HIP NEWS, 5 October 2020  

 

HIP NEWS, 5 October 2020  

 

NEW HIP BLOG POST

Check out a new blog post about gravitational waves and black hole mergers by Mark Hindmarsh:

The future of physics will be seen with gravitational waves.

 

NORDIC HET SEMINAR

Tuesday 6 October 2020 at 15:15 via zoom

Alessandro Sfondrini (Padova/ETH, NBI)

Integrability and AdS/CFT correlation functions

Join Zoom meeting

 

COSMO SEMINARS

Wednesday 7 October 2020 at 14.15 via zoom

Clare Burrage (University of Nottingham)

Testing dark energy models with atom interferometry

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DOCTORAL DEFENCE

Saga Säppi, M.Sc. will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled “Dense Quantum Chromodynamics and Hard Thermal Loops” on 6 October 2020 at 10:15. The public examination will take place at the following address: Physicum, auditorium D101, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2. Maximum D101 attendance 50.

LIVE STREAM

Passcode: 155155

Professor Guy Moore, Technical University of Darmstadt, will serve as the opponent, and Professor Aleksi Vuorinen as the custos.

 

(In Finnish) Utelias mieli -podcast

Mistä tieteenalasi kysymyksestä pitäisi puhua enemmän? Utelias mieli on yleistajuinen tiedepodcast kaikille maailmaan uteliaasti suhtautuville.

Kuuntele ja tilaa #UteliasMieli-podcast.

 

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/

 

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.

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/

 

Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation

Post doc scholarships

Persons who recently have obtained their PhD may apply for a postdoctoral scholarship. The purpose of a postdoctoral scholarship is to enable the grantee to further develop as a researcher. Applicants for a postdoctoral scholarship may also apply for support for research related costs and travel. A separate application for these purposes must be made.

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. – 31.12. to a student who has been accepted by the university as a doctoral student. The stipend can be awarded conditionally to a student about to graduate.

https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/

 

Erkki Paasikivi Foundation

The foundation promotes education and research in water technology, housing solutions and business economics.

Application period for the grants is  1.8.2020 – 23.10.2020.

https://erkkipaasikivensaatio.fi/en/

 

Riitta ja Jorma J. Takanen Foundation sr

Riitta ja Jorma J. Takanen Foundations purpose is to advance economic life, especially the industry of technology through know-howanddevelopmentin the area of Central and Northern Finland.

The applications must be admitted 1.9.-31.10.2020.

https://www.rjtsaatio.fi/391-2/

 

PoDoCo Fall 2020 Application Round

PoDoCo is a matchmaking program supporting long term competitiveness and strategic renewal of companies and employment of young doctors in the private sector.

PoDoCo Autumn 2020 Application Round 15.9. – 31.10.2020.

More details on https://www.podoco.fi/

 

(På svenska) Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland

SLS deltar i programmet Post Docs in Companies (PoDoCo) som förenar företag med forskare på doktorsnivå. Unga doktorer ges tillfälle att bidra med sin forskning till företag, och samtidigt få insikter i företagsvärlden och möjlighet att bli anställda.

Ansök om PoDoCo-poolens stipendier 15.9–31.10.2020.

https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/tiede-ja-tutkimus/ansok-om-podoco-poolens-stipendier-15.9-31.10.html

 

 

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