The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded our member Juhan Aru (EPFL) an Eccellenza Grant.

27 Nov 2020

The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded our member Juhan Aru (EPFL) an Eccellenza Grant. Our member Juhan Aru (EPFL), who holds the Chair of Random Geometry has received an Eccellenza Grant. His research lies mainly in probability theory, in the domain of random planar geometry. His group studies random curves, surfaces, and other random geometric structures that help to geometrically encode and describe the large-scale behaviour of complex systems like 2D statistical physics models. The Swiss National Foundation’s Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships and SNSF Eccellenza Grants are given each year to “highly qualified young researchers who aspire to a permanent professorship.” The goal is to support these scientists in leading generously funded research projects with their own team at a Swiss higher education institution.

The Eccellenza Grants aim at “researchers in all disciplines who have recently been appointed as tenure-track assistant professors at a Swiss higher education institution.” The Grants offer project funds up to 1,500,000 Swiss francs over five years.

The Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships are aimed “at outstanding researchers in all disciplines who have a doctorate or equivalent qualification and are pursuing an academic career, but who have not yet obtained an assistant professorship.” Along with salaries, the Fellowships fund projects up to 1,000,000 Swiss francs over five years. This year, two scientists at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have been awarded Eccellenza Grants, while another has received a Professorial Fellowship. Title of awarded project: “The geometry of the Gaussian free field and applications.”

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