HIP NEWS, 11 August 2025

NEW HIP BLOG [IN FINNISH]

In the latest HIP Blog Risto Paatelainen writes about the intriguing quest for the four-loop result of the perturbative QCD. Read more on the blog post Loop Tree Duality — neljän silmukan haaste ratkeamassa?

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 12 August 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom

Mir Afrasiar (Pohang)

“Probing Confinement via Holographic Timelike Entanglement and constraints in non-relativistic theories”

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

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom

Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU Munich)

“Gravitationally Dominated Instantons”

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

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom

Mordehai Milgrom (Weizmann Institute of Science)

“The Bekenstein Memorial Lecture on his 10th Anniversary: Parting with dark matter by departing from Newton and Einstein – modifying the dynamics as an alternative to dark matter”

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

COSMOLOGY SEMINAR

Wednesday 20 August 2025 at 14.15 in A315 and using Zoom

Hayley Macpherson Musco (University of Chicago), (Onsite)

“Fully nonlinear ray-tracing in cosmological simulations with numerical relativity”

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

DOCTORAL DEFENCE

Jani Dahl, FM will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled “Gravitational waves from acoustic turbulence in the early universe” in the Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, on 20 August 2025 at 12:00. The public examination will take place at the following address: Physicum, auditorio E204, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2.

Tohtori Thomas Konstandin, Hampurin yliopisto, will serve as the opponent, and Kari Rummukainen as the custos.

Dr. Thomas Konstandin, University of Hampurg, will serve as the opponent, and Kari Rummukainen as the custos.

The dissertation will be published in the series HIP-Internal Report Series.

The dissertation is also available in electronic form in Helda http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-0007-3

Registration is open for The Finnish Nuclear Science and Technology Symposium

The Finnish Nuclear Science Symposium will be held in Espoo in beautiful Hotel Hanaholmen in October 21.-22. 2025. The theme of the conference this year is Nuclear Energy Ecosystems.

Registration: Registrations to the SYP conference are handled via the electronic registration system at https://www.lyyti.in/syp2025-registration The registration fee is determined by the date of registration and payment.

Call for Papers and Abstracts, please check the important dates from https://www.ats-fns.fi/syp2025/for-authors/

The conference details can be found on the webpage https://www.ats-fns.fi/syp2025/.

Alfred Kordelin Foundation´s Application call and Grants Info in August

The purpose of the grants is to support newly graduated doctors on their career paths and enable them to advance in their careers. The grant enables them to work after completion of their doctoral degree to deepen and develop the results of their doctoral work further.

Grant Info in August 2025

The events are remote events (Teams), registration is required in advance.

Wed 13 Aug, 2–3 PM | Kansanvalistuksen apurahat (in Finnish) | Ilmoittaudu mukaan

Application period: 15.–31. August 2025. The application period ends on 31 August 2025 at 4 pm Finnish time.

Decision: November 2025

More information: https://kordelin.fi/en/grants-science ; https://kordelin.fi/en/grants-info-in-august-2025

You can now apply to the French-Finnish Maupertuis program 2026!

Interested in carrying out a mobility and research project between France and Finland? Apply for the Maupertuis Program by September 22, 2025!

Two sub-calls are open:

Researcher Short Mobility (RSM)
“Higher Education, Research and Innovation” Workshop (ERI-W)

Grant Modalities

Mobilities and workshops should be planned to take place between March and December 15, 2026. It is also possible to hold them in 2027 if relevant.

Questions? Please contact: science [at] france.fi

More information: https://www.france.fi/en/science-and-universities/you-can-now-apply-to-the-french-finnish-maupertuis-program-2026/#/

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, Tuomo Kuusi (tuomo.kuusi [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)

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.

Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen
Stipendier i första hand för kortare forskningsvistelser

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

Orion Research Foundation Grants for the year 2026

Grants are designated to support academic research for Finnish medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and natural sciences related to those, such as chemistry and physics according to Orion Research Foundation’s rules.

Grants for the year 2026 can be applied for between August 1st and September 10th, 2025.

https://www.orionresearchfoundation.fi/orion-research-foundation-grants-for-the-year-2026/

Nessling Foundation’s general call

In the general grant call, we are looking for innovative projects and active researchers and actors that enable or support sustainability transformation that protects natural systems.

In the general grant call, we award funding for three purposes. You can apply for:

personal grants for doctoral thesis projects (for a maximum of 4 years)
personal grants for postdoc projects (for a maximum of 2 years)
project funding for science-based action projects (for one year).

Nessling Foundation’s general call is open from 11 to 29 August 2025. Application period ends on 29 August at 11:59 pm

https://nessling.fi/en/open-calls/

The Pool’s Autumn Call

The Post Doc Pool’s Autumn application round will be open from 15th August until 15th September, 2025. Some 1.6 million euro will be awarded in grants.

https://postdocpooli.fi/en/

Alfred Kordelin Foundation

Application period: 15.–31. August 2025. The application period ends on 31 August 2025 at 4 pm Finnish time.

Decision: November 2025

More information: https://kordelin.fi/en/grants-science ; https://kordelin.fi/en/grants-info-in-august-2025