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April 2026 | |
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 Ignacio Cirac Awarded First ICTP-IBM Richard Feynman PrizeICTP and IBM announced that the 2026 Richard Feynman Prize in Quantum Computing has been awarded to Ignacio Cirac of the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics. The prize acknowledges Cirac’s central role in establishing the theoretical foundations of quantum information processing, profoundly influencing both experimental realizations and theoretical developments across modern physics. The award ceremony was held on 21 April. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Reaches Important Milestones Towards International Science AllianceA key pillar of ICTP's new strategy plan involves the development an International Science Alliance, a network of scientific partners with ICTP at its core that will help the centre multiply its impact across the world. ICTP has recently made important progress in this direction, after a series of high-level meetings attended by Director Atish Dabholkar at key Indian agencies and research institutes. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Researchers Stochastic Thermodynamics Application to Hearing Sheds light on Sensory ProcessOur ears are sophisticated devices that can adapt to a wide range of sound intensities. An essential role in this process is played by highly specialised cells in our inner ears, whose characteristic protrusions resemble hair and are therefore called hair bundles. A group of researchers in ICTP’s Quantitative Life Sciences section, and their international collaborators, have recently shown that these tiny organelles behave like complex and very versatile machines. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Releases Two New 'Distinguished Conversation' VideosAs part of the series of Distinguished Conversations between ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar and eminent scientists who have visited ICTP, two new videos have been released. One showcases a conversation with Dirac Medalist Ashoke Sen, one of the world’s best-known string theorists; another presents a discussion with Ignacio Cirac the inaugural recipient of the ICTP-IBM Feynman Prize for Quantum Computing. Read more ... | |
 ICTP 2.0 Campaign Update: Lighting the WayOfficially launched in October 2025, ICTP's new strategic plan 'ICTP 2.0' sets out an ambitious vision to strengthen ICTP’s global impact. A related fundraising campaign, which supports core initiatives such as the International Science Alliance and the International Consortium for Scientific Computing, has already generated strong momentum from supporters. Read more ... | |
 Find Associates at ICTP with the ICTP Global Science PortalThe ICTP Global Science Portal was developed to connect scientists across the global ICTP community. A key aspect of this is to help our affiliates connect, network, plan collaborations and seminars when they visit ICTP. The Portal worked with the Associates Office to create a regularly updated page showing the Associates who are currently at ICTP. Go to the Portal to connect with Associates at ICTP. Read more ... | |
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Opportunities | |
Call for Applications: ICTP-IMVAST-ICRTM FellowshipsThe ICTP-IMVAST-ICRTM Fellowship programme, under the endorsement of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, supports mathematicians from Vietnam by funding their visit to ICTP to collaborate with colleagues in the Trieste area.. Application deadline: 30 May 2026. Details ... | MENA Grants for Transformative and Collaborative ResearchWith support from German BMFTR, UNESCO-TWAS makes grants available for promising and competitive research projects in key areas relevant to the High-Tech Agenda Germany. The programme supports young scientists from selected MENA countries and seeks to strengthen research capacity across the region. Extended deadline: 14 May. Details ... |
ICTP's Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) ProgrammeICTP's Training and Research in Italian Laboratories Programme places scientists in an Italian laboratory for research in the physical sciences. Application deadline: ongoing.Details ... | |
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Upcoming Deadlines |  |  |
Advanced School in Applied Machine Learning: Uncertainty and Robustness of DL Models for ScienceDeadline: 9 May 2026 | Youth in High-Dimensions: Recent Progress in Machine Learning, High-Dimensional Statistics and InferenceDeadline: 9 May 2026 |  |  |
Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Stakeholder Engagement SchoolDeadline: 11 May 2026 | Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Edge Artificial Intelligence for Environmental and Radiation SensingDeadline: 15 May 2026 |  |  |
7th Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modelling of Climate Dynamics - Estimating Ocean Transports: Single Sections, Box Models and Reanalysis ProductsDeadline: 15 May 2026 | 4th COMMODORE Workshop on Advancing Ocean Modeling: Bridging Theory, Computation, Scales, and ApplicationsDeadline: 20 May 2026 |  |
School and Conference on Edge Intelligence for Scientific Instrumentation and Reconfigurable Computing (Deadline: 31 May 2026 | |
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Important links | |
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Uniting Minds, Igniting Discovery: ICTP Video Spotlights
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoxv42WBtfCCQynvMrPJAT_fT-bglH0vK ICTP Scientific Calendar: https://www.ictp.it/home/scientific-calendar Marie Curie Library: https://library.ictp.it/ ICTP Dirac Conversations video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoxv42WBtfCC_3PwuoOuEWxakUF9uhti8 | |
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