CECAM-FR-MOSER

2025 CECAM-FR-MOSER SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION

CECAM-FR-MOSER invites proposals for collaborative projects between MOSER node and other nodes (or HQ) to foster scientific exchange and strengthen connections within the network. This initiative aims to support joint research activities or other collaborative efforts that enhance synergies between different CECAM nodes.

For 2025, CECAM-FR-MOSER will support short-term visits of 1-3 researchers to other national or international nodes. Notably, we will fund researchers affiliated with institutions constituting the MOSER node to undertake scientific visits to other CECAM nodes. Funding will cover travel and accommodation expenses for short-term visits aimed at fostering collaborative research, exchanging expertise, and initiating new projects.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please send a brief description of your project, including objectives, participating nodes, and expected outcomes. A template is provided here: CECAM-COLLABORATIONS-2025.

For further details and submission guidelines, please contact:

riccardo.spezia@cnrs.fr ; cecam.moser@maisondelasimulation.fr

Deadline for submission: 01/06/2025

For submission please send the request using the template as a unique PDF file to:

riccardo.spezia@cnrs.fr ; cecam.moser@maisondelasimulation.fr

2025 CECAM-FR-MOSER STUDENTSHIP

CECAM-FR-MOSER offers grants for PhD students doing their studies in the institutions constituting the Consortium¹ to participate at CECAM schools or conferences that will be held in 2025 in another CECAM node or at Head Quarter (HQ, Lausanne). Each studentship will cover partially the participation costs, for a maximum allowance of 1,000€. The studentship can be requested even if the participation to the CECAM event is not confirmed by the organizers.

The interested candidate should submit before March 25^th 2025 a dossier composed by:

Information on the School/Conference (web site, program …), the amount of funding requested and the aim of the funding (conferences fees, travel, hotel). See the provides request module template.
A Curriculum Vitae (CV);
A motivation letter explaining the importance and the pertinence of the school/conference for the PhD program;
A recommendation letter of the PhD supervisor clearly stating that it refers to the present CECAM-FR-MOSER grant;

The students interested can contact the CECAM-FR-MOSER director for further information.

The dossier (composed in a unique PDF file) must be sent to the following mail addresses no later than March 25^th 2025: riccardo.spezia@cnrs.fr ; cecam.moser@maisondelasimulation.fr

The result of the selection will be known before the end of Avril 2025.

The fellows will acknowledge the CECAM-FR-MOSER in the associated communications (poster, oral). The fellows could be invited to present their work in a next CECAM-FR-MOSER local event.

The full call with a template can be dowloaded here: CECAM-STUDENTSHIP-2025

Call for applications
Renewal of Director CECAM-FR-MOSER 2026-2030

The CECAM-FR-MOSER Node of CECAM, the European Center for Atomic and Molecular Calculation, renews
its Director for the 2026-2030 mandate.
Candidates must apply before December 13, 2024 following the details given in the call

Call for new director (in English)
Appel à candidature (in French)

2024 CECAM FLAGSHIP CALL

The 2024 call is now open until 10 July 2024 and results will be communicated by 15 December 2024.

The next CECAM year for events will run from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. Flagship events can be run at CECAM HQ (Lausanne, Lugano, and Zürich) or at one of the seventeen CECAM nodes. Events involving collaboration between different CECAM nodes are also welcome.

Typical CECAM formats include workshops, schools and alternative formats. All proposals are submitted on the CECAM website, through the link below:

https://www.cecam.org/submit-flagship-proposal

On the website, you will find more information and important guidelines highlighting the specificity of the CECAM format and style. Read this material very carefully: it plays a relevant role, in addition to scientific excellence, in the evaluation process. We strive to propose an open and inclusive program. Applications are evaluated also based on gender balance, diversity of geographical provenance of organizers and participants, and engagement of scientists at different stages of their careers.

If you plan to propose an event at the CECAM-FR-MOSER node, please contact the Director in advance: all the projects need the validation of the node director. The Matching Funds scheme is possible also this year: HQ has set aside a budget to provide co-funding for up to 8 events to be run in the Nodes. Applicants interested in this opportunity must contact the director for more details and validation.

2024 CECAM-FR-MOSER STUDENTSHIP

CECAM-FR-MOSER offers grants for PhD students doing their studies in the institutions constituting the Consortium¹ to participate at CECAM schools or conferences that will be held in 2024 in another CECAM node or at Head Quartier (HQ, Lausanne). Each studentship will cover partially the participation costs, for a maximum allowance of 1,000€. The studentship can be requested even if the participation to the CECAM event is not confirmed by the organizers.
The interested candidate should submit before Avril 8^th 2024 a dossier composed by:

Information on the School/Conference (web site, program …), the amount of funding requested and the aim of the funding (conferences fees, travel, hotel). See the provides request module template.
A Curriculum Vitae (CV);
A motivation letter explaining the importance and the pertinence of the school/conference for the PhD program;
A recommendation letter of the PhD supervisor clearly stating that it refers to the present CECAM-FR-MOSER grant;

The students interested can contact the CECAM-FR-MOSER director for further information.
The dossier (composed in a unique PDF file) must be sent to the following mail addresses no later than Avril 8^th 2024: riccardo.spezia@cnrs.fr ; cecam.moser@maisondelasimulation.fr

The result of the selection will be known before the end of Avril 2024.
The fellows will acknowledge the CECAM-FR-MOSER in the associated communications (poster, oral). The fellows could be invited to present their work in a next CECAM-FR-MOSER local event.

The call with a template can be dowloaded here: CECAM-STUDENTSHIP-2024

What is CECAM?

CECAM (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) is a European network to promote fundamental research on advanced computational methods and their application to important problems in frontier areas of science and technology.

The missions of CECAM include the organization of scientific workshops in emerging areas, advanced schools to train at the graduate and postdoctoral level, workshops on algorithmic and software development, the development of collaborative research projects for Europe and beyond, and the sponsorship of an international visitors program.

CECAM is composed of 17 nodes across Europe and in Israel to work alongside the headquarters in Lausanne.

The CECAM-FR-MOSER is hosted at the Maison de la Simulation in Saclay (Paris area).

The node is sponsored by Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), the Université Paris-Saclay (UPS), Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Gustav Eiffel (UGE), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS Paris) and Ecole Chimie ParisTech (ENSCP).

The node director is Riccardo Spezia from CNRS/SU, the node administrative assistant is Valérie Belle from CEA/MDLS.

Other French nodes

There are two other CECAM nodes in France: the node Grand Sud Ouest (GSO) and the Rhône Alpes region (RA) node.

Node scientific interests include:

Theory, methodology and code development, HPC
Electronic structure for strongly correlated molecular systems and materials
Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
Computational physics and chemistry
Environmental Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Molecular astrophysics
Biophysics and Biochemistry, Bio- and Nano- inspired materials and devices
Material Physics, Surfaces, Nanosciences, Nanophysics, Nanomagnetism
Control, Optimization, Quantum Information. Cold atom and molecule systems
Classical and Quantum Molecular Dynamics. Force Fields and Potentials. Multiscale modeling
Statistical mechanics, hydrodynamics of liquids, melting, glass dynamics, polymers, vesicles, membranes
Modelling for the energy sector. Nuclear separative chemistry and environmental problems, Heavy element chemistry, Materials in extreme conditions, Electrochemistry
Applied mathematics for Physics, Engineering and Chemistry