The International Science Programme (ISP) is an independent unit at
Uppsala University
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under the Faculty of Science and Technology, in
Uppsala, Sweden
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.
History
ISP was founded in 1961 by Tor Ragnar Gerholm at the Uppsala University Institute of Physics as a
scholarship
A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need.
Scholarsh ...
program called ''The International Seminar in Physics''. The program provided scholarships for
physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
researchers from academic institutions in low-income countries.
Since its inception in 1961, ISP has awarded 1700 researchers and doctoral students scholarships and research visits to
Sweden
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and other nations.
A program in mathematics was added in 2002.
External links
ISP
References
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