TAPS 2019 has finished.
The new TAPS website can be accessed via the following link: tssp.umk.pl.
Registration for next year's edition will be opened in the spring of 2020. Stay tuned.
The Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, is pleased to welcome applications for the 3rd edition of the TAPS program. TAPS is an opportunity for students interested in physics or astrophysics to lead a 4-week-long summer research project in one of the following areas:
- Molecular Astrophysics
- Interstellar spectroscopy
- Photopolarimetric observations
- Quantum Chemistry
- Density Functional Theory
- Positron Physics
- Biomedical Imaging
- Light-Matter Interactions
- Quantum Communication
- Quantum Entanglement
- Cavity ring-down spectroscopy
- Physics of scintillators
- Plasmonic Networks
- Graphene Plasmonics
- Hybrid Nanostructures
- Optical Atomic Clocks and Dark Matter
- Molecular Modelling of Biomolecules
- Photothermal Infrared Radiometry and superlattices
For each participant we will offer the student housing in Toruń and a daily allowance of 50 PLN (~12 euro), which are more than sufficient to cover the living costs during the stay in Poland.
Advanced undergraduate & PhD students from all countries are encouraged to send applications for the summer program before April 23rd, 2019, 14:00 CET - for details, see
*application*.
Program
The main component of the summer program is an active participation in the selected astrophysics / physics research project offered by the staff members of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, please see the topics and their descriptions below. Interested students are welcome to contact possible advisors for more details concerning the foreseen projects and discuss the dates that the project could be undertaken.
See the
list of topics and advisors.
Apart from the projects, once a week we will organise an invited lecture and a lunch or dinner for the entire group. We will also offer short trips / sightseeing in the Toruń area on selected weekends. All students will be asked to give 15-minute presentations about the results of their projects at the end of their stay in Toruń.
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Application
We kindly ask all interested students to provide us with the following information
in English:
- Application form;
- Curriculum Vitae (max. 4 pages);
- Motivation letter (max. 1 page);
- The title(s) of the project(s) they would like to contribute to;
- Consent to personal data processing.
- Optional: letter of recommendation, e.g. from their scientific advisor, staff member from their institute, former internship advisor, etc.
Complete applications should be send to
taps [at] fizyka.umk.pl before the deadline of
April 23rd, 2019, 14:00 CET. The results of the selection procedure will be announced by May 14th, 2019.
Please note that we cannot reimburse your travel expenses to Toruń.
See the official regulations for the TAPS in
Polish and in
English.
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Housing
Students will be offered single occupancy rooms in the dormitories of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, located at the walking distance to the Physics Department. The astrophysics students may choose to stay in the University hostel in the Astronomical Observatory in Piwnice n. Toruń, about 15 km away from the city center. In case those students choose to stay in Toruń, they will be obliged to buy the monthly intercity bus ticket from Toruń to Piwnice (~100 PLN / month) from their regular stipend.
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Contact
We encourage prospective summer students to send questions about the science projects directly to the advisors, whose emails are listed below
each project description.
Questions that are not related to the specific projects can be sent to the school organizers:
taps [at] fizyka.umk.pl.
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