2023 Potsdam, Germany
The International Training Courses on ‘Seismology and Seismic Hazard Assessment’ aim at improving the earthquake hazard assessment and risk estimation through training on seismological analysis methods. They provide theoretical fundamentals and practical training in applied seismology, especially for geoscientists and engineers from developing countries. The course 2023 will take place in Potsdam, Germany as an world wide open course, arranged for the benefit of participants from earthquake-prone developing countries. To make the training effective, the number of participants is limited to about 24.
Training course: June 21 to July 19, 2023
Deadline of submission of the complete application: expired
Circular (Conditions for application and admission)
Organised and sponsored by:
- German Research Centre for Geosciences,Potsdam/Germany
co-sponsored by:
2023 - Balkan
As a continuation to the online training course realized in 2020, we plan an onsite training course on ‚Seismology and Seismic Hazard Assessment‘, which will take place in Podgorica, Montenegro from October 9 to 28, 2023. This course will be realized in collaboration with EPOS and ORFEUS.
We invite seismological and engineering institutes, mainly from the Balkan region, to nominate engineers and scientists, who are interested in earthquake seismology, seismological monitoring, instrumental micro-zonation studies, strong ground motion analysis and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment.
Course: October 9th to October 28th, 2023
organised and sponsored by:
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
co-sponsored by:
- Federal Foreign Office Berlin
- EPOS Thematic Core Service for Seismology
- Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS)
with the local support of:
- Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro
- University of Montenegro - Faculty of Civil Engineering
We invited seismological and engineering institutes, mainly from the Balkan region, to nominate engineers and scientists, who are interested in earthquake seismology, seismological monitoring, instrumental micro-zonation studies, strong ground motion analysis and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment.
The nominations and applications should be sent by e-mail, directed to Dr. Simone Cesca, to the following e-mail:
course-un@gfz-potsdam.de.
Applications should include the following information:
- CV, including (if available) a list of scientific publications; (if available)
- Two letters of recommendation, which give details on the applicant’s personality, duties, performance in seismic station operation, data analysis or scientific research;
- Confirmation of appropriate command of English;
- Title and one-page abstract of the proposed topic or case study to be presented or discussed in a special workshop session;
- Letter of motivation;
- Every applicant is urged to look into available possibilities to cover travel expenses on his/her own with the support of his/her nominating or sponsoring institution and to make, an explicit statement to this effect in the application letter.
The deadline for the submission of the application documents is August 15, 2023.
Candidates will be informed of the decision of the Academic Board by September, 2023 and, if accepted, will receive further instructions by the GFZ in a letter of acceptance.
Fellowship includes:
- Accommodation in single rooms, breakfast, lunch and tea-break refreshments within the facilities and arrangements provided by the organizers;
- Course software and material, which participants can take home;
- A small amount to cover dinner costs and incidental expenses; this amount will be provided by bank transfer to participants in the weeks following the training course, upon course attendance;
- Local transport in connection with the official programme and field excursions.
Travel grants to cover the cost of international travel might be available for only some of the participants. Every applicant is urged to look into available possibilities to cover travel expenses on his/her own with the support of his/her nominating or sponsoring institution and to make, an explicit statement to this effect in the application letter.