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EUROfusion Event: Women at SOFT 2018

<i>EUROfusion organised a special networking event exclusively for the women participants of SOFT 2018. The idea is to sow the seeds for a strong network of women fusion researchers and engineers.</i> — EUROfusion organised a special networking event exclusively for the women participants of SOFT 2018. The idea is to sow the seeds for a strong network of women fusion researchers and engineers.

2017 EUCYS Prize Winners at JET

Matthias Grutzner <i>EIROforum, a long-term sponsor of EUCYS Prizes, offers eight prizes for outstanding projects, each consisting of a one-week visit to one of the EIROs. This year three prize winners visited EUROfusion's JET Arne Giepel, Matthias Grutzner, and Julian Egbert. We caught up for a quick chat with two of them.</i> — EIROforum, a long-term sponsor of EUCYS Prizes, offers eight prizes for outstanding projects, each consisting of a one-week visit to one of the EIROs. This year three prize winners visited EUROfusion's JET Arne Giepel, Matthias Grutzner, and Julian Egbert. We caught up for a quick chat with two of them.

Wei Zhang: Winner EPS prize

Wei Zhang <i>Wei Zhang is one of the winners of this year’s EPS prize. Wei’s winning study is called “Plasma edge modelling with ICRF coupling”, and one of his studies is improving the ICRF (Ion cyclotron resonance frequency) power coupling with local gas fuelling.</i> — Wei Zhang is one of the winners of this year’s EPS prize. Wei’s winning study is called “Plasma edge modelling with ICRF coupling”, and one of his studies is improving the ICRF (Ion cyclotron resonance frequency) power coupling with local gas fuelling.

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EUROfusion Researcher Grants Programme

EUROfusion Researcher Grants Programme, which are part of EUROfusion’s training and education initiatives, are designed to nurture the next generation of fusion experts. And, each year approximately 30 engineers and scientists are selected for receiving the grants through the EUROfusion Researcher Grants and the EUROfusion Engineering Grants programmes.