Science4Peace Funding

In 2021 at my retirement party, a donation was handed over to me, collected among my present and former PhD students and PostDocs. I was deeply impressed, and thought that I should not spend the donation for my private fun but rather use it in the spirit of how so many students had a chance to start their career in Particle Physics within our DESY CMS group.

Many students have difficulties to buy and pay for plane tickets etc, even if they are invited for a summer-student project, conferences, internships or PhD program.

In the past, I tried to help on a private basis, but now with this donation, we can launch a small grant to pre-finance such trips. It is called Science4Peace Fund since I believe the scientific exchange over all borders helps for a more peaceful world, but for the scientific exchange to work, people must have similar chances to participate in meetings and workshops. With the Science4Peace fund we make a very small step towards this goal.

If you are planning to visit DESY or any other place for a research visit but you need the pre-finance your travel-tickets etc., please get in contact with us by writing an email directly to hannes.jung@desy.de.

If you wish to contribute to the Science4Peace Fund, you can donate directly with PayPal via the button below.