Simons Science School in Physics and Chemistry
STEM education and the training of future scientists, innovators, and high-tech entrepreneurs play a key role in Ukraine's future recovery. The Ukrainian education system excels at identifying gifted youths and at nurturing them in specialised STEM schools and a highly-developed culture of science olympiads and research competitions. This experience should be studied and supported at the highest level, recognizing it as a national asset. Collaborative projects in STEM education between Ukraine and the EU will benefit both parties greatly and promote Ukraine's further integration into the EU.
The Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry is a one-week program for Ukrainian high school students who have excelled at science competitions. The goal is to foster the students’ interest in science, to give them insights into potential research careers, and to inspire them to apply their talents to shape Ukraine’s future. During their week in Vienna, participants will engage with cutting-edge research groups of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the University of Vienna, and TU Wien.
The participants of the Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry are recruited from two of Ukraine’s most successful STEM high schools: the Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum in Kyiv and the Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum.
Building on the success of the Vienna Science School 2023, Projekt MmF will organise two programs for gifted high school students from Ukraine in 2024: the Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry and the Simons Science School in Mathematics.
Program
Sunday, September 8
- 11:30 Arrivals in Vienna,
- 11:30 - 13:00 Check-in at Hotel Geblergasse
- 14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
- 16:00 - 17:00 Opening ceremony
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner at Sägewerk
Monday, September 9
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
- 14:00 - 16:00 Research group Climate Dynamics and Modeling of the University of Vienna
- 16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour in the Vienna City Center
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at GRND Restaurant
Tuesday, September 10
Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). Program by Prof. Maksym Serbyn.
- 09:00 Arrival to ISTA
- 09:15 - 10:00 Research group Materials Electrochemistry (Prof. Stefan Freunberger)
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30 - 11:15 Research group Emergent electronic phenomena in 2D materials (Prof. Hryhoriy Polshyn)
- 11:15 - 12:00 Discussion panel "From Olympiads to Research" with Prof. Maksym Serbyn and Dmytro Kolisnyk
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at ISTA cafeteria
- 13:00 - 14:00 Campus tour by VISTA
- 14:00 - 15:00 Research group Quantum Dynamics and Condensed Matter Theory (Prof. Maksym Serbyn).
- 15:00 - 17:00 Hike to Klosterneuburg
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, September 11
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Atominstitut of the TU Wien
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:30 Research group Physics of Nanostructured Materials of the University of Vienna
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Thursday, September 12
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:30 Lecture "Machine Learning in Chemistry" by Dr. Esther Heid at the TU Wien
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Friday, September 13
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 11:00 Institute of High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:00 United Nations Office and International Atomic Energy Agency
- Guided Tour
- Meeting with Ukrainian diplomats
- 16:00 - 17:00 Relaxation in Donaupark
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner with scientists
Saturday, September 14
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Excursion to Schönbrunn Palace
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:30 Hiking Grinzing-Nussdorf-Wanderweg
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Sunday, September 15
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Free program
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
- 15:00 - 19:00 Departure to Ukraine