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ICTP Claudio Tuniz
ICTP | Strada Costiera 11 | 34151 Trieste - Italy | www.ictp.it
ICTP mission
Conducting research at the highest international standards, ICTP's mission is:
> To foster growth of advanced physics and mathematics studies in developing countries
> To develop high-level scientific programmes and encourage international scientific exchange
> To provide excellent research and training facilities
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Quick facts
> Founded in 1964 by Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam
> Provides training to improve scientific capacity in developing countries
> Supports in-house staff of world-class physicists and mathematicians
> Sponsored by tripartite agreement between Italy, UNESCO and IAEA
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Research at ICTP
> Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics> Earth System Physics> High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle
Physics> Mathematics> Applied Physics> Multidisciplinary Laboratory
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ICTP training and education
> Provides training and skills to scientists from developing countries
> Organises more than 60 conferences/workshops each year
> Welcomes 4000 scientists from about 130 nations each year
> Attracts an additional 2000 scientists/year through hosted activities
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ICTP training and education> Pre-PhD programmes
> Diploma Programme
> ICTP/IAEA Sandwich Training Educational Programme
> Joint Ph.D. programme with University of Trieste
> ICTP/University of Trieste Laurea Magistralis
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ICTP training and education
> Scientific career support:
> Associate and Federation Schemes
> Training and Research in Italian Laboratories
> ICTP visitors' programme
> Training at Elettra Synchrotron Light Laboratory
> SESAME Programme
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ICTP training and education> Office of External Activities
> Supports scientific activities in developing countries
> PhD courses
> Scientific meetings
> Regional networks
> Affiliated centres
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IAEA-ICTP Sandwich Training Educational Programme (STEP)
Capacity building by fostering the formation of PhD’s
Sandwich programme:
• Addressed to Ph.D students in developing countries, in physics, mathematics, and related areas.
• The STEP fellows come to ICTP or to a collaborating scientific institution for 3 to 6 months per year, for 3 consecutive years.
• They have a co-supervisor at the host institution who, together with the home supervisor, coordinates the Ph.D work of the student.
Started in 2003
• The Ph.D degree is awarded by the home Institution.
This is a scheme that is meant to expose the fellows to the international scientific community and offer them access to world-class research and training facilities, while they remain enrolled in their home Institution, and work for their home country.
Meant as an alternative to brain drain especially severe in sub-Saharan Africa -> therefore strong emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
In the Sandwich scheme:
STEP FELLOWS
113 fellows (38 women)from 40 countries
2003-2010
7% LATIN AMERICA
& THE CARIBBEAN
22%CE EUROPE
54%AFRICA(44% sub-
Saharan Africa)
17%ASIA
Geographical distribution
Since 2003, the programme has awarded 113 fellowships
STEP FELLOWS
Host Institutes
Fellows since 2003:• 49 at ICTP• 22 at the Laser Laboratory (now at Elettra)• 14 at Elettra• 3 at the University of Trieste• 3 at the Jozef Stefan Inst., Ljubljana• 5 at INFN Laboratories • 5 at the CNR TASC Laboratory• 2 at the Hospital of Udine• 2 at ICS• 1 at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste• 1 at SISSA• 6 at other Universities/Institutes
Main areas covered: nuclear physics, lasers, synchrotron radiation, earth science, condensed-matter physics, high-energy physics and astrophysics, applied physics, mathematics
Results
• So far, 35 fellows have obtained their Ph.D degree (14 from sub-Saharan Africa). They are doing well (~4 papers/fellow)
• 29 are back in their home country -20 have permanent positions- 9 have temporary positions
most are teaching and doing research at their home University• 6 are postdocs elsewhere, mainly in Europe
• 74 fellows are completing their Ph.D work
• 4 fellows have left the programme without a Ph.D
• The fellowship catalyzes new international collaborations, which extend well after the fellowship** initiatives were taken also to stimulate applications of Ph.D students of Associates; when the home advisor benefits from the Associates programme, this facilitate a closer collaboration.