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Press release 01.06.2019
WINNERS OF AMBARTSUMIAN PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED
As it has been stated earlier, 100,000 USD from Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize will be allocated for the development of Astronomy in Armenia once every two years. This will include research projects (Ambartsumian Research Grants; 50,000 USD), foreign fellowships for Armenian scientists to work abroad (Ambartsumian Foreign Fellowships; 25,000 USD), organization of scientific meetings and schools (Ambartsumian Meetings/Schools; 15,000 USD), students stipendiums (Ambartsumian Stipendiums; 7200 USD) and Astronomy outreach (2800 USD).
After undergoing international peer review and being discussed by the International Steering Committee, Ambartsumian Prize 2018 award-winning projects were announced on 31 May and will be accomplished in 2019-2020.
Ambartsumian Research Grants:
- Hayk Abrahamyan – Optical classification of variable radio sources; 2019-2020
- Ruben Andreasyan – Multi Wavelength Investigation of Different Type Radio Galaxies. Morphological and Physical Differences in Radio Galaxies; 2019-2020
- Grigor Broutian – The Astronomical Heritage of Armenia and its Presentation; 2019-2020
- Kamo Gigoyan – Search and Study of Faint High Galactic Latitude Carbon Stars Discovered from SDSS and LAMOST Surveys with Gaia DR2 Data. New Approaches; 2020
- Haik Harutyunian – Study the young stellar population in three extended star-forming regions; 2019-2020
- Emilia Karapetyan – Digitalization of astronomical plates Tigran Magakian - Unstable phenomena in the early stages of stellar evolution; 2019
- Tigran Maghakian – Unstable phenomena in the early stages of stellar evolution; 2020
- Gor Mikayelyan – Optical Properties of Infrared Galaxies; 2019-2020
- Ararat Yeghikyan – Perspective protobiomolecules in active galaxies and exoplanets; 2019-2020
Ambartsumian Foreign Fellowships:
- Aram Saharian (Yerevan State University, YSU) – Quantum effects in braneworld cosmology with compact dimension and the generation of cosmological magnetic fields, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
Ambartsumian Meetings/Schools:
- Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) – Regional Astronomical Summer School and Workshop (RASSW); 02-13.09.2019
- Yerevan State University (YSU) – International Conference “The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2019”, dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Yerevan State University, 17-21.09.2019
- YSU – Mini Symposium “Physics at the turn of the 20/21 centuries”, dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of Physics Faculty of the Yerevan State University; Sep 2019
- BAO – Seventh Byurakan International Summer School (7BISS); 07-11.09.2020
- BAO – International Symposium “Astronomical Surveys and Big Data 2 (ASBD-2)”; 14-18.09.2020
Meline Asryan
