The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is seeking candidates to host the 2027 edition of the European Nuclear Conference (EuNPC 2027).

Every three years the European Nuclear Physics Conference brings together researchers together with the aim to review and discuss the status and prospects in the field of nuclear physics and its applications. The conference will be a showcase for forefront theoretical and experimental developments, where the interplay between outstanding research and innovative concepts in the field will be promoted.

The EuNPC conference is part of the series of NPD divisional conferences, comprising the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics (NPA) and the Applied Nuclear Physics (ANP) Conferences.

The application material should include:

-              the approximate dates when it is planned to hold the conference,

-               the description of the proposed location and venue,

-              the description of the participating Universities and Laboratories,

-              the projected costs,

-              the expected financial supports,

-              the anticipated sponsorship from Universities/Laboratories/Industries,

-              the support for students and early career researchers,

-               and the foreseen approximate conference fees.

The scientific program should cover the following fields:

·      Accelerators and Instrumentation

·      Nuclear Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics

·      Nuclear Astrophysics

·      Astroparticle Physics

·      Heavy Ion Collisions and QCD Phases

·      Hadron Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics

·      Fundamental Symmetries and Interactions

·      Nuclear Physics Applications

·      Few-Body Systems

The bid should also provide the list of members composing the Local Organizing Committee.

As the EuNPC is part of the series organized by the Nuclear Physics Division:

• a reduced fee for EPS members should be considered
• a contribution of €25 per participant is expected to be provided to the NPD board
• all NPD board members should be included in the International Advisory Committee and as session conveners.

In the case of proceedings, it is strongly recommended to select those appearing on a referred journal. The procedure should be defined in advance, and the proceedings must be accessible to all conference speakers.

The conference could apply to be recognized as an EPS conference and may also request an EPS poster prize and/or a grant for early-career researchers.

The EuNPC 2027 is expected to have a special session dedicated for the EPS-NPD awards, in particular the Lise Meitner 2026 and the best PhD theses for the period 2024-2026 prizes. The winners of the prizes will be invited at the conference to present their work.

The deadline to submit the application material to the Scientific Secretary of the NPD board (Raquel Crespo,  raquel.crespo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is July 31^st, 2025.

The candidates will be invited to present their proposal at the NPD board meeting in September 2025, when the selection of the EuNPC 2027 conference will be made and announced at the end of the EuNPC 2025 conference in Caen from September 22^nd to 26^th, 2025.

The 2022 edition of the European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC), organized by the Nuclear Physics Board of the European Physical Society, took place, from 24^th to the 28^th of October 2022, in the beautiful Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. It was the 5^th edition of the EuNPC series, after the ones in Bochum, Bucharest, Groningen, and Bologna, and it gathered more than 200 participants from all over Europe, and beyond.

During five intense days, plenary and parallel talks provided the latest news on the themes dealt by the Nuclear Physics Division of EPS, such as nuclear structure and dynamics, heavy Ion collisions, theory and phenomenology, accelerators and applications.

Besides the scientific talks, four special sessions were held, two of which were devoted to award ceremonies and two to the EPS “Young Minds” project. The Lise Meitner Prize, which is given every two years for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science, was awarded to Prof. Phil Walker (University of Surrey). Prof. Walker earned the prestigious prize for his seminal contributions to the understanding of long-lived nuclear excited “isomeric” states and the factors that determine their half-lives, that range from nanoseconds to years. The PhD Prize, recognizing the excellence of a recent PhD thesis in experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear physics, was awarded to three young promising scientists: Giuliano Giacalone, for his thesis “Observing the shape of nuclei at high-energy colliders”; Jonas Karthein (“High-precision measurements in the direct vicinity of the doubly magic ¹⁰⁰Sn (N=Z=50) at ISOLDE/CERN”); Ágota Koszorús (“Laser spectroscopy at the frontiers of RIB production”). The sessions devoted to the Young Minds (YM) project, which aims at boosting the career and the scientific creativity of young physicists around Europe and fostering the creation of an international network of young and motivated researchers, consisted in a roundtable on “Life beyond the PhD, a guide to a satisfactory professional career” and a workshop on “Well-being and Positive Mental Health in research career”. Both these sessions saw an important participation of young scientists, interacting actively with the panelists.

More information on EuNPC2022 can be found on the conference web site: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1104299/

Prof. Phil Walker receives the Lise Meitner Prize

 From left to right: Prof. Miguel A. Sanchis Lozano (Vice chair of the RSEF), Prof. Alison Bruce (Chair of the EPS-NPD board), Prof. Antonio López Díaz (Chancellor of USC), Prof. Phil Walker, and Prof. Dolores Cortina, head of the EuNPC22 Local Organizing Committee.

From left to right: Prof. Alison Bruce (Chair of the EPS-NPD board), Dr. Ágota Koszorús, Prof. Phil Walker, Dr. Jonas Karthein, Dr. Giuliano Giacalone.