💡 SECS Grant: Support for conferences, schools, or workshops
🤝 BRIDGE Grant: Support for short research visits and collaborations.
🌍 Special funding for researchers from low-income countries.

🗓️ Deadline: 15 November 2025

👉 Learn more and apply here: yrcss.cssociety.org/grants/

Then we had the third keynote speaker, Prof. Alberto Antonioni from University Carlos III of Madrid, talking about his experience as part of our community of young complexity scientists.

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We start day 2 with a panel about the unseen CV and failures in academia.

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The last activity of the day was fun! Everyone used their best creative skills to come up with unusual projects. If you wanna know more about anti-aphrodisiac perfumes or dragon kingdoms, ask the winners 🐲🌊

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Then we had an amazing talk by our second keynote speaker, @karowiesner.bsky.social from Potsdam University, about her scientific journey.

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We’re visiting the Santa Chiara Lab that is hosting the Warm-Up.

Thank you for the hospitality and for letting us take a close look at your labs! 🔬🥬

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Introduction time!! Finding out that some people sing in the shower and nobody is wearing mismatched socks is exactly the information you need! @css-conference.bsky.social

The first keynote speaker is Dr. Rossana Mastrandrea from the University of Turin, with a talk titled "The Two-Way Journey: Research and Life in Dialogue - Interdisciplinarity, Parenthood, and Gender Challenges in Academia"
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Finally, our chair @saraneven.bsky.social introduced the yrCSS grants and activities! We can get started 🔥
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Then Dr. Giovanna Dimitri, co-chair of the CCS conference, together with Prof. Chiara Mocenni, came to say hi too!
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Call Deadline: 07/05/2025

What’s the event about?
A public show at CCS2025, mixing science and entertainment through a live quiz on complex systems.

Researchers will:
🔹 Develop research-based quiz questions
🔹 Craft clear explanations for a general audience
🔹 Bring them to the stage

Goal: Make complex ideas accessible.