Dear colleagues in Bavaria and the State of S\u00e3o Paulo,<\/p>\n
We, Abner de Siervo (Unicamp) and Hans-Peter Steinr\u00fcck (FAU) have jointly submitted a BAYLAT \/ FAPESP application for two workshops on “Innovative routes to low-dimensional materials”.
\nAim of the funding scheme is promoting young scientists and initiating or strengthening cooperation between Bavaria and the state of S\u00e3o Paulo in Brazil. The application has been approved. The two workshops will take place<\/p>\n
1) April 20-25, 2026, in Campinas, Brazil<\/strong> The two joint workshops are intended to promote the advancement of young researchers in S\u00e3o Paulo and Bavaria, with a focus on networking and gaining knowledge and experience in the international environment of cutting-edge research. Abner and I are supported by 4 mentors, Profs. Tulio Rocha\/Sirius and Carlos Graeff\/UNESP from S\u00e3o Paulo, as well as Profs. Barbara Lechner\/TU Munich and Willi Auw\u00e4rter\/TU Munich).<\/p>\n The target group includes doctoral candidates who are about to complete their work as well as postdocs, habilitation candidates and junior professors (or recently appointed professors) up to 10 years after their doctorate<\/span><\/strong>. The language of the workshops is English. 18 people from each side should take part in each workshop (in total 2 PIs, 4 mentors and 30 junior researchers).<\/p>\n We invite you to nominate suitable candidates fitting the target group<\/strong><\/span>; they can be from your group (not more than 2) or from other groups, but also be already independent. Self-applications are possible. <\/p>\n Deadline for the nomination\/application is Jan. 29, 2026<\/span><\/strong>, and we will inform the candidates until Feb 05, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Interested young researchers should send their application (informal email with short CV and link to their Google Scholar page) to hans-peter.steinrueck@fau.de (Bavaria) or asiervo@ifi.unicamp.br (S\u00e3o Paulo). <\/strong><\/p>\n The selection will be made by us with the support of the mentors, based on the quality of the applicants (in terms of their scientific age) and a balanced distribution across the universities in S\u00e3o Paulo and Bavaria.<\/p>\n For BAVARIAN participants, we can provide up to 900 \u20ac for flights and conference fees, and free housing for the duration of the meeting at the University of Campinas.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n For S\u00e3o Paulo participants, some local costs will be covered (including housing for those outside Campinas).<\/strong><\/p>\n The conference fee is 50 Euros for PhD students and postdocs and <\/span><\/strong><\/span>80 Euros for professors and PIs<\/span><\/strong>. It covers coffee breaks, excursions, and conference dinners.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear colleagues in Bavaria and the State of S\u00e3o Paulo, We, Abner de Siervo (Unicamp) and Hans-Peter Steinr\u00fcck (FAU) have jointly submitted a BAYLAT \/ FAPESP application for two workshops on “Innovative routes to low-dimensional materials”. Aim of the funding scheme is promoting young scientists and initiating or strengthening cooperation between Bavaria and the state … <\/p>\n
\n2) Fall 2027 in Erlangen<\/strong><\/p>\n