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All applications to be submitted for the activities outlined below will be reviewed by the Grant Awarding Coordinators (Radu Ignat & Arghir Zarnescu) and approved by the Management Committee (MC).

Grant Period 2 - Events

  • Working Group 2 Workshop on Variational Methods for Topological Patterns Arising in Physics


    Location:     Rome, Italy

    Date: 25-28 November 2025

    Type: Face-to-face

    Aim: This workshop focuses on mathematical approaches to topological patterns in physical systems such as liquid crystals, superconductors, and ferromagnets, emphasizing analytical and variational methods.

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  • Working Group 3 Workshop on 3D Topological Textures at Surfaces and Interfaces


    Location:     Karlsruhe, Germany

    Date: 11-12 December 2025

    Type: Face-to-face

    Aim: This two-day workshop explores how surfaces and interfaces affect the formation and stability of 3D topological textures such as hopfions, vortex lines, and skyrmion strings, combining theoretical, numerical, and experimental perspectives.

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  • Working Group 1 Meeting on Topological Quantum Systems in Real and Momentum Space and Beyond


    Location:     Birmingham, UK

    Date: 21-23 April 2026

    Type: Face-to-face

    Aim:The meeting will explore the relations between real-space and momentum-space topology and topological textures.

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  • Training School on “Topological Textures: theory and mathematical analysis, simulation and experiment”


    Location:     Zagreb, Croatia

    Date: 11-14 May 2026

    Type: Face-to-face

    Aim: An interdisciplinary School on different physical systems. Addressed to YRIs (primarily PhD students and young postdocs, while a number of MSc students will
    also be accepted), to all Action participants, and also to researchers from ITCs who intend to expand their expertise.

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  • Workshop on “Topological Textures: Experiment, Theory, Simulation, and Mathematical Analysis”


    Location:     Iasi, Romania

    Date: 15-18 June 2026

    Type: Face-to-face

    Aim: This workshop is open to all Action participants, researchers who plan to join the Action, and researchers who may benefit from the expertise within the network. It will feature experimental, theoretical, numerical, and mathematical presentations and discussions. Leading researchers will be invited, and a poster session will also be included.

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  • Workshop on “Emerging Applications of Topological Textures


    Location:     Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Date: 16-18 September 2026

    Type: Face-to-face

    Aim: This workshop will explore the emerging applications of topological textures such as skyrmions, vortices, and domain walls. Covering systems ranging from magnetism and ferroelectrics to photonics and acoustics, it will address their stability, dynamics, and potential for nanotechnology, including computing and sensing. Bringing together established experts and emerging leaders, the workshop will showcase recent advances across these fields and their applications.

Meetings / Workshops

Mobility of Researchers and Innovators

  • Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) grants


    Description:     Approx. 12 STSM grants. Mobilities with priority to YRI, visits to and from ITC, connecting different disciplines or laboratories active in different physical systems, and acquiring expertise in topics with significant potential.

How to apply
STSMs

Presentations at Conferences

  • ITC Conference grants


    Description:     Will mainly be used for large European meetings and they will be awarded to YRIs with good scientific output in main topics of the Action area. A balance between Physics and Mathematics will be sought. Transfer techniques and ideas between the disciplines.

How to apply
  • YRI Conference grants


    Description:     YRI Conference grant funds a presentation (poster/oral presentation) of their own work by a Young Researcher andInnovator (YRI) in a high-level conference fully organized by a third party, i.e. not organized nor co-organized by POLYTOPO.

How to apply
Conferences

Grant Awarding Coordinators

  • Prof Radu Ignat

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  • Dr Arghir Zarnescu

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Coordinators