Deadline: 15 January 2025
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics is seeking entries for its Physics Without Frontiers Program.
The projects are meant to teach, train, and inspire undergraduate and master’s students in physics and mathematics from the Global South. The ideas for the projects typically originate from the scientists working in the Global South.
Eligible Activities
- PWF projects are unique, with clearly defined goals and corresponding activities that are designed with a university’s or country’s specific needs in mind. These may include:
- Schools: PWF organises pedagogical schools and workshops at universities for local undergraduate and master students. The programme aims to expose and train the students in research fields they lack access to, and provide training in transferable computational skills.
- Roadshows: Roadshows are organised by groups of young researchers, passionate about advocating their research field back in their home country. The roadshow centres around intensive one-day activities in universities across the host country, in addition to outreach and public events.
- University Courses: PWF partners with physics and mathematics departments that are unable to teach specific courses due to a lack of resources. The programme facilitates an expert to visit the university to teach the course and where possible train local faculty.
- Online Seminars: PWF offers online seminars on cutting-edge and interesting topics in fundamental physics and mathematics to students and educators worldwide. These are one hour events with a PWF volunteer who is an expert in their field.
- Lecturer Support: PWF offers support to lecturers in developing countries to teach courses in physics or mathematics by providing training courses and resources, and offers support to departments to develop their BSc or MSc curricula.
- Outreach & Diversity: Outreach and communication activities are organised in collaboration with local scientists to encourage young people to study STEM subjects and to support diversity in physics and mathematics, in particular to address the gender gap in STEM.
Eligibility Criteria
- In principle, scientists working in the Global South will give the idea for the project which is then expected to take place there (if in presence).
- Every project should have assigned a local organizer who does not necessarily have to be the person who submits the proposal.
- The proposer can be a scientist or a student with or without a previous experience in organizing activities.
- If the main proposer is not also the local organizer, the proposer is expected to give the name of the local organizer in the proposal and to have agreed with him/her on the project goals and the format of the activities, including the scheduling and the venue.
For more information, visit ICTP.