PROJECT

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences` International Cooperation and Innovation for the Development of Latvia’s Smart Specialisation

Project title: “Ventspils University of Applied Sciences` International Cooperation and Innovation for the Development of Latvia’s Smart Specialisation”

 

Project No: 1.1.1.5/3/25/I/012

 

Project implementor: Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

 

Project duration: 01.06.2025. – 30.11.2029.

 

Total Budget: 568,000.00 euro: European Regional Development Fund (85,00%) – 482,800.00 euro and State Budget Funding (15%)– 85,200.00 euro.

 

The project aims to promote Latvia’s participation in international research initiatives and increase the competitiveness and global visibility of Latvian scientific institutions. In cooperation with ERIC consortia (JIV ERIC and LOFAR ERIC), it is planned to strengthen scientific capacity and excellence in radio astronomy, astrophysics, information technologies, data processing methods, and the development of new technologies.


To achieve these goals, existing research infrastructure and resources will be improved, new scientific methods and technologies will be developed, and knowledge transfer and integration of young researchers into the international scientific community will be promoted. Within the project framework, 16 international cooperation projects that exceed the quality threshold are planned for development.


Main activities:

  1. Support for the preparation of project applications submitted and evaluated above the quality threshold in the Horizon Europe programme and the 10th IP sub-programme competitions (at least 16 project applications).
  2. Ensuring participation in ERIC consortia and ESFRI platforms, including:
  • foreign and domestic business trips and service trips,
  • creation of communication materials,
  • organisation of conferences and seminars.

 

Contact information: Santa Kalvāne, santa.kalvane@venta.lv

PROJECT NEWS

Professor Valery Nakariakov open lecture and scientific seminar: "A Plasma Orchestra, or Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Corona"

By Rota Rulle • June 25, 2025
You are kindly invited to attend a scientific seminar that will take place on June 27, 2025 , at Room D407, VeA IZI VSRC . Seminar Programme 10:00 – 11:00 Prof. Valery M. Nakariakov , University of Warwick, UK "A Plasma Orchestra, or Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Corona" 11:00 – 12:00 Lunch break 12:00 – 15:00 Scientific seminar “Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Corona” as part of the JIV-ERIC National Node Scientific Seminar Series Please confirm your participation by marking your name in the Excel sheet: Participation Sheet You can join in person or online via Google Meet . Google Meet link --- A Plasma Orchestra, or Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Corona Valery M Nakariakov (University of Warwick, United Kingdom) The corona of the Sun is the outermost part of the solar atmosphere. The corona is a very hot, fully ionised plasma dominated by the magnetic field. The corona is the birthplace of extreme events of space weather, and a natural laboratory for plasma physics. One of the most fascinated discoveries made with recent high-precision spaceborne imaging telescopes operating in the extreme UV band is the ubiquitous dynamics of the corona in a form of various large-scale wave motions. An example of such an instrument is the Extreme UV imager on the recently launched Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Typical oscillation periods are several minutes, typical wavelengths are tens to hundred thousand kilometres, and typical speeds are from several tens to several thousand kilometres per second, which make the solar coronal waves the largest electromagnetic wave motions resolved simultaneously in time and space, detected in the Universe. The observed waves are confidently interpreted in terms of the magnetohydrodynamic theory. Various plasma structures of the corona support different types of wave modes, allowing for the use of the waves for the plasma diagnostics via the method of magnetohydrodynamic seismology.