HIP NEWS, 1 April 2019

 

 COSMO SEMINAR

Wednesday 3 April 2019  at room A315

William Kinney (University at Buffalo & Stockholm University)

Swamp Creatures of the Inflationary Landscape

 

More information on http://research.hip.fi/hwp/cosmology/?page_id=206

 

 

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/

 

(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/

 

Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation is a non-profit cultural foundation that supports activities of a broad spectrum.

The Foundation fulfills its purpose by distributing grants and prizes in the fields of science, art and other societal activity.

Application period starts 6.5 and application deadline is 31.5.

https://wihurinrahasto.fi/?lang=en

 

Fortum foundation

The Foundation’s purpose is to support research, education and development in natural, technical and economical sciences within the energy industry. Scholarships spanning more than one year may also be given for clearly defined purposes as a fixed sum commitment.

Application period starts on Monday 1.4.2019 and ends on Friday 19.4.2019 at 16:00hrs EET.

http://fortuminsaatio.fi/en/scholarships/

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Apurahat väitöskirjatyöhön

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Jatko-opiskeluapurahat on tarkoitettu ylemmän yliopistotutkinnon suorittaneille suomalaisille, joiden ikä hakuajan päättyessä on enintään 26 vuotta.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Post doc -apurahat

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Post doc -apuraha on tarkoitettu tohtorin tutkinnon suorittaneiden, enintään 35 vuotta täyttäneiden päärahoituslähteeksi (henkilökohtainen apuraha sekä matkakulut) keskimäärin vuoden mittaisessa työskentelyssä ulkomaisessa yliopistossa tai tutkimuslaitoksessa.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

Research Funding Services: ERC ADVANCED GRANT / WRITING A SUCCESSFUL ERC GRANT PROPOSAL

Tuesday 9 April 2019 at 9-12, Porthania PIV, Suomen laki, Yliopistonkatu 3

In this workshop the ERC and panel specifics for the scientific proposal and Principal Investigator will be discussed.  The training is aimed for researchers with significant (min. 10 years) research experience, who are aiming to apply for ERC Advanced grant.

Registration is free, but required. Last day to register for the workshop is 8 April 2019 at 16:00.

Programme/registration via Lyyti

https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Writing_a_Successful_ERC_Grant_Proposal

 

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 18 March  2019

 

Kumpula: the Bachelor’s programme in Science info event

Monday 18 March 2019 at 12.00-14.00 in A129, Chemicum

The first fully English language bachelor’s programme will start at Kumpula campus in autumn 2019.

At the info event you will hear about the programme structure, the study tracks and the possibilities to continue to master’s programmes. The programme leader and board members will be present to answer the questions.

Programme website can be found here: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/programmes/bachelor/science.

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

Tuesday 19 March 2019 at 10.15 in A315

Chitta Das (JINR)

Octant of θ23 in neutrino mixing and beyond the Standard Model

 

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

 

Kumpula Campus: DMPTuuli workshop

Friday 29 March at 10 am–12 pm, Room G108b of Kumpula Campus Library (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2)

The best practices of research data management and hands-on training of data management planning (DMP), the Academy of Finland’s current DMP template (see Academy’s Call texts, under Upcoming calls). The DMPs are drafted with DMPTuuli (data management planning tool) – please, sign up for DMPTuuli account in advance!

Workshops are open and free of charge for all UH students, researchers and staff members. The primary language of the workshop will be English. Help and instructions are also available in Finnish.

The workshops are organized by the University of Helsinki DataSupport. Please contact  (datasupport@helsinki.fi) if you have any problems or questions about enrollment.

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY380526

 

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/

 

(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/

 

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/

 

Sigrid Jusélius Foundation / Fellowship and Senior Fellowship

Promoting Finnish and international medical research.

Fellowship grants are designed for postdoctoral researchers taking part in medical research projects abroad (1–2 years). Fellowship grants cannot be awarded to researchers who already work abroad.

Senior Fellowship grants are designed for senior researchers wishing to take part in medical research projects abroad (6–12 months).

The spring 2019 application period runs from 15 March until 16 April.

https://sigridjuselius.fi/en/fellowship/

https://sigridjuselius.fi/en/senior-fellowship/

 

Olvi-säätiö

OLVI-säätiö myöntää apurahoja useisiin eri tarkoituksiin mm. luonnonvarojen käytön ja elintarviketalouden kehittäminen.

Keväthaku 1.1. – 31.3.

https://www.olvisaatio.fi/apurahat/kohteet/

 

Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation is a non-profit cultural foundation that supports activities of a broad spectrum.

The Foundation fulfills its purpose by distributing grants and prizes in the fields of science, art and other societal activity.

Application period starts 6.5 and application deadline is 31.5.

https://wihurinrahasto.fi/?lang=en

 

Fortum foundation

The Foundation’s purpose is to support research, education and development in natural, technical and economical sciences within the energy industry. Scholarships spanning more than one year may also be given for clearly defined purposes as a fixed sum commitment.

Application period starts on Monday 1.4.2019 and ends on Friday 19.4.2019 at 16:00hrs EET.

http://fortuminsaatio.fi/en/scholarships/

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Apurahat väitöskirjatyöhön

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Jatko-opiskeluapurahat on tarkoitettu ylemmän yliopistotutkinnon suorittaneille suomalaisille, joiden ikä hakuajan päättyessä on enintään 26 vuotta.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Post doc -apurahat

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Post doc -apuraha on tarkoitettu tohtorin tutkinnon suorittaneiden, enintään 35 vuotta täyttäneiden päärahoituslähteeksi (henkilökohtainen apuraha sekä matkakulut) keskimäärin vuoden mittaisessa työskentelyssä ulkomaisessa yliopistossa tai tutkimuslaitoksessa.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

Academy of Finland to open six calls within Academy Programmes

The Academy of Finland’s April 2019 call will include six calls implemented under the Academy Programmes funding scheme. Four of the calls involve new Academy Programmes, while two calls are supplements to existing programmes.

The calls will open on Tuesday, 2 April. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, 24 April 2019 at 16.15 local Finnish time.

The Academy will organise a webinar about the programme calls on 21 March at 13.00–15.00. The webinar link will be posted on www.aka.fi and the programmes’ websites.

More information https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/media/press-releases/2019/academy-of-finland-to-open-six-calls-within-academy-programmes/

 

HULib News: Make good use of Oxford University Press e-books now

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. (Further information on the acquisition model ->)

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2019/01/23/make-good-use-of-oxford-university-press-e-books-now/?lang=en

 

ACCESS TO TAYLOR & FRANCIS JOURNALS ENDED ON 1 FEBRUARY 2019

The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor & Francis journals has terminated on 1 February 2019.

The library is doing its best to help researchers to find alternative ways to access articles. The latest information about the negotiations and alternative access can be found on the library´s website.

Negotiations with Wiley are still ongoing for the time being. Access to Wiley journals will continue until 18 February 2019.

Any questions, please contact: e-library@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379988

 

Publish Open Access, Free of Charge in Copernicus Publications’ journals

The researchers of the Helsinki University including HU Central Hospital have the possibility to publish their articles free of charge in journals by open access publisher Copernicus Publications. The charges are covered by the Helsinki University Library’s agreement. Article is accepted for publishing after 1.12.2018.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contact us: hulib-apc@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379112

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 11 March  2019

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 10.15 in A315

Matteo Baggioli (Madrid)

Holographic viscoelastic phases of matter: from fluids to solids and more

 

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

 

 

COSMO SEMINAR

Wednesday 13 March 2019 at 14.25 in A315

Cyril Pitrou (IAP)

Precision big bang nucleosynthesis with improved Helium-4 predictions

 

More information on http://research.hip.fi/hwp/cosmology/?page_id=206

 

THE HYY POP UP EVENT IN KUMPULA

Thursday 14 March 2019 at 10-15, Lobby of Physicum

Members of HYY’s Board and HYY’s specialists will be on call providing guidance every day from Monday to Thursday on each of the University of Helsinki’s campuses in turn. HYY POP UPs will have themed tables related to subsistence, wellbeing, study affairs, elections, committees and organisations. In addition to this, you will be able to get yourself brand-new HYY overall badges, HYY products and prizes!

#ResearchMatters (#Siksitiede)

More information in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379212

 

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/

 

(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.

 

(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse

Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd åt enskilda finska medborgare eller i Finland verksamma samfund, föreningar och institutioner befordra vetenskaplig forskning samt belöna medborgerlig, fosterländsk och/eller kulturell gärning och att understöda socialt eller vetenskapligt inriktad verksamhet.

Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars.

Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Katariina Sulander e-post: katariina.sulander@nordea.com

http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html

 

Sigrid Jusélius Foundation / Fellowship and Senior Fellowship

Promoting Finnish and international medical research.

Fellowship grants are designed for postdoctoral researchers taking part in medical research projects abroad (1–2 years). Fellowship grants cannot be awarded to researchers who already work abroad.

Senior Fellowship grants are designed for senior researchers wishing to take part in medical research projects abroad (6–12 months).

The spring 2019 application period runs from 15 March until 16 April.

 

Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation is a non-profit cultural foundation that supports activities of a broad spectrum.

The Foundation fulfills its purpose by distributing grants and prizes in the fields of science, art and other societal activity.

Application periods starts 6.5 and application deadline is 31.5.

https://wihurinrahasto.fi/?lang=en

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Apurahat väitöskirjatyöhön

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Jatko-opiskeluapurahat on tarkoitettu ylemmän yliopistotutkinnon suorittaneille suomalaisille, joiden ikä hakuajan päättyessä on enintään 26 vuotta.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Post doc -apurahat

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Post doc -apuraha on tarkoitettu tohtorin tutkinnon suorittaneiden, enintään 35 vuotta täyttäneiden päärahoituslähteeksi (henkilökohtainen apuraha sekä matkakulut) keskimäärin vuoden mittaisessa työskentelyssä ulkomaisessa yliopistossa tai tutkimuslaitoksessa.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

ACADEMY OF FINLAND TO OPEN SIX CALLS WITHIN ACADEMY PROGRAMMES

The Academy of Finland’s April 2019 call will include six calls implemented under the Academy Programmes funding scheme. Four of the calls involve new Academy Programmes, while two calls are supplements to existing programmes.

The calls will open on Tuesday, 2 April. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, 24 April 2019 at 16.15 local Finnish time.

The Academy will organise a webinar about the programme calls on 21 March at 13.00–15.00. The webinar link will be posted on www.aka.fi and the programmes’ websites.

More information https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/media/press-releases/2019/academy-of-finland-to-open-six-calls-within-academy-programmes/

 

 

KUMPULA: THE BACHELOR’S PROGRAMME IN SCIENCE INFO EVENT

Monday 18 March 2019 at 12.00-14.00 in A129, Chemicum

The first fully English language bachelor’s programme will start at Kumpula campus in autumn 2019.

At the info event you will hear about the programme structure, the study tracks and the possibilities to continue to master’s programmes. The programme leader and board members will be present to answer the questions.

Programme website can be found here: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/programmes/bachelor/science.

 

HULIB NEWS: MAKE GOOD USE OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS E-BOOKS NOW

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. (Further information on the acquisition model ->)

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2019/01/23/make-good-use-of-oxford-university-press-e-books-now/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 4 March  2019

 

IKBest5-the 5^th international workshop on in-kind best practice
Big science facilities like CERN, ESA, ESS and European-XFEL are working more closely together in exchanging knowledge and resources. At IKBest5, we are going to have a close look at the pros and cons of international Big Science and models for co-operative research.

We will have a session dedicated to practical solutions for late-stage project management, installation and life-cycle management; and
We will have a session to develop concepts for an in-kind future of smaller and more flexible mobile devices post-AGATA and Euroball vis-à-vis large and monolithic facilities.
This is the fifth of a cycle of workshops initiated by the European Spallation Source (ESS) and resumed by GSI, FAIR and the EU horizon2020 project IDEAAL.

Registration deadline: 04 March 2019

You are welcome to join and register through the website: https://indico.gsi.de/event/7805/

 

EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019

The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.

For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019

 

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/

 

(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/

 

(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse

Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd åt enskilda finska medborgare eller i Finland verksamma samfund, föreningar och institutioner befordra vetenskaplig forskning samt belöna medborgerlig, fosterländsk och/eller kulturell gärning och att understöda socialt eller vetenskapligt inriktad verksamhet.

Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars.

Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Katariina Sulander e-post: katariina.sulander@nordea.com

http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html

 

Sigrid Jusélius Foundation / Fellowship and Senior Fellowship

Promoting Finnish and international medical research.

Fellowship grants are designed for postdoctoral researchers taking part in medical research projects abroad (1–2 years). Fellowship grants cannot be awarded to researchers who already work abroad.

Senior Fellowship grants are designed for senior researchers wishing to take part in medical research projects abroad (6–12 months).

The spring 2019 application period runs from 15 March until 16 April.

https://sigridjuselius.fi/en/fellowship/

https://sigridjuselius.fi/en/senior-fellowship/

 

Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation is a non-profit cultural foundation that supports activities of a broad spectrum.

The Foundation fulfills its purpose by distributing grants and prizes in the fields of science, art and other societal activity.

Application periods starts 6.5 and application deadline is 31.5.

https://wihurinrahasto.fi/?lang=en

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Apurahat väitöskirjatyöhön

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Jatko-opiskeluapurahat on tarkoitettu ylemmän yliopistotutkinnon suorittaneille suomalaisille, joiden ikä hakuajan päättyessä on enintään 26 vuotta.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

Osk. Huttusen säätiön apurahat tieteellisiin jatko-opintoihin ulkomailla / Post doc -apurahat

Osk. Huttusen säätiö, jonka tarkoituksena on suomalaisen kulttuurin tukeminen, julistaa haettavaksi apurahoja tohtorin tutkintoon johtavien tieteellisten jatko-opintojen ja tutkimustyön suorittamiseksi ulkomaisissa yliopistoissa.

Post doc -apuraha on tarkoitettu tohtorin tutkinnon suorittaneiden, enintään 35 vuotta täyttäneiden päärahoituslähteeksi (henkilökohtainen apuraha sekä matkakulut) keskimäärin vuoden mittaisessa työskentelyssä ulkomaisessa yliopistossa tai tutkimuslaitoksessa.

Hakuaika on 15.5. – 15.6.2019.

Lisätietoja http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/ilmoitus.html

 

 Maikki Friberg equality award 2019!

The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. All members of the University community may suggest a candidate. Communities and units may also propose themselves for the award.

Suggest a candidate for the Maikki Friberg equality award 2019! Submit your suggestions by 5th April 2019. Please read more on Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

 

HULib News: Make good use of Oxford University Press e-books now

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. (Further information on the acquisition model ->)

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2019/01/23/make-good-use-of-oxford-university-press-e-books-now/?lang=en

 

ACCESS TO TAYLOR & FRANCIS JOURNALS ENDED ON 1 FEBRUARY 2019

The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor & Francis journals has terminated on 1 February 2019.

The library is doing its best to help researchers to find alternative ways to access articles. The latest information about the negotiations and alternative access can be found on the library´s website.

Negotiations with Wiley are still ongoing for the time being. Access to Wiley journals will continue until 18 February 2019.

Any questions, please contact: e-library@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379988

 

Publish Open Access, Free of Charge in Copernicus Publications’ journals

The researchers of the Helsinki University including HU Central Hospital have the possibility to publish their articles free of charge in journals by open access publisher Copernicus Publications. The charges are covered by the Helsinki University Library’s agreement. Article is accepted for publishing after 1.12.2018.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contact us: hulib-apc@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 25 February 2019

 

Maikki Friberg equality award 2019!

The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. All members of the University community may suggest a candidate. Communities and units may also propose themselves for the award.

Suggest a candidate for the Maikki Friberg equality award 2019! Please read more on Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

 

IKBest5-the 5^th international workshop on in-kind best practice
Big science facilities like CERN, ESA, ESS and European-XFEL are working more closely together in exchanging knowledge and resources. At IKBest5, we are going to have a close look at the pros and cons of international Big Science and models for co-operative research.

We will have a session dedicated to practical solutions for late-stage project management, installation and life-cycle management; and
We will have a session to develop concepts for an in-kind future of smaller and more flexible mobile devices post-AGATA and Euroball vis-à-vis large and monolithic facilities.
This is the fifth of a cycle of workshops initiated by the European Spallation Source (ESS) and resumed by GSI, FAIR and the EU horizon2020 project IDEAAL.

Registration deadline: 04 March 2019

You are welcome to join and register through the website: https://indico.gsi.de/event/7805/

 

Invitation to Postdocs from across the university: 1st University of Helsinki Postdoctoral Symposium

Friday 1 March 2019 at 9.30-16.00 at Helsinki Think Corner (Yliopistonkatu 4).

 

The purpose of this symposium is to bring together postdocs from across the University, with opportunities to present your work and interact. The programme includes a plenary talk by Eero Castrén, a panel discussion on career issues facing postdocs, a poster/networking/drinks session to end the symposium and short talks by postdocs.

 

Submit your abstract by the 14th of February to be selected for a talk or poster.

Poster and talk prizes will be given!

Sign up here:  https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95171/lomake.html

Organiser: The Viikki Postdoctoral Association. Further information: daniel.moore@helsinki.fi

https://hy.etapahtuma.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=419&id=54796

1st UH Postdoc Symposium https://blogs.helsinki.fi/viikki-postdoc/1st-uh-postdoc-symposium/

 

EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019

The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

 

ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.

For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019

 

Mini-workshop on Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis

The X-ray Laboratory and Ion Exchange Group of the Department of Chemistry organize a “Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis” -miniworkshop between 12:00-16:00 on 4th March 2019 in Chemicum (Room A127) . The workshop is suitable for all interested in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in their research. The registration to the workshop can be done at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95383/lomake.html

 

The participation to the course requires a computer with Demeter program installed. Demeter is a freeware program for processing and analyzing X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data and it can be downloaded from https://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/.

 

Further information from Prof. Simo Huotari (simo.huotari@helsinki.fi) or Dr. Risto Koivula (risto.koivula@helsinki.fi)

 

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/

 

(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/

 

(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö

Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Apurahojen myöntämisen lisäksi toimimme linkkinä tutkimusmaailman ja liike-elämän välillä järjestämällä erilaisia verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia tukemillemme tutkijoille omistamiemme toimitilojen vuokralaisten kanssa.

Apurahojen hakukausi on 1.2.–28.2.2019.

https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa

 

(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse

Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd åt enskilda finska medborgare eller i Finland verksamma samfund, föreningar och institutioner befordra vetenskaplig forskning samt belöna medborgerlig, fosterländsk och/eller kulturell gärning och att understöda socialt eller vetenskapligt inriktad verksamhet.

Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars.

Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Katariina Sulander e-post: katariina.sulander@nordea.com

http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html

 

HULib News: Make good use of Oxford University Press e-books now

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

 

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. (Further information on the acquisition model ->)

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2019/01/23/make-good-use-of-oxford-university-press-e-books-now/?lang=en

 

Making sense of Open Science jungle – optimizing your use of Open Science services

Tuesday 12 March 2019  from 10 AM to 4.30 PM, at Tarja Halonen room of Paasitorni (Paasivuorenkatu 5 A), Helsinki

Many services for Open Science are available on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) portal, which at first sight may seem like a real jungle. Come and join this event to take a closer look at the variety of services.

The event is organized by OpenAIRE, University of Helsinki and Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. Please notice that due to limitations of space, only the first sixty registered persons can participate the event at Paasitorni. The event will also be live-streamed.

Registration until 26th of February.

 

More information on Avointiede.fi website.

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY380238

 

ACCESS TO TAYLOR & FRANCIS JOURNALS ENDED ON 1 FEBRUARY 2019

The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor & Francis journals has terminated on 1 February 2019.

The library is doing its best to help researchers to find alternative ways to access articles. The latest information about the negotiations and alternative access can be found on the library´s website.

Negotiations with Wiley are still ongoing for the time being. Access to Wiley journals will continue until 18 February 2019.

Any questions, please contact: e-library@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379988

 

Publish Open Access, Free of Charge in Copernicus Publications’ journals

The researchers of the Helsinki University including HU Central Hospital have the possibility to publish their articles free of charge in journals by open access publisher Copernicus Publications. The charges are covered by the Helsinki University Library’s agreement. Article is accepted for publishing after 1.12.2018.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contact us: hulib-apc@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379112

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 18 February 2019

 

COSMO SEMINAR

Wednesday 20 February 2019  at 14.15 in A315

Shinsuke Kawai (Sungkyunkwan U.)

Dynamical systems in Gauss-Bonnet gravity

 

More information on http://research.hip.fi/hwp/cosmology/?page_id=206

 

IKBest5-the 5^th international workshop on in-kind best practice
Big science facilities like CERN, ESA, ESS and European-XFEL are working more closely together in exchanging knowledge and resources. At IKBest5, we are going to have a close look at the pros and cons of international Big Science and models for co-operative research.

We will have a session dedicated to practical solutions for late-stage project management, installation and life-cycle management; and
We will have a session to develop concepts for an in-kind future of smaller and more flexible mobile devices post-AGATA and Euroball vis-à-vis large and monolithic facilities.
This is the fifth of a cycle of workshops initiated by the European Spallation Source (ESS) and resumed by GSI, FAIR and the EU horizon2020 project IDEAAL.

Registration deadline: 04 March 2019

You are welcome to join and register through the website: https://indico.gsi.de/event/7805/

 

Invitation to Postdocs from across the university: 1st University of Helsinki Postdoctoral Symposium

Friday 1 March 2019 at 9.30-16.00 at Helsinki Think Corner (Yliopistonkatu 4).

 

The purpose of this symposium is to bring together postdocs from across the University, with opportunities to present your work and interact. The programme includes a plenary talk by Eero Castrén, a panel discussion on career issues facing postdocs, a poster/networking/drinks session to end the symposium and short talks by postdocs.

 

Submit your abstract by the 14th of February to be selected for a talk or poster.

Poster and talk prizes will be given!

Sign up here:  https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95171/lomake.html

Organiser: The Viikki Postdoctoral Association. Further information: daniel.moore@helsinki.fi

https://hy.etapahtuma.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=419&id=54796

1st UH Postdoc Symposium https://blogs.helsinki.fi/viikki-postdoc/1st-uh-postdoc-symposium/

 

EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019

The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

 

ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.

For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019

 

Mini-workshop on Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis

The X-ray Laboratory and Ion Exchange Group of the Department of Chemistry organize a “Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis” -miniworkshop between 12:00-16:00 on 4th March 2019 in Chemicum (Room A127) . The workshop is suitable for all interested in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in their research. The registration to the workshop can be done at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95383/lomake.html

 

The participation to the course requires a computer with Demeter program installed. Demeter is a freeware program for processing and analyzing X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data and it can be downloaded from https://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/.

 

Further information from Prof. Simo Huotari (simo.huotari@helsinki.fi) or Dr. Risto Koivula (risto.koivula@helsinki.fi)

 

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/

 

(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/

 

(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö

Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Apurahojen myöntämisen lisäksi toimimme linkkinä tutkimusmaailman ja liike-elämän välillä järjestämällä erilaisia verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia tukemillemme tutkijoille omistamiemme toimitilojen vuokralaisten kanssa.

Apurahojen hakukausi on 1.2.–28.2.2019.

https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa

 

(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse

Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd åt enskilda finska medborgare eller i Finland verksamma samfund, föreningar och institutioner befordra vetenskaplig forskning samt belöna medborgerlig, fosterländsk och/eller kulturell gärning och att understöda socialt eller vetenskapligt inriktad verksamhet.

Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars.

Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Katariina Sulander e-post: katariina.sulander@nordea.com

http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html

 

Expert services for the proposal and negotiation phases of external funding

Research Funding Services support researchers in obtaining competitive external research funding. Services are especially focused on the EU Horizon 2020 and other international funding proposals.

Senior advisors support researchers in finding funding opportunities, proposal preparation, and contract negotiations. They are the first contact point for support in Research Funding Services.

Grant coaches give in-depth support in the planning and writing process of selected major proposals, e.g., ERC and Horizon 2020 collaborative projects coordinated by the University of Helsinki.

 

Plan and contact them early !  researchfunding-services@helsinki.fi

Flamma  https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/Tutkimusrahoitus-Tutkimusasiat/expert-services

 

 

HULib News: Make good use of Oxford University Press e-books now

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

 

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. (Further information on the acquisition model ->)

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2019/01/23/make-good-use-of-oxford-university-press-e-books-now/?lang=en

 

Making sense of Open Science jungle – optimizing your use of Open Science services

Tuesday 12 March 2019  from 10 AM to 4.30 PM, at Tarja Halonen room of Paasitorni (Paasivuorenkatu 5 A), Helsinki

Many services for Open Science are available on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) portal, which at first sight may seem like a real jungle. Come and join this event to take a closer look at the variety of services.

The event is organized by OpenAIRE, University of Helsinki and Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. Please notice that due to limitations of space, only the first sixty registered persons can participate the event at Paasitorni. The event will also be live-streamed.

Registration until 26th of February.

 

More information on Avointiede.fi website.

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY380238

 

ACCESS TO TAYLOR & FRANCIS JOURNALS ENDED ON 1 FEBRUARY 2019

The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor & Francis journals has terminated on 1 February 2019.

The library is doing its best to help researchers to find alternative ways to access articles. The latest information about the negotiations and alternative access can be found on the library´s website.

Negotiations with Wiley are still ongoing for the time being. Access to Wiley journals will continue until 18 February 2019.

Any questions, please contact: e-library@helsinki.fi

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY379988

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 11 February 2019

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10.15 in A315

Ulf Gran (Gothenburg)

Dynamical symmetry enhancement near black hole horizons

 

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

Thursday 14 February 2019 at 10.15 in A315

Jugoslav Stahov (Tuzla)

The single energy partial wave analysis of scattering data with analyticity constraints

 

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

 

EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019

The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

 

ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.

For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019

 

Mini-workshop on Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis

The X-ray Laboratory and Ion Exchange Group of the Department of Chemistry organize a “Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis” -miniworkshop between 12:00-16:00 on 4th March 2019 in Chemicum (Room A127) . The workshop is suitable for all interested in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in their research. The registration to the workshop can be done at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95383/lomake.html

 

The participation to the course requires a computer with Demeter program installed. Demeter is a freeware program for processing and analyzing X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data and it can be downloaded from https://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/.

 

Further information from Prof. Simo Huotari (simo.huotari@helsinki.fi) or Dr. Risto Koivula (risto.koivula@helsinki.fi)

 

Climate-KIC summer school 2019 is now open for applications

University of Helsinki will be hosting an international climate entrepreneurship course in collaboration with Aalto University in August 2019.

This is a great opportunity to internationalize, find new contacts, learn entrepreneurship and working life skills, and have fun! Please find more below and apply!

University of Helsinki students can get credits for example via “ATM303 Project course in atmospheric sciences”: https://courses.helsinki.fi/en/atm303

 

https://journey.climate-kic.org/index.php

Twitter @PetriAllekotte @AaltoClimate

Twitter @LRiuttanen @INAR_fin

 

FIRI 2019 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CALL

Please notice that the University of Helsinki internal deadline for the Academy of Finland FIRI 2019 research infrastructure call is earlier than previous years: Deadline for the preliminary proposals is Monday, February 18, 2019.

Take into account in your planning that there will not be a FIRI funding call next year, in 2020.

More on https://flamma.helsinki.fi/portal/home/sisalto?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=contentviewer&contentId=HY379051&lang=en&_pageLabel=content_view

 

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/

 

(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/

 

(In Finnish) Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse

Säätiön tarkoitus on tukea kotimaista yleishyödyllistä toimintaa jakamalla apurahoja henkilöille ja yhteisöille, jotka toimivat tieteiden ja kulttuurin eri aloilla. Vuonna 2019 apurahoja jaetaan tieteelliseen tutkimukseen seuraavissa kategorioissa: E. Bio- ja ympäristötieteet, F. Matematiikka, fysiikka ja kemia

Hakuaika alkaa 15. tammikuuta ja päättyy 15. helmikuuta.

https://www.oskaroflund.fi/?lang=fi

 

(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö

Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Apurahojen myöntämisen lisäksi toimimme linkkinä tutkimusmaailman ja liike-elämän välillä järjestämällä erilaisia verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia tukemillemme tutkijoille omistamiemme toimitilojen vuokralaisten kanssa.

Apurahojen hakukausi on 1.2.–28.2.2019.

https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa

 

(In Finnish) Emil Aaltosen säätiö

Nuoren tutkijan apurahat, osavuotiset työskentelyapurahat, kannustusapurahat, kohdeapurahat.

Apurahoja voivat hakea ainoastaan yksittäiset tutkijat. Erityisesti pyritään tukemaan väitöskirjatyötä tekeviä tutkijoita ja vastavalmistuneita tohtoreita heidän jatkotutkimustyössään.

Hakuaika on vuosittain 15.1.-15.2.

https://emilaaltonen.fi/

 

(På svenska) Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse

Stiftelsens ändamål är att genom stipendier, belöningar och understöd åt enskilda finska medborgare eller i Finland verksamma samfund, föreningar och institutioner befordra vetenskaplig forskning samt belöna medborgerlig, fosterländsk och/eller kulturell gärning och att understöda socialt eller vetenskapligt inriktad verksamhet.

Ansökningar riktade till stiftelsen indelas i två huvudkategorier, “Vetenskapliga” och “Allmänna”, vilka behandlas av två skilda beredningsnämnder inom stiftelsen. Forskningsunderstöd beviljas enbart för postgradual forskning. Ansökningstiden utgår årligen den 15 mars.

Ansökningsblanketter, mm: Katariina Sulander e-post: katariina.sulander@nordea.com

http://www.foundationweb.net/frenckell/index.html

 

 

Call for proposals for UH three-year research grants (2020-2022) is now open

The University of Helsinki allocates yearly some of its funds to support research. This year €2.55 million will be reserved for three-year research grants. The funding decision will be made by the rector based on the Research Council’s proposal.

The grants for three-year research projects are intended for promising researchers of the University of Helsinki. The funding is aimed at supporting future research leaders who are beginning to conduct independent research and are establishing a research group at the University of Helsinki.

The application period is from 24 January 2019 to 14 February 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

More information and application instructions are available in Research Services Flamma. https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY371407

 

 

 

 

KUMPULA WELLBEING GROUP’S WIKI PAGES

The Kumpula Physics Work Wellbeing group developed wiki pages gathering e.g., information for new employees, and links to the most important information on Flamma. Please visit the pages and link to your bookmarks! https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/WellBeing/Home+of+WellBeing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 4 February 2019

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

Thursday 7 February 2019 at 10.15 in A315

Lars Bergström (Stockholm)

Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter?

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

 

KUMPULA PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM ON 08.02.2019 AT 14.15 IN D101

The next Kumpula Physics colloquium will take place on Friday 8 February. Our speaker will be another new professor in our department, Peter Johansson. Peter is Professor of Astrophysics here in Helsinki. His research interests range from supermassive black holes to galaxy evolution. He recently received an ERC Consolidator Grant to study the dynamics of supermassive black holes in galactic-scale hydrodynamical simulations and estimate their gravitational wave signatures. In his talk, titled “The birth, life and death of astrophysical black holes”, he will tell us more about his work.

The talk will last about 30 minutes, after which there will be a cocktail reception. Welcome!

For more information please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/

 

EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019

The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

 

ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.

For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019

 

Mini-workshop on Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis

The X-ray Laboratory and Ion Exchange Group of the Department of Chemistry organize a “Basics of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data analysis” -miniworkshop between 12:00-16:00 on 4th March 2019 in Chemicum (Room A127) . The workshop is suitable for all interested in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in their research. The registration to the workshop can be done at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/95383/lomake.html

 

The participation to the course requires a computer with Demeter program installed. Demeter is a freeware program for processing and analyzing X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy data and it can be downloaded from https://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/.

 

Further information from Prof. Simo Huotari (simo.huotari@helsinki.fi) or Dr. Risto Koivula (risto.koivula@helsinki.fi)

 

FIRI 2019 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CALL

Please notice that the University of Helsinki internal deadline for the Academy of Finland FIRI 2019 research infrastructure call is earlier than previous years: Deadline for the preliminary proposals is Monday, February 18, 2019.

Take into account in your planning that there will not be a FIRI funding call next year, in 2020.

More on https://flamma.helsinki.fi/portal/home/sisalto?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=contentviewer&contentId=HY379051&lang=en&_pageLabel=content_view

 

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/

 

(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/

 

(In Finnish) Pirkanmaan apurahat

Pirkanmaan rahaston apurahojen seuraava hakuaika on 10.1. – 8.2.2019.

Apurahaa voivat hakea pirkanmaalaiset tai Pirkanmaan hyväksi työtä tekevät yksityishenkilöt, työryhmät tai yhteisöt, yhteisöt lähinnä erilaisten tiede-, taide- ja kulttuurihankkeiden toteuttamiseen.

 

Rahoitamme suuriakin taiteen ja tieteen hakemuksia, kunhan työsuunnitelma on kiinnostava ja hankkeen budjetti mitoitettu realistisesti.

https://skr.fi/rahastot/pirkanmaan-rahasto/pirkanmaan-apurahat

 

(In Finnish) Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse

Säätiön tarkoitus on tukea kotimaista yleishyödyllistä toimintaa jakamalla apurahoja henkilöille ja yhteisöille, jotka toimivat tieteiden ja kulttuurin eri aloilla. Vuonna 2019 apurahoja jaetaan tieteelliseen tutkimukseen seuraavissa kategorioissa: E. Bio- ja ympäristötieteet, F. Matematiikka, fysiikka ja kemia

Hakuaika alkaa 15. tammikuuta ja päättyy 15. helmikuuta.

https://www.oskaroflund.fi/?lang=fi

 

(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö

Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Apurahojen myöntämisen lisäksi toimimme linkkinä tutkimusmaailman ja liike-elämän välillä järjestämällä erilaisia verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia tukemillemme tutkijoille omistamiemme toimitilojen vuokralaisten kanssa.

Apurahojen hakukausi on 1.2.–28.2.2019.

https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa

 

(In Finnish) The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters

Suomen Tiedeseuran tutkimusapurahat 2019 julistetaan haettaviksi matemaattis-fysikaalisen, biotieteellisen, humanistisen ja yhteiskuntatieteellisen tutkimuksen aloilla.

Hakuaika on 7.1.–10.2.2019 ja hakemus tehdään sähköisesti oheisen linkin kautta.

Lisätietoja http://scientiarum.fi/fi/apurahat-ja-palkinnot/

 

Call for proposals for UH three-year research grants (2020-2022) is now open

The University of Helsinki allocates yearly some of its funds to support research. This year €2.55 million will be reserved for three-year research grants. The funding decision will be made by the rector based on the Research Council’s proposal.

The grants for three-year research projects are intended for promising researchers of the University of Helsinki. The funding is aimed at supporting future research leaders who are beginning to conduct independent research and are establishing a research group at the University of Helsinki.

The application period is from 24 January 2019 to 14 February 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

More information and application instructions are available in Research Services Flamma. https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY371407

 

University of Helsinki: Scholarships and grants

The University of Helsinki Funds offers grants and scholarships only to students and researchers of the University of Helsinki (the only exception is The Cooperative Teaching and Research Fund). All applications and recommendations are registered using the electronic application system Aava.

 

Application round: on 15 January 2019 from 9.00 am to 7.2.2019 at 15.00.

https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY379716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIP NEWS, 28 January 2019

 

EIROFORUM SCHOOL ON INSTRUMENTATION, 13-17 MAY 2019

The 6th EIROforum School on Instrumentation (ESI 2019) will take place from 13-17 May 2019 and will be hosted by ESA. The school sessions will be held on the ESTEC site in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

 

ESI, organised by the EIROforum – the top 8 European intergovernmental research organizations: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, XFEL – Instrumentation Working Group, aims at teaching basic principles of instrumentation to young researchers, scientists and engineers. The highlight topic of ESI 2019 is Artificial Intelligence with a project day focus on Technology transfer.

For more information: https://www.eiroforum.org/esi2019

 

FIRI 2019 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CALL

Please notice that the University of Helsinki internal deadline for the Academy of Finland FIRI 2019 research infrastructure call is earlier than previous years: Deadline for the preliminary proposals is Monday, February 18, 2019.

Take into account in your planning that there will not be a FIRI funding call next year, in 2020.

More on https://flamma.helsinki.fi/portal/home/sisalto?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=contentviewer&contentId=HY379051&lang=en&_pageLabel=content_view

 

 

ORCID iD

The University of Helsinki requires that its researchers adopt the ORCID identifier, link the identifier to their Tuhat profile and use it when publishing academic articles and other written work.

ORCID is a non-profit organization supported by a global community of organizational members.

Support and help with ORCID identifier: https://researcheridentifier.fi/,  openaccess-info@helsinki.fi

http://www.helsinki.fi/kirjasto/en/get-help/open-access/orcid/

 

 

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/

 

(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/

 

(In Finnish) Pirkanmaan apurahat

Pirkanmaan rahaston apurahojen seuraava hakuaika on 10.1. – 8.2.2019.

Apurahaa voivat hakea pirkanmaalaiset tai Pirkanmaan hyväksi työtä tekevät yksityishenkilöt, työryhmät tai yhteisöt, yhteisöt lähinnä erilaisten tiede-, taide- ja kulttuurihankkeiden toteuttamiseen.

Rahoitamme suuriakin taiteen ja tieteen hakemuksia, kunhan työsuunnitelma on kiinnostava ja hankkeen budjetti mitoitettu realistisesti.

https://skr.fi/rahastot/pirkanmaan-rahasto/pirkanmaan-apurahat

 

(In Finnish) Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse

Säätiön tarkoitus on tukea kotimaista yleishyödyllistä toimintaa jakamalla apurahoja henkilöille ja yhteisöille, jotka toimivat tieteiden ja kulttuurin eri aloilla. Vuonna 2019 apurahoja jaetaan tieteelliseen tutkimukseen seuraavissa kategorioissa: E. Bio- ja ympäristötieteet, F. Matematiikka, fysiikka ja kemia

Hakuaika alkaa 15. tammikuuta ja päättyy 15. helmikuuta.

https://www.oskaroflund.fi/?lang=fi

 

(In Finnish) Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö

Ellen ja Artturi Nyyssösen säätiö on olemassa Jyväskylän yliopistossa ja sen erillislaitoksissa työskentelevien tutkijoiden ja jatko-opiskelijoiden tukemista varten. Apurahojen myöntämisen lisäksi toimimme linkkinä tutkimusmaailman ja liike-elämän välillä järjestämällä erilaisia verkostoitumismahdollisuuksia tukemillemme tutkijoille omistamiemme toimitilojen vuokralaisten kanssa.

Apurahojen hakukausi on 1.2.–28.2.2019.

https://www.eans.fi/fi/67/hae-apurahaa

 

(In Finnish) The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters

Suomen Tiedeseuran tutkimusapurahat 2019 julistetaan haettaviksi matemaattis-fysikaalisen, biotieteellisen, humanistisen ja yhteiskuntatieteellisen tutkimuksen aloilla.

Hakuaika on 7.1.–10.2.2019 ja hakemus tehdään sähköisesti oheisen linkin kautta.

Lisätietoja http://scientiarum.fi/fi/apurahat-ja-palkinnot/

 

Women and Technology Media Work Contest

Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering announces a contest, that looks for a video, animation, game, or other media work that brings up participation, skills and role model of women in technology or science.

The contest is open for everyone.

Works for the contest are to be submitted latest on January 31st, 2019.

Prizes are granted from Marja-Terttu Tanttinen’s fund and prize winners are decided by the dean of the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering.

More details on https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12358111

 

University of Helsinki: Scholarships and grants

The University of Helsinki Funds offers grants and scholarships only to students and researchers of the University of Helsinki (the only exception is The Cooperative Teaching and Research Fund). All applications and recommendations are registered using the electronic application system Aava.

Application round: on 15 January 2019 from 9.00 am to 7.2.2019 at 15.00.

https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY379716