Asia Europe Physics Summit
The Asia-Europe Physics Summit (ASEPS) will be held on 26-29 October 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland. ASEPS is a platform for the forging of Asia-Europe physics programme strategies, through discussions of the scientific priorities, and possible shared contributions to large-scale infrastructures or networks, in an Asia-Europe cooperation framework.
ASEPS promotes synergy between the different fields of physics…
Alfvèn and Plasma Physics Innovation Prizes
The winners of the 2011 EPS Alfvèn Prize and the EPS Plasma Physics Innovation Prize have been announced by the EPS Plasma Physics Division. The awards are to be formally presented at the EPS plasma physics conference in Strasbourg on 27 June.
For more information, and a list of the prize winners, please visit the Plasma Physics Division website.
African Astronomical Society launched
The European Physical Society welcomes the creation of the African Astronomical Society (AfAS) and was represented by Prof. J. Bell Burnell at the offical launch in April 2011.
The letter sent by the EPS can be read on e-EPS and more information on the AfAS is available on their website.
New Grant Schemes
The EPS grant schemes for 2011 have been approved by the EPS Executive Committee. The schemes are designed to increase EPS visibility; promote international cooperation and scientific excellence; and support EPS conferences.
The schemes include the EPS Award for Pre-university Physics Competitions, Regional Meeting Grants, travel grants for conferences and University Student Fellowships.
More information can be found on the EPS website.
EPS Who’s Who
EPS Who’s Who is a concept for a new directory resource, put forward by M. Schlenker, the Individual Members’ delegate to Council.
While Individual Members are already listed in the online EPS directory – with basic contact details – it will soon be possible to publish additional information alongside this: such as a photo, CV, research interests, publication lists or a link to outside websites…
EPS Awards, Fellows & Honorary Members
The EPS is pleased to announce the award of the Gero Thomas Memorial Medal to Claude Sébenne, for his significant and long-term contributions to the EPS as editor of Europhysics News.
The EPS Council has recently approved the following individuals as EPS Fellows…
Executive Committee News 27-28 January
The EPS Executive Committee met in Mulhouse on 27-28 January 2011.
A summary of the deliberations is available to EPS Individual Members. Members should login to the EPS website, and then see ‘my eps’.
“What’s new in EU higher education initiatives?”
The Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 7th edition of the Erasmus/Jean Monnet InfoKit, entitled “What’s new in EU higher education initiatives?”
The InfoKit provides information on the new general call for proposals under the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union for 2011; other open, or forthcoming, calls for proposals of direct interest to academics, associations and universities; and EACEA activities…
News from the European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) has recently appointed seven new members of the Scientific Council; as well as having published the results for the advanced grants.
Further information can be found on the ERC website.
ERC Proof of Concept funding
The European Research Council (ERC) has launched a new funding initiative – the Proof of Concept Grant – which is designed to stimulate innovation.
Funding of up to 150,000 Euros per grant is being made available to researchers who already hold ERC grants, in order to bridge the gap between their present research and the earliest stages of a marketable innovation…
Intra-European Fellowship calls for proposals
The European Commission has announced new calls for proposals for Intra-European Fellowships for the career development of researchers.
The call identifier is FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF. More information on this call, and other open calls for proposals, is available on the European Commission website.
ESF Conference Grants Announced
The European Science Foundation has announced that it will fund up to five conferences on physics, biophysics or environmental sciences in 2013.
The deadline for funding applications is 15 September 2011. For more information, please visit the ESF website.
