LAUSANNE EPS ExCom ANTIGONE MARINO Young Minds Project Committee Italian National Research Council, CNR Physical Sciences Department University of Naples Federico II – Italy http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] YOUNG MINDS PROJECT …a platform for early-career scientists Objectives • Recruit future researchers in physics • Foster leadership amongst young scientists • Connect (young) scientists in Europe Approach • Create an infrastructure for young physicists to emerge and get involved • Support self-organized local sections • Encourage interaction between sections http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] YOUNG MINDS PROJECT networking …how to create a YM Section. Recruit Members and a Faculty Advisor Define Name, Bylaw and Officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary) outreach Apply Run Activities 2% seminars 18% YM members Undergraduates 50% PhD 30% Post Doc Research Fellow http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] YOUNG MINDS PROJECT 2011 2013 10 sections, 7 countries 23 sections, 12 countires 87 young scientists from 13 countries • 2nd YMmeeting at EPS in Mulhouse • Invited YM members to join the AC • 1th YM meeting at CERN • Secure long-term key role within the community • invited National Societies to get involved too • Advance their career through experience and • interacted with existing student/postdoc groups contacts 2010 2012 2014 YMP Starts 18 sections, 10 countries 27 sections, 14 countries 1th Goal: 3 sections • The number of granted • 3rd YM meeting in Paris activities increased of the • YM consolidates its collaborations 300% • Big involvement in the IYL2015 • YM National Coordinators http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] YM WORLDWIDE 27 SECTIONS, 14 COUNTRIES • ITALY: Naples, Rome, Catania, US Cosenza, Messina (5) • GERMANY: Erlangen, Mainz, Heidelberg, Dresden, Konstanz (5) • SPAIN : Barcelona, Valladolid, Catello de la Plana, Santiago de Compostela (4) • UK: Strathclyde (1) • UCRAINA: Kiev, Lviv (2) • IRLAND: Galway (1) • RUSSIA: Moscow (1) • FRANCE: Paris (1) • US: Maryland (1) • SWISS: Zurich (1) • TURKEY: Ankara (1) • HUNGERY: Debrecen, Budapest (2) • DENMARK: Copenhagen (1) • LATVIA: Riga (1) http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] National Societies & YM 13 National Societies § Italian Physical Society § German Physical Society § Spanish Royal Physics Society RUSSIA § The Institute Of Physics § Ukrainian Physical Society § United Physical Society Of The Russian Federation § French Physical Society § American Physical Societies § Swiss Physical Society § Turkish Physical Society § Eotvos Lorand Physical Society § Danish Physical Society § Latvian Physical Society http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] YM ACTION COMMITTEE Christophe Rossel Eva Salvador Balaguer Enrique Sanchez http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] Collaborations EPS GROUPS/DIVISIONS § For the International Year of Light, the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division and Young Minds Action Committee of the European Physical Society offer a limited number of travel grants for PhD Students who wish to attend CLEO®/Europe-EQEC 2015. § Last YM action committee was in Belgrade, during the VI EPS Forum for Physics and Society. A YM representative will be in their committee. § YM co-works with EPS Historic Sites. § For the3rd European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC2015), August 31 – September 4, Groeningen, we will organize a YM parallel session about article writing, CV writing or job hunting. EXTERNAL § YM is in the targeted network COST TN1301, Next Generation of Young Scientist: Towards a Contemporary Spirit of R&I - Sci-GENERATION. § YM co-works with IAPS § YM is in European Young Researchers Platform (EYRP) http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] GRANTS Each Section can be awarded Activity Grants totaling up to 1000€ per year. FIRST DEADLINE 15 january 2013 15K€/year SECOND DEADLINE 15 july 2013 GRANTS request 30% 20% Networking Outreach Seminars 50% http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] GRANTS BUDGET 100 Grant avarage amount 80 HAPPINESS Approved Grants Active Sections 60 SADNESS 40 PROPOSAL 20 Short term Expectation 5000€ extra grants for the 0 IYL2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Long term Fix to 20k€ the YM budget http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] Contacts EPS Young Minds Project EPS Young Minds Project #EpsYoungMinds @epsyoungminds www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected] http://www.epsyoungminds.org [email protected].