be granted for post-graduate studies in a Finnish university, or to a Finnish applicant for post-graduate studies abroad.
Jorma Ollila Grant is targeted towards recently graduated doctors to further develop their research career. Personal grants are awarded for gaining international experience for a period of 1-3 years.
Nokia Visiting Professor Grant can be applied throughout the year, with the next deadline being also on September 25.

More information is available at www.nokiafoundation.com.

KUMPULA CAMPUS: DATA MANAGEMENT PLANNING WORKSHOPS IN AUGUST AND IN SEPTEMBER
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More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY365770