A competition for I. M. Frank and F. L. Shapiro scholarships for young scientists in 2022 is open.

All applications for the scholarships (with a list of publications for the last 5 years and abtracts in Russian (1-2 pages) reflecting the applicant’s personal contribution to this research) should be submitted to the FLNP Scientific Secretary (room 76, bldg. 42) no later than 10:00 AM 25 November 2021. Please, specify in the abstract the section to which the application is submitted. A recommendation letter from the Head of the group or sector should be provided as well.

Five Frank scholarships are awarded annually in the following research directions:

• investigation of condensed matter properties by neutron scattering methods;
• neutron nuclear physics;
• scientific and methodological developments for neutron research;
• development of basic facilities.

Three Shapiro scholarships are awarded annually in the following research directions:

• UCN physics;
• polarized neutrons;
• neutron spectroscopy;
• methodological support of neutron physics experiments.

A scholarship is awarded for a period of 1 year. The age of the scholarship applicant should be under 35 years (as of December 31 of the current year). The amount of the scholarship and the number of scholarships for each section can be changed by a joint decision of the FLNP Directorate and the jury. The scholarship cannot be awarded to the same person two years in a row.