43rd Course
"FRONTIERS IN GEOPHYSICS FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM"
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF GEOPHYSICS «ENZO BOSCHI»
Ettore Majorana Fundation and Centre for Scientific Culture
ERICE-Sicily: 22 – 26 September 2025
Aim of the Course
The 43rd Course is organized to honor the founder of the School, Enzo Boschi, who passed away on 22 December 2018, by reviving his dedication to all branches of Geophysics and to the training of young scientists. The Course had already been planned for March 2020, but the event was canceled at a rather advanced stage of preparation due to the inception of COVID19.
The Courses of the International School of Geophysics at the are unique because they gather top level scientists and young researchers and create an extremely fertile environment for the transfer of knowledge, for scientific exchanges and for training.
The Course is organized by Boschi's colleagues from the University of Bologna and from the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia and has three fundamental goals:
- honoring the memory of Enzo Boschi by recounting his accomplishments, both in basic research and in all areas of societal relevance he touched upon in his career;
- providing an overview of the most recent accomplishments in the areas of Geophysics that were dearest to him, directly from the voice of about 25 top-notch Italian and international scientists, who will report on the state-of-the-art and on the perspectives of their disciplines for the third millennium;
- creating a high-level forum for young promising post-doc scientists and PhD students, who will have the opportunity to meet leading scientists in their respective fields of expertise, thus reviving the goals and the atmosphere of previous courses of the International School of Geophysics.
The 43rd Course of the School is sponsored by:
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Italy
- University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy - Bologna, Italy
- (additional sponsors may be added at a later time)
Participation of self-supported applicants:
Participation is limited by the maximum occupancy of the Centre (about 110 people, including keynote speakers and grant recipients). Participants are requested to stay for the entire length of the Course (arrival on 22 September, departure on 26 September). Applications should be sent to the Organizing Committee by filling this . Applicants will be selected in the attempt to promote the largest possible multidisciplinarity. Please write to
Participation and grant application of Students and Young Scientists:
About 40 GRANTS are available to support the participation of postgraduate students, PhD students, and postdocs. The grants cover the full boarding in Erice and transportation from/to Palermo or Trapani airport to/from Erice. Notice that the grants do not cover the travel expenses from the country of residence of the applicant to Palermo or Trapani Airport, or directly to Erice. To apply please fill this . Please write to
Deadlines
30 June 2025; Deadline for application of self-supported participants
30 June 2025; Deadline for postgraduate students, PhD students, and postdocs who wish to apply for a grant
15 July 2025: Notification of acceptance of applications (both for self-supported participation and for grants).
31 August 2025: Final Program of the course.
Venue
More information on the venue and on the general organization of the course can be found on the website of the .
Contacts
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Fabio FLORINDO (INGV, and Director of the International School of Geophysics «Enzo BoschI»)
Prof. Maria Elina BELARDINELLI (University of Bologna)
Prof. Paolo GASPERINI (University of Bologna)
Dr. Alberto MICHELINI (INGV)
Dr. Daniela PANTOSTI (INGV)
Dr. Gianluca VALENSISE (INGV)