Distinguished Visitor, May 2025
SUPA invites all members of the community to submit an application to bring a distinguished visitor to Scotland. The visit can last from 1 week to 3 months. Funding of £3500 is available. Only 1 visitor will be selected. The visitor will be asked to present the keynote talk at the SUPA Annual Gathering. Therefore, the visitor must be present in Scotland and is expected to attend the Annual Gathering in the last week of May 2025. The visitor is encouraged to offer seminars, workshops or lectures for graduate students and these should be described in the application. These lectures should complement current SUPA courses. Applications should also describe the potential for collaborative research during the visit and in the future. A one-page report on the visit must be submitted within one month of the end of the visit. This report should assess the impact of the visit and include a brief breakdown of the financial claim which will be made to SUPA. Applications will be available soon. Applications will close at the end of January 2025 and a decision will be announced within 2 weeks.
SUPA and SAGES Collaboration
SUPA and the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society, SAGES, are collaborating to offer kickstart funding to foster collaborations between our members. Our hope is that these collaborations will develop proof-of-concept work for longer, in-depth collaborations, publications, and follow-up applications to larger funding schemes. PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and all members of the SUPA community are welcome to apply jointly with a member of SAGES. This fund will provide up to £1000 for the SUPA researcher, and an additional £1000 for the SAGES researcher. Funds can pay for collaborative research expenses, including fieldwork, lab equipment, the organisation of a workshop, a visit to a project partner to conduct collaborative laboratory work or finalise a larger grant proposal, etc. This call is now open with an application deadline of Thursday 26 September 2024. Full details of this funding opportunity and application form can be found on the SAGES website, https://sages.ac.uk/sages-supa-collaboration-scheme/. Need help finding a collaborator? SUPA and SAGES can help.
SUSSP Summer Schools
Scottish Universities Summer Schools in Physics (SUSSP) has been organising international summer schools in Scotland on advanced specialist topics in physics for PhD students and PDRAs annually since 1960. SUSSP exists as a separate registered charity; the SUPA Executive Committee are Trustees of SUSSP. SUPA makes an annual financial contribution directly to the organisers of each School.
Suggestions for topics and proposals to organise future SUSSP Schools should be made to the Chair of SUSSP (currently Prof John Jeffers, U.Strathclyde).
For information about upcoming summer schools and how to attend, please see SUSSP Summer Schools page.
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SUPA is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all supported activities.