LIGHT Communication

Organization of highly visible scientific networking events

Poster exhibition

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

Objective

The visibility of top-level research of the LIGHT profile of the university and of Jena is to be increased by supporting the organization of workshops, LIGHT associated conferences and networking activities in Jena (and the surrounding region). The LIGHT Communication funding line is therefore intended to support LIGHT researchers in organizing highly visible scientific networking events. In addition to establishing new, LIGHT-specific event formats, the main aim is to exploit synergies with the activities of existing structure-building centers and coordinated research networks.

Funding content

Researchers of the LIGHT profile can apply for funding to support the organization of events. Additional organizational support can be provided by the profile line coordinator.

Support for the following event formats is envisaged. However, other formats can also be supported if the added value for the LIGHT profile is adequately justified.

Workshop participants

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

LIGHT Workshops

The workshops should be open and beneficial for a larger group of participants of the LIGHT profile and not just of interest to a working group or a single coordinated research program that has already been funded.

Funding amount: up to 3,500 € per workshop.

Discussions among conference participants

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

LIGHT Young Generation

The aim is to support scientific networking events that are organized independently by young scientists (independent of the existing coordinated programs).

Funding amount: up to 5,000 € per event and, in particular, help with the organization.

Light installation at Ernst-Abbe-Platz in Jena

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

LIGHT Conference

The organization of a major annual event in form of an international symposium addressing central topics of the LIGHT profile is to be supported. The event is to be held as a Jena LIGHT Conference and can address different key topics each year, e.g. photonics, energy, materials, information.

It is intended to link the Jena LIGHT Conference in terms of content and organization with larger events of current collaborative projects (e.g. CRCs, RTGs, IRTGs, FORs), which are to be organized by LIGHT researchers anyway (a completely new and independent event does not necessarily have to be created). Rather, the regular LIGHT event is intended to increase the visibility of the individual events and thus of Jena as the City of LIGHT. The Jena LIGHT Conference should also be open to interested participants outside the directly involved consortia of the respective collaborative project.

The annual topic for the Jena LIGHT Conference should be chosen broadly enough to appeal to a larger group of participants in the LIGHT profile. In addition, there is also the option of collocating smaller, topic-focused meetings, e.g. to support the application process for new coordinated funding programs. Thus young researchers are given the opportunity to organize their first conference sessions on their research topics.

Funding amount: up to 20,000 € for one event per year.

Information

Information: Using the funds for catering costs is under reserve (and still being clarified).

Submission of proposals

Detailed information about submission modalities can be found on the previous page:

Funding program of the LIGHT profile