Applications for the training are closed.
Apply to the ESWW2025 Space Weather Training Course in Kiruna
Update 17 July - All notifications have been sent out on Tuesday 15 July. Further information about funding outcomes and registration will be provided in early August. If you did not received an email, please look into your spam folder.
Eligibility and Application
The training course is suitable for undergraduate, master and PhD students and early career professionals in the space weather domain. We also welcome applications from teachers, journalists, managers, companies or similar that want to learn about space weather and its impacts. Participation to the training course comes with the condition to also register for the ESWW conference the week after.
Applications will open 3 June 2025, and end on July 7, 23:59 CET. To apply please, use this application link. You will be asked why you would like to participate in the training course, what your relevant experience is and how the training course can help you in your career.
After the deadline, all applications will be reviewed by the organizers by July 15, taking DE&I considerations into account. All applicants will be informed of the result of the selection and selected candidates can then register for the training course at the same time as they register for the conference.
Registration and Fee
We expect the registration fee for the training course to be between 2000 and 2500 SEK (Swedish Kroner). This fee will cover tuition, accommodation, some meals, and travel to Umeå on Sunday.
Up to 8 participants can receive a registration fee waiver for the training course, of which 4 can receive travel funding if eligible. Applicants will need to substantiate their need of funding in the application form. There are two funding options:
- E-SWAN funding to waive the registration fee for the training course
- ESA Academy funding for citizens of an ESA Member State, Associate Member, or Canada (more info)
Students will be selected and ranked according to their motivation and CV. The organisers will distribute the funding based on this ranking.
As participation to the conference afterwards is mandatory, we also offer the participants that receive E-SWAN sponsorship the option to volunteer to help with the organisational aspects of the conference itself. In return for 2,5 days of volunteer work in Umeå, these students will be allowed participation in the entire conference including the welcome reception, music night, dinner, and fair cost free. These volunteers will also be offered cheap accommodation in the form of shared rooms at a price around 2100 SEK for the full week.
Note that this offer to volunteer will in a first stage only be open to participants receiving E-SWAN sponsorship to the training course and to Swedish students. In case not all spots are filled after these calls, the offer will be published on the website and will be open to all participants.
Participants that receive E-SWAN funding for the training course are not eligible to receive any other funding for the ESWW conference (except when volunteering).
Registration to the conference should only be done AFTER you receive a reply to funding your participation in the training course. Once you have registered and payed for the conference, we can not refund the conference fee.
Contact
You can reach us at esww2025[dot]loc[at]gmail[dot]com, with subject SWx training Kiruna.