Washington, Mulhouse, Trieste, 29 August 2022 -- The American Physical Society (APS), the European Physical Society (EPS) and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO-ICTP), in honour of the International Year of Basic Science for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD 2022), announce the initiation of the joint APS-ICTP-EPS Travel Award Fellowship Programme (ATAP). ATAP is aimed at active early career scientists from developing countries, supporting short-term research visits to laboratories in Europe and North America.

This programme grants the major costs of two-month visits for young scientists, up to $5,000. Applicants just need to send their complete CV including publications, at least one letter of reference, a letter of agreement and endorsement from the host laboratory and a 1-page budget management plan evaluating the travel and local expenses. The materials must be sent to itlabs@ictp.it by 28 February in the year of the intended Fellowship.

The goal of ATAP is to enable selected recipients to strengthen opportunities to conduct world-class research, and establish collaborations to enhance their scientific careers. The recipients may return to the laboratories of their alma mater to use laboratory facilities they are familiar with and re-connect with colleagues.

We are happy to announce the selected recipients of the 2022 ATAP programme:

Dr. Azam KARDAN, Damghan University, Iran, who will spend two months at the MAX IV Laboratory of Lund University, Sweden, to work with Profs. Martin Bech and Pablo Villanueva Perez on tomographic acquisitions using machine learning;

Dr. Llinersy URANGA PINA, University of Havana, Cuba, going to the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France, where she will work with Prof. Dr. Christoph Meier and Dr. Nadine Halberstadt on materials science;

Dr. Ausama Ismael KHUDIAR, Institute of Materials Research/Department of Sciences and Technology of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Republic of Iraq, who will go to the Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany, to work with Dr. Nicolae Barsan on gas sensors.