HIP NEWS, 27 October 2025
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 4 November 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Mauro Giliberti (Florence)
TBA
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 14.15 in A315 and using Zoom
Henda Mansour (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), (Onsite)
“Scalar Field Dynamics and Dark Matter Production in Supercooled Phase Transitions”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/
MATHEMATICAL-PHYSICS SEMINAR
Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 14:15 in C124
Tianyue Liu (Beijing International Center for Mathematics Research)
“Turaev-Viro invariant from the modular double of UqSL(2;R)
Abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-10/abs-20251029.txt
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops
ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
Friday 31 October 2025 at 10.15 in A315
Miikka Väisälä (University of Oulu)
TBA
KUMPULA PHYSICS & HIP COLLOQUIUM
Kumpula Physics & HIP Colloquium, on Friday 31st of October at 14:15 (A129 Chemicum)
You are warmly invited to our next colloquium. Our speaker is Kalle Kytölä from Aalto University. His talk is titled “The Lean4 proof assistant”. For more information, please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/ . Welcome!
DOCTORAL DEFENCE
Lorenzo Giombi, M.Sc. will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled “Cosmological first-order phase transitions with large bubbles – beyond conformal fluid and flat spacetime” in the Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, on 5 November 2025 at 12:00. The public examination will take place at the following address: Exactum, B123, Pietari Kalmin katu 5.
Professor Germano Nardini, Stavanger University, will serve as the opponent, and Mark Hindmarsh 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:978-952-84-0011-0
THE OPEN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH WINTER CONFERENCE 2025
Time and venue: 2.12. – 4.12.2025, the University of Helsinki and the House of Sciences and Letters in Helsinki. The theme of the Winter Conference is “As open as possible.” The event is organised by the National Coordination for Open Science and Research together with the University of Helsinki.
The program will be in Finnish, but automatic translation tools are available for online participants. Most of the programme will be streamed, but some sessions will only be accessible on-site. It is also possible to register only for selected sessions, each of which has a separate registration option on the form.
Program and more details can be read on https://avointiede.fi/en/events/open-science-and-research-winter-conference-2025
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
(In Finnish) Suoviljelysyhdistys ry:n tutkimusapurahat
Yhdistys rahoittaa erityisesti hankkeita, jotka edistävät viljelyyn otettujen turvemaiden maatalouskäyttöä, soiden kasviperäisten raaka-aineiden jalostamista sekä turpeen ja sammalen hyödyntämistä ammatti- ja harrasteviljelyssä ilmastoa ja muuta ympäristöä hyödyttävällä tavalla. Rahoitettavat hankkeet voivat sisältää myös stipendejä ja matka-avustuksia yksityisille tutkijoille ja tutkimuslaitoksille.
Suoviljelysyhdistys ry:n tutkimusapurahat vuodelle 2026 ovat haettavana 1.10.-16.11.2025. Apurahoja voidaan myöntää enintään 50 000 EUR, josta rahoitetaan tyypillisesti useita hankkeita.
https://www.suoviljelysyhdistys.fi/apurahat
The Runar Bäckström Foundation
The Runar Bäckström Foundation supports inventions that enhance the competitiveness and internationalization of Finnish companies. The foundation grants annual scholarships to individuals, teams, companies, and associations.
The application period is open from October 1, 2025, and ends on December 13, 2025.
https://runarbackstrominsaatio.fi/en/home/
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
The Finnish Cultural Foundation awards grants for scientific and artistic work as well as for projects and acquisitions from the October round of applications.
Eligible applicants include all Finnish nationals and people and organisations residing or working in Finland. Others are eligible as well, provided their application demonstrates clear, strong ties to Finland or Finnish culture.
October Round: October 10 to 31, 2025. Applications close at 4 pm Finnish time on the last day of the application period.
PoDoCo
PoDoCo is established to create new jobs for postdocs. PoDoCo program is aimed for doctors who have recently completed or will soon complete their doctoral degree.
PoDoCo application round: September 15 to October 31.
https://www.podoco.fi/
Seppo Säynäjäkangas Science Foundation Grants
Grants are intended for postgraduate research work, or funding research abroad – with a goal of supporting research that promotes international recognition for the development of the Finnish – particularly northern Finnish – electronics industry. In order to get funded a person needs to be Finnish citizen.
The application period is open from September 1st to October 31, 2025.
https://www.polar.com/img/static/foundation/pdf/SS-Tiedesaation-apurahat-2025.pdf, https://research.fi/en/results/funding-call/14353
