HIP NEWS, 15 December 2025

Posted on December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 by Tarja Heikkilä

HIP NEWS, 15 December 2025

Next HIP News will come out on Monday 12 January 2026.

NEW HIP BLOG

In the latest HIP Blog Henning Kirschenmann writes about the Particle Physics Days in Hyytiälä in November.

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 20 January 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom

Michal Heller (Ghent)

TBA

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

HIP SEMINAR

Thursday 22 January 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom

René Meyer (Würzburg)

TBA

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

QUANTUM SOFTWARE DAY 2026 IN AALTO UNIVERSITY ON FRIDAY 23.1.2026

The Quantum Software Day 2026 is an event connecting industry, researchers, students, and others curious of quantum computing to discuss emerging topics in quantum computing software and its applications.

The day consists of talks, a poster session, networking opportunities, and refreshments. Lunch will be provided.

Attendees are welcome to bring posters for the poster session and display in the hallway. Please indicate if you wish to bring a poster in the registration form below.

When: Friday 23.1.2026 9:00-17:00

Where: Aalto University, Undergraduate Centre, second floor, Classroom C, Otakaari 1, Espoo

Cost: This event is free to attend, but you must register ahead of time via the link below

Registration: Webropol form

Tentative agenda can be read on https://instituteq.fi/quantum-software-day-2026/

Organizers: Ilkka Tittonen, Aalto University; Matti Palomäki, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland & InnoQ; Jukka Nurminen, University of Helsinki.

THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI FUNDS

University of Helsinki Funds grant a total of approximately 400,000 euros in various scholarships and grants to students and researchers each year. Mainly only students, researchers and staff at the University of Helsinki can apply for scholarships from the University of Helsinki’s funds. All grant and scholarship recipients are invited to the celebration of grant recipients and donors in the spring, where they can also meet the donors who gave them the scholarship.

The funds’ application round for 2026 is from January, 14 to February, 6, 2026. Read the descriptions for the grants you can apply for this year, and apply by logging into the University of Helsinki Grant Portal.

If you have questions regarding the grants and scholarships, please contact us via HelsinkiUni Help.

More details on https://studies.helsinki.fi/instructions/article/scholarships-and-grants

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

Inter-Country Travel Grant

Invite U.S. Fulbright scholars, teachers, professionals and advanced PhD students to Finland. Fulbrighters need to be on their Fulbright grant period during the Inter-Country visit (a maximum of 1-week visit).

Please note that the application needs to be sent to the Fulbright Finland Foundation six weeks before the planned visit.

Application Period: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis

https://www.fulbright.fi/fi/node/577#forinstitutions

(In Finnish) Chujo Watanabe – rahaston apuraha

Japani-Suomi Yhdistyksen Chujo Watanabe – rahastosta julistetaan haettavaksi yksi apuraha, suuruudeltaan JPY 300 000 käytettäväksi vuoden 2026 loppuun mennessä.

Apurahat on ensisijaisesti tarkoitettu Japanissa tapahtuvaan opiskelu- ja/tai tutkimustyöhön. Etusijalle asetetaan nuoret suomalaiset hakijat ja hakijalta edellytetään jonkinlaista japanin kielen taitoa. Aiempi osallistuminen Suomen ja Japanin väliseen ystävyystoimintaan on eduksi.

Hakuaika päättyy lauantaina 31. tammikuuta 2026 klo 18.

https://suomi-japani.net/chujo-watanabe-rahaston-apurahan-haku-meneillaan-2/

(In Finnish) Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -apuraha Cambridgen yliopistossa

Säätiö julistaa nyt haettavaksi Osk. Huttunen Fellowship –apurahan lukuvuodelle 2026–2027. Apuraha on tarkoitettu professoreille ja muille akateemisesti meritoituneille, vähintään dosenttitasoisille senioritutkijoille. Se mahdollistaa pääsääntöisesti akateemisen lukuvuoden (12 kk) mittaisen tutkimuskauden Cambridgen yliopistossa, kuitenkin stipendiaatille parhaiten soveltuvalla aloitus- ja lopetusajalla.

Lukuvuoden 2026-2027 Osk. Huttunen Fellowship –apurahan hakuaika on 1.12.2025 – 15.1.2026.

https://oskhuttunen.fi/

(In Finnish) Suomen Luonnonsuojelun Säätiö

Suomen Luonnonsuojelun Säätiö rahoittaa luonnonsuojelullisesti vaikuttavaa tiedettä, tutkimusta ja toimintaa.

Säätiö etsii tulevassa apurahahaussa erityisesti hankkeita, joissa keskitytään luonnonsuojelun yhteisvaikutuksiin metsä- ja suoluonnolle sekä vesistöjen ja Itämeren suojelulle.

Apurahojen hakuaika on 1.12.2025–31.1.2026.

https://luonnonsuojelunsaatio.fi/vuoden-2026-apurahat-pian-haettavina/

(In Finnish) Metsämiesten Säätiö

Metsämiesten Säätiö jakaa apurahoja osaamiseen, hyvinvointiin, verkostoihin, tunnettuuteen, metsäkulttuuriin ja ennakointiin Säätiön strategian mukaisesti.

Apurahojen hakuaika on vuosittain 1.12. – 31.1. klo 24.00.

https://www.mmsaatio.fi/apurahat/apurahan-hakijalle.html

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Call

The Post Doc Pool Spring Call open from 1 Jan until 31 Jan, 2026

https://postdocpooli.fi/en/

Magnus Ehrnrooth foundation

The Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation awards annually grants for researchers in mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and medical chemistry.

Additionally, the foundation supports school education in mathematics and the exact sciences in primary and secondary schools by granting scholarships for further education to teachers in these subjects.

Open call for applications: 1.1.-31.1.

https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/

Breakthrough in Nuclear Magnetism at CERN’s ISOLDE

Posted on December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 by HIP Publicity

(photo: “Using high-resolution laser spectroscopy, the researchers were able to observe, for example, the Bohr–Weisskopf effect, where the molecule’s energy levels shift slightly due to the internal magnetic structure of the nucleus.”. Credit University of Jyväskylä)

Scientists at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have, for the first time, observed how magnetism is distributed within an atomic nucleus using high-resolution molecular measurements — a result that opens new avenues in nuclear and molecular physics. Our member university, the University of Jyväskylä, participated in this international research team, reflecting the impact of our ISOLDE project collaboration in advancing fundamental physics. The original post includes images and details of the technique and findings.

Read the full original post here:
https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/university-of-jyvaskyla-part-of-breakthrough-nuclear-magnetism-measured-in-a-new-way

ERC Consolidator Grant Awarded to Strong-Interaction Theorist

Posted on December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 by HIP Publicity

(photo: University of Helsinki with AI-enhanced background)

University of Helsinki researcher Risto Paatelainen, based at Kumpula Campus Physicum and contributing to our Phases of Strongly Interacting Matter Theory Programme, has received a prestigious €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant to advance theoretical understanding of matter under extreme densities, including quark matter in neutron stars. This significant funding underscores our collaboration in cutting-edge strong-interaction physics research within the HIP network.

Read the full original post here:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/life-sciences/esteemed-eu-grants-worth-eu2-million-go-five-university-helsinki-researchers

ISOLDE: Ion recycling opens the way to research into the heaviest elements

Posted on December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 by HIP Publicity

(photo: “Staff scientist Mikael Reponen from the University of Jyväskylä has participated in the research”. Credit University of Jyväskylä)

“Researchers at the ISOLDE facility at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have developed a measurement method based on a combination of an electrostatic trap and lasers, which may help to determine the chemical properties of the rarest and least known elements.”

University of Jyväskylä physicist Mikael Reponen is actively involved in this work as part of our ISOLDE project collaboration, underscoring HIP’s engagement in cutting-edge nuclear and atomic physics research.

Read the full University of Jyväskylä post here:

https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/ion-recycling-opens-the-way-to-research-into-the-heaviest-elements

HIP NEWS, 8 December 2025

Posted on December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 by Tarja Heikkilä

HIP NEWS, 8 December 2025

HIP SEMINAR

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

Tuomas Lappi (Jyväskylä)
TBA

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

ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR

Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 10.15 in Exactum CK107 and using Zoom

Miro Palmu (University of Helsinki)

“Relativistic plasma simulations with GPU-accelerated Runko code”

Please check this website for updates or different starting times! https://wiki.helsinki.fi/xwiki/bin/view/Astrophysics/Astrophysics%20seminar

COSMOLOGY SEMINAR

Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 14.15 in A315 and using Zoom

Majid Ekhterachian (Scuola Normale Superiore), (Remote)
“The Bearable Inhomogeneity of the Baryon Asymmetry”

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

MATERIALS/BIO PHYSICS SEMINAR

Thursday 11 December 2025 at 10.15, Exactum (CK107)

Alexei Kuzmin

“Deciphering material structure and dynamics with simulation-supported X-ray absorption spectroscopy”

Abstract: X-ray absorption spectroscopy is one of the direct structural tools that provides information about the local environment around a selected atom type. The method is applicable to a wide range of materials, from molecules to single crystals, and is extensively used for in situ and operando studies at synchrotron radiation facilities. Although the theoretical foundations of X-ray absorption spectra are well established, their interpretation remains complex due to the ill-posed nature of the problem. To address this issue, advanced simulation methods such as reverse Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics based on universal machine-learning interatomic potentials can be employed. Their application to photochromic and two-dimensional layered materials will be discussed.

ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR

Friday 12 December 2025 at 10.15 in A315 and using Zoom

Special Seminar: From Astrophysics to Industry, with Elisabetta Micelotta and Jyri Lehtinen

Please check this website for updates or different starting times! https://wiki.helsinki.fi/xwiki/bin/view/Astrophysics/Astrophysics%20seminar

INSTITUTEQ COLLOQUIUM: PROFESSOR EMILIA MOROSAN

This InstituteQ Colloquium features Professor Emilia Morosan of Rice University. The title of her talk is “Kramers Nodal Lines, Weyl Fermions and Large Anomalous Hall Effect in SmAlSi and InxTaS2.”

When: Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 14:00-15:00

Where: Lecture Hall V001, Ekonominaukio 1, 02150 Espoo & online

Register: Webropol link to register

Host: Aalto University Physics Professor Päivi Törmä

https://instituteq.fi/instituteq-colloquium-professor-emilia-morosan/