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16. May 2021

ICTP-SAIFR announces the opening of a SImons-FAPESP Research Group Leader Position in all areas related to theoretical physics. Application deadline of June 1, 2021.

To stimulate the growth of a Latin-American community in research areas related to gravitational wave observations, ICTP-SAIFR announces an annual competition for the ICTP-SAIFR Prize in Classical Gravity and Applications with nomination deadline of April 30, 2021.

Instituto Serrapilheira together with ICTP-SAIFR is launching a program to develop the skills of future scientists in transdisciplinary research in the life sciences: the Serrapilheira/ICTP-SAIFR Training Program in Quantitative Biology and Ecology. The application window for this new initiative opens on March 9.

Through an award from the American Physical Society, ICTP-SAIFR is translating pedagogical material for high-school physics teachers into Spanish. The material was developed by Perimeter Institute and is available for free download.

The December 4th cover article of Science featured research performed by ICTP-SAIFR professor Ricardo Martinez-Garcia on a theoretical model for the competitive rules that govern root growth.

On December 3rd, ICTP-SAIFR faculty member Ricardo Martinez-Garcia and ICTP-SAIFR associated researcher Elisabete Dal Pino (IAG-USP) were elected to the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC).

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ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research

The ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR) is a South American regional center for theoretical physics created in a collaboration of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) with the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the São Paulo Research Funding Agency (FAPESP). The ICTP-SAIFR is located at the campus of the Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT-UNESP) in the city of São Paulo and activities include seminars, minicourses, schools and workshops. The center has funding for short-term and long-term visitors as well as for postdoctoral and permanent researchers.