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 ICTP and the University of Trieste Launch the World's First University Degree in Radiation MetrologyAccurate measurements are the basis of every effective diagnosis and safe treatment. To ensure that this fundamental requirement for patient safety is met the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste and the University of Trieste have launched the world's first Master's degree in Radiation Metrology. This new two-year course, which began on 26 January, is part of the Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Medical Physics and is co-funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Read more ... | |
 Global Climate Excellence: 57 Early-Career Scientists Join the IPCC AR7 EffortThe next generation of climate leaders is taking the stage. ICTP and the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) are proud to welcome 57 early-career scientists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition (DC/EITs) as Chapter Scientists for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), thanks to generous support from Wellcome. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar on India Lecture TourBetween February and March 2026 ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar will travel to India and take part in a series of events at different science institutes across the country. The trip will be an occasion to strengthen the ties between ICTP and the Indian scientific community and to highlight ICTP’s mission and Abdus Salam’s legacy on the year of his centennial. Several events will take place in different cities, from Pune to Bengaluru, and from New Delhi to Mumbai. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Participates in IYQ Closing CeremonyThe International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), celebrated in 2025, officially came to an end on 10 and 11 February 2026 through a closing ceremony in Accra, Ghana. ICTP Senior Research Scientist Rosario Fazio, who co-chaired the IYQ steering committee, represented ICTP at the event, which marked the end of a successful year of scientific and cultural events across the world and prompted reflection on how to ensure that the legacy of the IYQ will endure. Read more ... | |
 New Episode in Video Series “Science is Our Common Language”The video series “Science is Our Common Language” focusses on the experience of current and former ICTP Associates to highlight the impact that the programme has had on their lives and careers. This month we publish the testimony of ICTP-Arab Fund Associate Nada Abbas Ahmed, a medical physicist from Sudan and an assistant professor at Taibah University, in Saudi Arabia. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Associate Imrana Ashraf receives 2026 Esther Hoffman Beller MedalICTP Institute Associate Imrana Ashraf of Quaid-I-Azam University, Pakistan, has been awarded the 2026 Esther Hoffman Beller Medal by Optica, a society dedicated to promoting research and worldwide knowledge dissemination in optics and photonics. The prize citation reads “for her dedication to optics education at her university and at events targeting students from economically developing countries, as well as for the organization of numerous educational and outreach events in rural areas of Pakistan.” Read more ... | |
 ICTP’s Eastern European Science Alliance in ActionIn 2025, two major scientific gatherings in Southeastern Europe—the 14th Regional Meeting on String Theory in Crete and the SEENET-MTP Workshop and Assessment Meeting (BWAM25) in Bucharest—demonstrated the vitality of theoretical physics across the Balkans and Eastern Europe. These activities, supported by ICTP and generously enabled by Michael and Nina Douglas, exemplify the vision behind ICTP’s proposed Eastern European Science Alliance (EESA). Read more ... | |
 ICTP Global Science Portal survey results are in!The ICTP Global Science Portal is run in-house at ICTP for our scientific community. One of the advantages of this is that we can not only ask users what they want from the Portal, but we can act on this information to develop a useful space for support and collaboration. In a recent small survey, respondents stated that funding/fellowship calls and networking events are of particular interest to them. With this in mind, we will add more opportunities and developing a series of networking events for users. Read more ... | |
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ICTP-IBM AI Prize Seeks NominationsNominations are now being accepted for the 2026 ICTP-IBM Brahmagupta AI Prize for Early Career Scientists, for outstanding young researchers working in AI for Science/Science for AI. The goal is to promote research focusing on approaches to AI and science that can benefit the society at large. Application deadline: 15 March 2026. Details ... | Master in High Performance ComputingSet in the stimulating research environment of ICTP and SISSA, the programme combines lectures with hands-on and applied projects to prepare future HPC specialists for academia and industry. Application deadline: 15 March 2026. Details ... |
Call for Nominations, ICTP Dirac MedalICTP is now accepting nominations for its premier physics prize, the Dirac Medal, awarded annually on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to scientists who have made significant contributions to theoretical physics. Application deadline: 27 March 2026. Details ... | APS-EPS-ICTP Travel Award Fellowship Programme 2026Three grants will be awarded in 2026 to outstanding doctoral students and early‑career physicists, to support a two month visit to a laboratory in the different branches of the physical sciences, with which they already have an established collaboration. Application deadline: 31 March 2026. Details ... |
Funding for Scientists who Return to Home CountryEarly-career researchers with a PhD obtained abroad, who have recently returned or will soon return to an academic position in their home country, may apply for a TWAS-SG-NAPI grant supported by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. Deadline: 31 March 2026. Details ... | Advancing Research Collaboration in the MENA RegionA new programme supporting young scientists from selected MENA countries is now open. The UNESCO TWAS Grants for Transformative and Collaborative Research in the Middle East and North Africa are funded by the German BMFTR. Deadline: 16 April 2026. Details ... |
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College on Medical Physics 2026Deadline: 1 March 2026 | Joint ICTP-IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Management SchoolDeadline: 1 March 2026 |  |  |
Joint ICTP MARVEL College: Materials simulations in the age of AIDeadline: 27 March 2026 | 2026 School on Electron-Phonon Physics and Many-body Perturbation TheoryDeadline: 27 March 2026 |  |  |
Summer School on CosmologyDeadline: 31 March 2026 | Physical Sciences in Medicine Workshop 2026: Inaugural EditionDeadline: 31 March 2026 |  |  |
2nd Workshop on Organisation and Maintenance of Tropical Convection and the Madden Julian OscillationDeadline: 31 March 2026 | Bangkok School on CosmologyDeadline: 31 March 2026 |
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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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