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The annual SWE-RAYS Workshop will be held 21st – 23rd of August 2023 at Gothenburg University! The registration is now open! More information you can find under the tab “Workshop 2023” in the Menu. Further information and the schedule of the workshop will be posted soon! For keeping update please follow us on Instagram: swerays
The Swedish Association for Radiophysics is a non-profit scientific organization association that promotes the development of radiophysics and stimulates exchange of experiences and knowledge in the various fields of radiophysics areas such as research, radiation protection and healthcare. Become a member and benefit from different opportunities!
Friday 30 September is the deadline for the first round of travel grants funded by PIANOFORTE. Any early career researcher/professional working in a EU or associated members state is eligible. PIANOFORTE offers grants for: early career researchers: https://pianoforte-partnership.eu/calls/travel-grants-for-researchers and early career radiation protection professionals: https://pianoforte-partnership.eu/calls/travel-grants-for-early-career-radiation-protection-professionals Good luck!
The annual SWE-RAYS Workshop will be held 23rd – 25th of August 2022 at Stockholm University! The registration is now open! More information you can find under the tab “Workshop 2022” in the Menu. Further information and the schedule of the workshop will be posted soon! For keeping update please follow us on Instagram: swerays It is noteworthy that there is also a separate event in Stockholm held by SAINT (Swedish academic initiative for radiation sciences and nuclear technology) from Thursday 25 August to Friday 26 August that you can join! Please check their website for further information: https://saint.nu/nyheter/
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) announces research funding for two doctoral projects in radiation protection in connection with radiological emergencies. The grant amounts to a maximum of SEK 8,000,000 including indirect costs (tentative distribution per doctoral project is SEK 250,000 in 2022, SEK 1,000,000 in 2023-2025 and SEK 750,000 in 2026). A research group can only be assigned a doctoral project. A maximum of two projects can be financed. The call is aimed at Swedish universities and colleges. The application must be submitted to the Authority no later than 22-04-22. The callaims at research that develops knowledge that will benefit both the authority and external stakeholders. This research project is not covered by the Public Procurement Act (2016:1145) (see Chapter 1, Section 5). Implementationof the call In addition to the completed application form, the application (max 10 A4 pages) must contain: Project summary Project plan that presents a well-developed proposal for how the research should be conducted (specific goals, background, theory/hypotheses, methods, work plan, preliminary results, significance, references) Description of how results should be communicated Timetable with interim targets and budget divided into the announced years Cv (CV) for applicants (max two out of ten A4 pages) A maximum of three own publications relevant to the application The application with attachments must be sent electronically to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority atthe e-mail address: registrator@ssm.se with a copy to the cheuk.lau@ssm.se. Enter reference SSM2022-1103. Please check the link below for detailed information: Swedish Radiation Safety Authority announces research funding for two doctoral projects in radiation protection in connection with radiological emergencies – Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se)
MELODI (Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative) a European platform dedicated to research on low dose risk for radiation protection are inviting both members and interested participants to their monthly webinar series titled “Meet@MelodiCoffee”. The first webinar is scheduled for Friday 28th January 2022:“Radiobiology at the Stockholm University: DNA damage response in cells exposed to radiation of different quality and dose rate”. Speakers: Andrzej Wojcik (chairman of Melodi) and Milagrosa Lopez-Riego, both at Stockholm University, Sweden. For link to the webinar please contact chairman@swerays.se
The Belgian Hadrontherapy Consortium is organizing two online workshops on 23/2 and on 25/5 Please find link to the programme and registration below:https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/5th-belgian-hadrontherapy-consortium-workshop-registration-249185489507 Registration deadline for the first workshop is 21/02/2022
Vattenfall is looking for three radio physicists to the Ringhals nuclear power plant. The last day to apply is December 5th! For more inforamtion go to: https://careers.vattenfall.com/…/radiofysiker-till…/
An Early Career Researcher position for three years has been opened at the Environmental PhysicsDepartment of the Centre for Energy Research (Budapest, Hungary) in the frame of the RadoNormproject (Towards effective radiation protection based on improved scientific evidence and socialconsiderations – focus on Radon and NORM, www.radonorm.eu). The main task of the postdoctoralresearcher will be to estimate individual sensitivity in specific groups by quantifying the effects ofdifferent diseases on absorbed doses in the lungs. Interested applicants should send a motivation letter, a CV, and the names and email addresses oftwo references to Balázs Madas (balazs.madas@ek-cer.hu) before 15th October. More information can be found here: https://www.ek-cer.hu/en/postdoc-announcement-2/