Junior Associates

My visit to the ICTP as a Junior Associate was very productive. It allowed me to utilize the center’s vast and up to date scientific materials that are essential for my research. The environment is very stimulating and vibrant. My visits to the ICTP always leave an inspiration and energy that pushes me to work harder to uplift the scientific situation in my country.

Darwin Barayang Putungan, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

The Associates programme is designed for young scientists - up to the age of 35 at the time of application - who hold a PhD and are working in developing countries.

It enables them to maintain long term formal contacts with the stimulating and active scientific environment of the Centre by supporting their visits to ICTP where they are exposed to the most modern aspects of their scientific fields.

Associates are expected to play a major role in building their scientific communities, enhancing physics and mathematics education at all levels, and planning research projects related to the specific needs of their home regions.

In addition to the research fields listed below, ICTP Junior Associates can also pursue research in the fields of Digital and Computer Networking and Medical Physics.