nanoGUNE Winter School 2025

Overview

The nanoGUNE cooperative research center holds the fifth edition of its Winter School, where a selected international group of undergraduate students will be trained into the most innovative aspects of nanoscience research. The school will include a combination of academic lectures, soft skills training sessions, and hands-on lab practices.

The nanoGUNE Winter School 2025 will be held in the nanoGUNE facilities in Donostia / San Sebastian (Spain), from Wednesday 5 February to Friday 7 February 2025.

Application and Key Dates

The application period will be open from 7 October to 13 November 2024.The results of the selection process will be communicated no later than 20 December to all applicants.  

To apply to the Winter School, please complete the application form at the bottom of this page. The form will be available from 7 October to 13 November 2024. 

Who can join?

The Winter School is targeted to last years undergraduate students that are considering the possibility of pursuing their training with a Master and PhD degree. 

• Fields: physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering

Grants. What is included?

NanoGUNE will offer grants to cover all the main expenses of the winter school to all the selected students: 

• Grants to cover travel expenses to and from San Sebastian. The most efficient and economical way to reach San Sebastian and return to your place of origin should be sought. Whenever available, public transportation should be used. 

• Lunch and coffee-breaks offered within the Winter School program.

• Accommodation in shared rooms will be arranged.

Program

The program will combine scientific lectures, transversal sessions, and hands-on lab practices in small groups, as well as social activities. The specific session and agenda will be announced later on, but the sessions will cover the following or similar topics:

TRANSVERSAL SESSIONS

• Introduction to nanoscience

• Time management

• Working in Science / Career path in Science

• Scientific Publications and the Web of Science

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

• Nanoelectronics

• Fundamentals of nanoscience and quantum effects in the nanoscale

• Interface between biology - nanoscience - nanotechnology

HANDS-ON LABS

• Cleanroom nanofabrication

• Organic electronics

• Electrospinning of nanofibers

• Deposition of thin films and characterization

• Low-temperature STM

• Computer simulations

• Electron Microscopy 

SOCIAL PROGRAM

• Winter School Dinner

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MASTER+PHD THESIS

Up to 5 scholarships will be offered to do the master+PhD thesis at nanoGUNE in the period 2025-2028. The projects will be presented at the winter school, and the call will then be open to all interested candidates, attendants and non-attendants to the school.

Dissemination material

Organizing committee

Luis Hueso, Scientific coordinator.

Laura Benedetti & Itziar Otegui, technical coordinators.