HIP NEWS, 5 May 2025
NEW HIP BLOG [IN FINNISH]
In the latest HIP Blog post Elina Keihänen talks about the Euclid satellite data, how it will try to uncover the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, and gives a taste of the latest data release.
See more on https://blog.hip.fi/kurkistus-kosmokseen-maistiaisia-euclidin-datasta/
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Andreas Schmitt (Southampton)
“Dense QCD matter and neutron stars from holography”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
HIP SEMINAR
Thursday 8 May 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Björn Garbrecht (Munich)
“CP conservation in the strong interactions”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
Extra Materials/Bio Physics seminar
Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 13.15, Physicum E204
Prof. Gerald Seidler (University of Washington, Seattle, WA)
“From the Early Days of Quantum Mechanics to Modern Analytical Practice: The History and Future of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy”
Abstract: X-rays have found both fundamental and applied interest since their accidental discovery by Roentgen in 1895. One of the longest-lived mysteries in x-ray science was the correct physical description of the fine structure that appears in the x-ray absorption spectrum of all materials. This was first observed in 1920, but despite considerable theoretical effort a foundational description of the x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) was lacking until the 1971 effort of Sayers, Stern, and Lytle. In that work, a scattering treatment of photoelectron physics encompassed both a predictive and an interpretive framework for XAFS. The subsequent development and growth of XAFS capability at synchrotron x-ray light sources and the decades-spanning efforts by theorists have together made XAFS a fully mature method that is undergoing rapid diversification. While the typical XAFS user in the year 2000 was an x-ray expert frequently working on fundamental aspects of the XAFS phenomenon itself, the typical XAFS user in present days is instead pursuing scientific discovery in the materials science or chemistry of sustainability, the fundamental and applied aspects of catalysis, the development of new biological molecules for artificial photosynthesis or therapeutic use, or the environmental science or government regulatory considerations of human-made contamination in nature. In this talk I’ll review the history of XAFS and discuss its ongoing transformation from a curiosity of the interaction of photons with matter in 1920 into a theory-informed experimental method with global impact and a growing future scope.
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 7 May 2025 at 14:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Maria Olalla Olea-Romacho (King’s Coll. London), (Onsite)
“TBA”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR
Friday 16 May 2025 at 13:15 in C124
Bernt Wennberg (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
“TBA”
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops
Kumpula Physics & HIP colloquium
The next Kumpula Physics & HIP colloquium will take place on Friday 16 May at 14:15 in Exactum B123. Our speaker is Ian Moss from the University of Newcastle. The title of the talk is “The hot big bang in a cold gas”.
For more information, please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/ .
Welcome!
(In Finnish) Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunta: Apurahainfo
Aika: Maanantai 12.5.2025 klo 11:00-13.00
Vuoden 2025 apurahojen haku aukeaa toukokuussa. Apurahainfossa käydään läpi keskeiset asiat Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunnan (TJNK) myöntämistä apurahoista ja neuvotaan, kuinka kirjoittaa hyvä hakemus. Neuvomme myös julkaisukanavan löytämisessä.
Tilaisuus järjestetään verkossa. Ohjelma päivitetään myöhemmin.
Tapahtuman järjestäjä: Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunta (TJNK). The Committee for Public Information (TJNK)
https://tjnk.fi/fi/tapahtumat/apurahainfo-0
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.
(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
Public information grants (TJNK)
The Committee for Public Information (TJNK) awards public information grants to individuals or members of working groups (but not to associations or societies) to implement work plans that contribute to public information, mainly as a form of compensation for creative work.
Grants may be awarded for non-fiction books, radio and TV programmes, articles in periodicals, information products published in electronic form or other information products that popularise information.
The application service opens on 1 May and closes at 4pm on the last working day of May. Note that when the application service has closed, applications can no longer be saved or confirmed (submitted).
https://tjnk.fi/en/public-information-grants
Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation is a Finnish non-profit organisation operating in the fields of research, art and societal activities. Our mission is to create chances to fulfill, encounter and experience these three areas of life.
Grants for science: Scientific work, Other activities that further the appreciation and impact of science.
Please carefully read the instructions below before you start filling in the application.
The general grant call of 2025 will be organized 9.5.–31.5. The online grant service closes 31st May at 4.00 PM local Finnish Time.
https://wihurinrahasto.fi/?lang=en
(In Finnish) Osk. Huttusen säätiö
Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa. Tuki kohdistuu kaikille tieteenaloille.
- Apurahat tohtoriopintoihin
- Post doc –apurahat
Hakuaika on 15.5. -15.6.
http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html