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Training & Scholarships 
ICTP-IAEA
Sandwich Training Educational
Programme
General Description and
Goals
The Sandwich Training Educational
Programme (STEP) aims at offering fellowship opportunities to
PhD students in developing countries in the fields of physics
and mathematics.
The goal of the STEP is to
strengthen the scientific capability of young scientists and
researchers from developing countries to better contribute and
serve the scientific, technical and economic development of
their home countries.
The STEP offers fellowships to
candidates from the IAEA member states in the following
fields:
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atomic and nuclear
physics
-
nuclear, isotope and laser
techniques applied to:
human health; agriculture;
biotechnology and biophotonics; water resources and
environmental studies
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synchrotron radiation and
applications
-
medical radiation
physics
Financial support is provided by
the IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation through the IAEA
Technical Cooperation Fund. The IAEA must receive an official
endorsement for fellowship from the fellow's
country.
Fellowships are also provided by
the ICTP, within its scientific and technical competence, to
candidates from developing countries in the fields listed
below:
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condensed matter and statistical
physics
-
high energy physics and
astrophysics
-
mathematics
-
earth systems
physics
-
applied physics, including micro-
and nano-electronics, fluid dynamics and dense plasma source
physics
The Programme benefits also from
the financial assistance of the CEI (Central European
Initiative) which supports candidates from CEI countries, of
the UNESCO-ICTP Mori Fellowship Scheme, and of the
Italy/UNESCO Special-funded Projects for Africa, both schemes
supporting candidates from Africa.
Location of
Training
Training and/or research work
will take place in one of the following institutions located
in the Trieste geographical area: ICTP, Elettra Synchrotron
Light Facility, Trieste Laser Laboratory, International Centre
for Science and High Technology (ICS-UNIDO), University of
Trieste, National Institute of
Oceanography and Applied Geophysics-OGS, International Centre
for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, INFN, Jozef
Stefan International Postgraduate School in Ljubljana,
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Friuli Venezia
Giulia, and the hospitals of Udine and
Trieste.
Training and/or research can also
take place at the IAEA laboratories of Seibersdorf,
Vienna, and at IAEA Marine Laboratory in
Monaco.
Structure of the
Scheme
Applications
are expected from students in developing countries who are
enrolled in a PhD course at their home
university.
PhD
students who are supervised by an ICTP Associate are
encouraged to apply.
The
programme aims at an equitable participation of fellows, and
therefore especially welcomes applications from woman
scientists.
Awards
are assigned by the merit of the thesis proposed by the home
country advisor, as decided by the STEP selection committee.
Once a STEP fellow is selected, the ICTP will assign the
fellow to the appropriate host institute with a designated
co-advisor. The advisors from both the home and the host
institutes will jointly supervise the fellow's research. The
two advisors are expected to coordinate the research and
training work of the fellow, which is concluded when the
fellow student obtains the PhD at his/her home
institute.
The fellowships are awarded for a
period of at least three months to be spent by the fellows at
host institutes during the first year. Pending the approval of
the host institute and the two supervisors, the fellowship is
renewable for up to two additional successive
years.
Financial
Support
The
STEP fellowship includes a stipend of ? 1,400 per month
during each stay at the host institute as well as the costs of
travel and medical insurance.
It
is understood that, during all other periods not covered by
the STEP fellowship, i.e. when at the home institute, all
support needed for continuing and finishing the fellow's
research work is provided by other funding
sources.
Application
Procedure
The STEP fellowship application
forms are available on the ICTP web site. Applications should
be submitted to the ICTP Office of External Activities
(OEA).
Deadlines to submit applications
are
of each year for applications to
be considered at the Spring meeting and at the Fall meeting,
respectively, of the STEP selection
Committee.
For further information please
contact:
ICTP-IAEA
Sandwich Training Educational
Programme
c/o Office of External
Activities
Fermi
Bldg., Via Beirut, 6
34151
Trieste,
Italy
Telephone no. +39 040 22
40 322
Telefax
no. +39 040 22 40 443
e-mail: calligar@ictp.it
http://portal.ictp.it/step
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