Activities at the Centre for Photon Science

The Center for Photon Science at Uppsala University awards the "Uppsala Photon Science Award", which we colloquially call the "Årets Ljushuvud-priset", to reward doctoral theses with particularly innovative use, development of photon science or particularly outstanding research results with photon science methods. Candidates for "Årets Ljushuvud" are recent PhDs from Uppsala University who completed their dissertation in the previous calendar year. For the 2024 award, the dissertation must have taken place in 2023.

Nominations for the award are to be sent as one pdf file to the Director of the Center for Photon Science, Olle Björneholm, no later than February 23, 2024. The nomination must contain a letter of motivation (max. 1 page), the thesis, as well as the nominee’s CV and contact details.

The award winner will be selected by the Board of the Center for Photon Science. The award ceremony will take place in connection to the Photon Day later in the spring, and the award consists of a diploma and a stipend.*

*The scholarship may be taxable depending on the award winner's form of employment.

The aim of Center for Photon Science is to promote the use of photon science at Uppsala University, primarily at the faculty of Science and Technology. We now open a call for support for three types of activities.

a) Course/workshop organization (travel and lodging of external teachers, rent for teaching premises, other costs)

b) Travel and registration costs for PhD students and postdocs for participation in specialized courses in different areas of photon science

c) Travel and accommodation for participation in the very first beamtime for PhD students and postdocs.

Application procedures

Send your application to Olle Björneholm including the following.

1. Summary of syllabus, tentative list of internal and invited teachers/speakers, estimated of number of participants, tentative schedule, budget.
2. Personal letter explaining why you will benefit from the course, 1 page CV, copy of course syllabus, budget, brief support letter from supervisor stating that the applicant will be financially supported to attend the course if receiving a 50% of the total cost from Center for Photon Science
3. Personal letter explaining why you will benefit from participating in the beamtime, 1 page CV, copy beamtime proposal, budget, brief support letter from supervisor stating that the applicant will be financially supported to attend the beamtime if receiving a 50% of the total cost from Center for Photon Science.

Please note that this call replaces the previous one from June 13, 2022. Applications accepted from September 19, 2022. The applications will be evaluated and decisions taken on a monthly basis.