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November 2024 | |
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 ICTP Celebrates 60 Years of Science Without BordersScientists, local and national dignitaries, and representatives from some of the world's most prominent science institutions paid their respects to ICTP at a day-long celebration for its 60th anniversary. Participants from 38 countries crossing 5 continents united to honour the Centre's rich history and to contemplate scenarios for the future. The event gave an opportunity for ICTP to not only showcase the ongoing relevance of its mission but also to share a glimpse of its future directions. See the video recordings and photos.Read more ... | |
 ICTP on the Big ScreenAt the ICTP 60th anniversary event, the Centre launched two new promotional videos that showcase how ICTP's mission helps to build sustainable, resilient science throughout the world, especially in disadvantaged countries, giving these countries the boost they need to address and access rapid scientific and technological advances. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Receives Generous Grant for Modern, International Science ComplexThe Simons Foundation International has approved a major grant that will enable ICTP to acquire the Adriatico building in the Bay of Grignano, just next to the ICTP headquarters in Trieste, and transform it into a modern international science complex. Read more ... | |
 ICTP Joins Forces with the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus FoundationDuring 2024, ICTP partnered with the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, a private institution that supports scientific research and education with an emphasis on physics, to organize two workshops at ICTP. In an interview, Stefan Jorda, managing director of the Heraeus Foundation, answers a few questions on the new collaboration between the two institutes. Read more ... | |
 Looking Deeper into WaterICTP researchers contributed to a study published in the journal Science about the development of a new experimental method called “correlated vibrational spectroscopy” that gives us important insights into the nature of water's hydrogen bonds, which are at the heart of water’s many complexities. Read more ... | |
 Join the ICTP Global Science PortalICTP celebrates its 60th birthday by launching a dynamic online platform to connect, consolidate and expand its scientific community. The new ICTP Global Science Portal allows all members of the ICTP family, past and present, to maintain their links to the institute and each other. The Portal can be used on mobile and desktop devices, providing users with personal profile pages, a live feed for sharing research updates and opportunities, direct messaging, groups for each research section with discussion forums, a map-based people searching tool, news, and events listings. Anyone with a past or present affiliation with ICTP is eligible for lifetime membership to the Portal, and can Request to Join on the Portal homepage. Join us! | |
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Opportunities | |
Short-term Visits, High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics sectionThe HECAP section offers a number of grants for short-term visits to take place in 2025. The purpose of the visits is to perform theoretical studies in HECAP's areas of expertise and in close interaction with the section's resident staff and visiting scientists. Short-term visits may be for a maximum period of 3 months. Deadline: 1 December 2024. Details ... | |
Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, Theoretical and Computational NeuroscienceICTP's Quantitative Life Sciences section seeks applications for a senior postdoc position researching theoretical and computational neuroscience. Deadline: 15 December 2024. Details ... | |
Arab Fund Postgraduate FellowshipsThe ICTP-Arab Fund Programme has opened a call for postgraduate fellowships at ICTP. PhD students from Arab Fund Member States working in the fields of physics, mathematics, and related areas are invited to apply for postgraduate fellowships to access ICTP’s research and training facilities in the years 2025-2027. Deadline: 28 February 2025. Details ... | |
ICTP's Sandwich Training Educational Programme (STEP)ICTP's STEP Programme, coordinated jointly with its UN partner the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has opened a call for applications from students in developing countries who are enrolled in a PhD course at their home university. Physics and mathematics students from a wide range of fields are encouraged to apply. Deadline: 28 February 2025. 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 |  |  |
School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their ApplicationsDeadline: 10 December 2024 | Conference on the Damage Caused by Hurricanes in Mexico and Central AmericaDeadline: 10 December 2024 |  |  |
Spring College in the Physics of Complex SystemsDeadline: 10 December 2024 | Workshop on Global Monsoons: Theory, Models and ObservationsDeadline: 15 December 2024 |
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Important links | |
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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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