HIP NEWS, 1 September 2025

 

HIP NEWS, 1 September 2025

 

 

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 9 September 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom

José Luis Hernández (Barcelona)

“Bulk viscous dissipation in strange quark stars and mergers”

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

 

Astrophysics seminar

Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 14:15

Cristian Carli (IAPS-INAF, Rome)

“From Lab to Space”

Please note the unusual time and check location from this website https://wiki.helsinki.fi/xwiki/bin/view/Astrophysics/Astrophysics%20seminar

 

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:

  1. Researcher Short Mobility (RSM)
  2. “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/

 

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/

 

(In Finnish) Vilho, Yrjö ja Kalle Väisälän rahasto

Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia julistaa haettavaksi Vilho, Yrjö ja Kalle Väisälän rahastosta apurahoja matemaattis-luonnontieteellisille tutkimusaloille. Rahasto tukee erityisesti matematiikan, fysiikan, meteorologian, geofysiikan ja astronomian aloilla tehtävää tutkimusta.

Apuraha tohtoriopintoihin mahdollistamaan vuoden mittaisen (28 000 euroa) ansiotyöstä vapaan työskentelyn.

Apurahoja tutkijoille lyhytaikaisiin (1–6 kk) tutkimusvierailuihin ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa ja tutkimuslaitoksissa sekä ulkomaisten tutkijoiden kutsumiseen Suomeen.

Haku avoinna 8.8.–15.9.2025

https://acadsci.fi/apurahat-ja-palkinnot/haettavat-apurahat/vaisalan-rahasto-2/

 

Kone Foundation

Kone Foundation funds academic research in humanities, social sciences, and environmental sciences, artistic research, and professional artistic work. Additionally, we fund cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary work between the fields and disciplines supported by the Foundation.

The annual grant call is held 1–15 September.

https://koneensaatio.fi/en/grants/grantapplicants/

 

 

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