ICTP, OGS Renew Agreement

ICTP and the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) have renewed an agreement that allows scientists from developing countries who are participating in ICTP's Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) programme to perform research at OGS. The agreement was signed by ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo and OGS President Iginio Marson.

Through the agreement, ICTP and OGS share the costs of supporting visits by scientists from developing countres who come for up to 12 months to perform research at OGS. The costs include monthly stipends for the scientists, travel, equipment, and administrative expenses.

ICTP and OGS have been collaborating for many years, organizing joint schools and conferences and hosting ICTP visitors for periods of training and research. Since the beginning of their partnership in 1988, the two institutes have supported the research of 72 scientists from developing countries who have studied geophysics, oceanography and climatology at OGS.

TRIL gives scientists from developing countries the opportunity to spend periods ranging from a few months to one year at Italian research laboratories of universities, governmental and private institutions, which operate in different branches of physics. This includes academic studies as well as practical applications and industrial projects.

OGS, established by Maria Theresa in the 1700s, is a public-sector scientific institution that promotes, co-ordinates and carries out-- in cooperation with national and international institutions --research in the Earth sciences, with a particular emphasis on the development of new analytical tools and applied technologies in the marine sciences and seismology, and in the mineral exploration and environmental management fields.

Related links:

• TRIL Programme
• National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)