General Activities
ICTP welcomes about 5,000 scientists each year. About 50% of the 100,000 scientists who have participated in ICTP research activities since the centre's inception in 1964 are from developing countries. Visitors have represented some 170 nations and 40 international organizations. With more than 64,000 books, 443 current print subscriptions and full-text access to nearly 3,500 e-journals, the library has the biggest single collection of specialized physics and mathematics literature in the whole of Europe. Every month it receives 1,000 preprints from scientific institutes the world over.
- Scientific Events
Each year, ICTP offers more than 50 schools, colleges, workshops and conferences. Topics range from optics to earthquakes; complex systems to scientific e-learning; climate variability to nanotechnology; cosmology to medical physics; and radiopropagation to neurophysics. There are also a few ICTP activities taking place outside Trieste.
- ICTP Associate and Federation Schemes
The Associate Scheme is one of ICTP's oldest Programmes, established to provide support for distinguished scientists in developing countries in an effort to lessen the brain-drain.
The Federation Scheme was established with the aim of giving the opportunity to junior representatives of scientific institutes in developing countries to participate in the ICTP's activities.
The Associate and Federation Schemes of the ICTP are located on entrance level of the Leonardo Building.
Up-to-date information on the ICTP's Associate and Federation Schemes, including detailed description and rules, can be obtained from
- Grants and Fellowships
ICTP advertises grants and fellowships for scientists from developing and transition countries on its Programmes' web pages. Direct links to the grants and fellowships that are currently available, both internally and outside of ICTP, are provided.
- ICTP Visitor's Programme
Besides the high-level training courses, workshops, conferences, topical meetings and regular research activities which take place throughout the year at ICTP, the scientific sections also offer visitor programmes. These activities provide scientists from developing countries with opportunities to conduct research and to study new developments in physics and mathematics thanks to generous funding received by the Centre.
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