Events in Physics
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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Innovate UK invites applications for its sector competition – manufacturing and materials. Funding supports projects that encourage and broaden innovation in the manufacturing and materials sector. Projects should target opportunities for significant changes in productivity and in cutting-edge innovations with significant potential for encouraging growth in all parts of the UK economy. Innovative projects are welcomed across the following main themes: 鈥anotechnology and nanomaterials; 鈥omposite materials; 鈥oatings, thin films and surfaces; 鈥etals and metallurgy; 鈥别谤补尘颈肠蝉; 鈥辞濒测尘别谤蝉; 鈥辞苍-尘别迟补濒濒颈肠蝉; 鈥lectronic and sensing materials; 鈥esource efficiency; 鈥ssembly and joining; 鈥orming technologies; 鈥hemical and bio process; 鈥urface engineering; 鈥lectronics manufacturing; 鈥ensor and instrument; 鈥aterial recovery and treatment; 鈥dditive manufacturing and 3D printing. Proposals must improve business growth and productivity or create export opportunities for at least one UK SME involved in the project. At least one of the following areas must be covered; innovation in a manufacturing system, technology, process or business model, innovation in materials development, properties, integration or reuse, or a manufacturing or materials innovation, rather than a product innovation. |
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The Institute of Physics invites nominations for the Isaac Newton medal. This recognises a physicist, regardless of subject area, background or nationality, for contributions to physics. Individuals of any nationality may be nominated. The institute welcomes nominations from the industry community. Self-nominations are not accepted. The medal includes a prize of 拢1,000 and a certificate. The recipient is invited to give a lecture at the institute. |
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The Institute of Physics invites nominations for its early career medals. These recognise and reward early career contributions to physics. The following awards are offered: 鈥ames Clerk Maxwell medal for early career contributions to theoretical, mathematical or computational physics; 鈥enry Moseley medal for younger research workers; 鈥lifford Paterson medal for contributions to the application of physics in an industrial or commercial context; 鈥ocelyn Bell Burnell medal for early-career contributions to physics by a female physicist within five years of her bachelor鈥檚 or master鈥檚 degree; 鈥aphne Jackson medal for contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it; 鈥ary Somerville medal for contributions to public engagement within physics. The institute welcomes nominations from the industry community. Nominations for the Clifford Paterson medal may be for an individual or for a team within an organisation who have made a significant contribution to the application of physics in an industrial or commercial context. Nominees must be as of 31 January 2017 and allowing for career breaks, within six yeas of completing their PhD or within 10 years of start of their first employment contract in physics research. Self-nominations are not allowed, however, this does not apply to the Jocelyn Bell Burnell medal. Each award consists of a medal and a prize of 拢1,000. |
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The Institute of Physics invites nominations for its gold medals. These recognise a contribution to physics in the UK or Ireland. The following awards are available: 鈥aul Dirac medal, for contributions to theoretical, mathematical and computational physics; 鈥ichael Faraday medal, for contributions to experimental physics, awarded to a physicist of international reputation in any sector; 鈥ichard Glazebrook medal, for leadership in a physics context; 鈥atharine Burr Blodgett medal, for contributions to the organisation or application of physics in an industrial or commercial context; 鈥awrence Bragg medal, for contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it; 鈥illiam Thomson, Lord Kelvin medal, for contributions to public engagement within physics. The institute welcomes nominations from the industry community. Nominations for the Katharine Burr Blodgett medals may be for an individual or for a team within an organisation who have made a significant contribution to the application of physics in an industrial or commercial context. Self-nominations are not accepted. Each award consists of a medal and a prize of 拢1,000. |
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The Institute of Physics invites nominations for its subject medals. These recognise contributions to the development of physics in the UK or Ireland. The following awards are available: 鈥ohn William Strutt and Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize in Theoretical, including mathematical and computational, physics; 鈥red Hoyle Medal and Prize or the Cecelia Payne-Gasposchkin Medal and Prize in astrophysics and plasma physics; 鈥rnest Rutherford Medal and Prize or the James Chadwick Medal and Prize in nuclear and particle physics; 鈥evill Mott Medal and Prize or the David Tabor Medal and Prize in Condensed matter, materials, surface and nanoscale physics; 鈥am Edwards Medal and Prize or the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize in Soft condensed matter and life sciences physics; 鈥homas Young Medal and Prize or the Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize in Atomic, molecular, optics and quantum technologies; 鈥ames Joule Medal and Prize or the Edward Appleton Medal and Prize in Applied and environmental physics; 鈥ennis Gabor Medal and Prize in Industrial application of physics; 鈥arie Curie-Sklodowska Medal and Prize or the Lise Meitner Medal and Prize in Physics education and to widening participation within it and public engagement within physics. The institute welcomes nominations from the industry community. Nominations for the Dennis Gabor medal may be for an individual or for a team within an organisation who have made a significant contribution to the application of physics in an industrial or commercial context. Self-nominations are not accepted. Each award includes a medal and a prize of 拢1,000. |
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The Royal Astronomical Society and the Patricia Tomkins Foundation invite nominations for the Tomkins thesis prize. This recognises the best doctoral thesis submitted in the previous 12 months in the area of instrumentation science for astronomy and geophysics. The support is aimed at developing skills in scientific hardware such as electronics, detectors and optics, however, the development of novel software specific to a hardware project will also be considered. |
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The Institute of Physics, in collaboration with the Women in Physics Group, invites nominations for the Jocelyn Bell Burnell award. This recognises a female physicist at the start of her career in physics who have made a substantial contribution to the subject and have undertaken activities to support and encourage others in the field. Nominees must be women who are within five years of the award of their first degree, either bachelor鈥檚 or master鈥檚, in physics and work as a physicist or are engaged in postgraduate study in physics. The award consist of a bronze medal and a prize of 拢1,000. |
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The Royal Academy of Engineering invites applications for the MacRobert award. This recognises innovation, tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success in UK engineering. Any individual or organisation of any size based in the UK may apply. A maximum of five individuals may be nominated. The award is worth 拢50,000. |
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The International Association of Mathematical Physics invites nominations for its early career award. This recognises a single achievement in mathematical physics. Eligible nominees must be under 35 years of age on 31 July of the year of the congress. The prize is worth 鈧�3,000. |
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EPSRC is holding two one-day workshops for Early Career Researchers who work in the area of Physical Sciences. The workshops will be held in: The workshops will provide an update to EPSRC and Physical Sciences strategies and will communicate recent and upcoming policy changes, such as the New Investigator Awards. The workshops will be attended by a number of EPSRC staff but also by experienced academics and current or previous Early Career Fellowship holders from across the Physical Sciences portfolio who will provide guidance and mentoring. The workshops will also include opportunities for networking with other ECR colleagues. We anticipate this event will be of greatest interest to Physical Sciences researchers who are eligible to hold an EPSRC grant and hold few or no grants as a Principal Investigator. The aims of the workshops are to: Those wishing to attend the workshop should complete the Expression of Interest (EoI) form on this page. This will be used to select participants based on their justification of attendance as described in their EoI submission and will take into account how their research aligns to the EPSRC Physical Sciences remit and research areas. In addition, EPSRC will also ensure a balanced representation of organisation, research area, expertise and career stage. Places are limited and the number of participants from a given organisation may have to be restricted in the event of multiple applications. Selection will primarily be based on the justification of attendance and completion of the survey is not a guarantee of attendance. |
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The Royal Astronomical Society and the Office of Astronomy for Development invite applications for their visiting experts programme. This enables professionals to establish research, educational and development related collaborations between the UK and countries where astronomy is not well established. The visit is expected to have an impact on one of the following areas of development: 鈥chool level education; 鈥ublic understanding of science; 鈥niversity level education and research. Scientists, engineers and educators based in the UK, or who will travel to the UK, may apply. Visits must last for a minimum of one week, and longer visits are encouraged. Grants are worth up to 拢1,000 each and may cover travel costs to and from the host institutions. |
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The Royal Astronomical Society and the Office of Astronomy for Development invite applications for their astro4dev grants. These aim to establish and nurture research, educational and development-related collaborations between the UK and countries where astronomy research is not well established. Scientists, engineers or educators either based in the UK or willing to travel to the UK may apply. Grants are usually worth up to 拢1,000 each for visits lasting at least one week, to cover the costs of travel and hosting. |
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The Institute of Physics鈥� quantum electronics and photonics group invites proposals for its doctoral research prize. This recognises students who have conducted work of an exceptional standard in the field of quantum electronics and photonics. Subject areas may include nonlinear optics and spectroscopy, coherent and incoherent sources of light, laser cooling, trapping and manipulation, microstructured photonic systems, quantum information processing, laser science, metamaterials, quantum optics, nanophotonics and plasmonics, and magneto-optics. Student members completing their PhD examination during the 2017 calendar year may be nominated. The prize is worth 拢250. |