Fellowships for developing countries: ICTP - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

ICTP - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy and International Atomic Energy Agency offer fellowships for the scientists from the developing countries under their ICTP/IAEA Sandwich Training Educational Programme.

The Sandwich Training Educational Programme (STEP) aims at offering IAEA fellowship opportunities to Ph.D. students from developing countries in the fields of physics and mathematics. The goal of 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 programme benefits also from the financial assistance of the CEI (Central European Initiative) which supports candidates from CEI countries, and of the UNESCO-ICTP Mori Fellowship Scheme which supports candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa.

The ICTP, with the support and close collaboration of the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme, offers fellowships to candidates from the IAEA member States in the following fields of training:

• atomic, nuclear physics
• nuclear, isotope and laser techniques applied to: human health; agriculture; biotechnology and biophotonics; water resources and environmental studies
• synchrotron radiation and applications
• biophotonics
• medical radiation physics

Fellowships are also provided by the ICTP, within its scientific and technical competence, to candidates from developing countries in the fields listed below:

• condensed matter and statistical physics
• high energy physics
• mathematics
• earth system physics
• applied physics

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. Last date to apply is 15 February 2010.