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Showing events scheduled on the Main Physics Calendar from Friday, 4/24/2026 to Sunday, 5/3/2026
Event name
Speaker
Time/Date
Location
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AstroFest 2026
9am
Today
4/24/2026
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) - Atrium/Lobby and Auditorium
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Transport in Josephson junctions and qubits: Phase diffusion and quasiparticle dynamics"
Venkat Chandrasekhar, Northwestern University
speaker signup
1pm
Today
4/24/2026
ESB 190
Thesis Defense
Xuchen Cao, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9am
Monday
4/27/2026
236 Loomis
Biological Physics Seminar: Minsu Kim (Emory University) ""
Minsu Kim (Emory University)
speaker signup
11am
Monday
4/27/2026
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Vojtech Vlcek (University of California, SB), "Theoretical Spectroscopy for Driven Systems"
Vojtech Vlcek
speaker signup
12pm
Monday
4/27/2026
ESB 190
Nuclear Physics Seminar - Zhongbo Kang (UCLA)
Zhongbo Kang (UCLA)
speaker signup
1pm
Monday
4/27/2026
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Thesis Defense: "Numerical Relativity Beyond General Relativity: Black Hole Evolution and Biscalar Field Dynamics"
Chloe Richards, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1pm
Monday
4/27/2026
222 Loomis
IQUIST Seminar: "Surface Engineering for Electron-on-Neon Quantum Computing Platforms," Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
speaker signup
11am
Tuesday
4/28/2026
190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Cosmic Structure as a Discovery Machine for Primordial Particle Physics
Dr. Dhayaa Anbajagane
3:45pm
Tuesday
4/28/2026
Astronomy Building
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Karolina Garcia (UIUC, CAPS Fellow) "Bridging Scales: Multiphase ISM Modeling in Cosmological Simulations"
Karolina Garcia (UIUC, CAPS Fellow)
11am
Wednesday
4/29/2026
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Weaker, Faster, Thinner... Better?", Ujaan Purakayastha, Kwiat Group
Ujaan Purakayastha, Kwiat Group
11am
Wednesday
4/29/2026
190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
The Physics Colloquium: James Kakalios (University of Minnesota) “THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES”
James Kakalios (University of Minnesota)
speaker signup
4pm
Wednesday
4/29/2026
Loomis Lab 141
Condensed Matter Journal Club: TBD
Kieran Loehr & Rahim Raja
4pm
Thursday
4/30/2026
ESB 3110
Nuclear Physics Seminar - David Kaplan (Johns Hopkins University) "Shadow Matter"
David Kaplan (Johns Hopkins University)
speaker signup
4pm
Thursday
4/30/2026
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Reception for Future Weird: Adventures in Spacetime
4pm
Thursday
4/30/2026
Link Gallery, School of Art and Design
High Energy Physics Seminar - Mike Schmitt (Northwestern University)
Mike Schmitt (Northwestern University)
speaker signup
11am
Friday
5/1/2026
Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Physics Careers Seminar: "Opportunities in Science Communication and Climate Science (Maddie's Version)"
Maddie Stover, Science Communication, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12pm
Friday
5/1/2026
204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Imaging the Sub-Moiré Potential Landscape using an Atomic Single Electron Transistor"
Dhalia Klein, University of Chicago
speaker signup
1pm
Friday
5/1/2026
ESB 190TBA
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Physics Grant Resources
NIH: Updated Application Policies Effective Immediately (12/03/2025)
Federal Funding Agencies Resuming Operations Post-Shutdown
Federal Research Security Training
NIH Researchers: NOFO Postings Limited to Grants.gov from FY26 Onward
Updated Employee Travel Policy on Meals / Per Diem -- Domestic and International
FY26 Federal Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
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NSF Releases Statement and FAQs Updating Agency Priorities
Tariff Impacts -- Help for Navigating New Market Conditions
Fringe Rates Update for FY26
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Management of Foreign Influence -- University Guidance
System Policy: 60 Day Limit for Submitting Travel Reimbursements
Federal Grants Regulation Updates: Proposal Budgeting
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F&A Cost Explanations
Understanding the Real Cost of Research
(video, F&A Associations Work Group)
Costs of Federally Supported Research
(infographic, FAAWG)
Excellence in Research: The Funding Model, F&A Reimbursement, and Why the System Works
(report, COGR)
Excellence in Research: The Funding Model, F&A Reimbursement, and Why the System Works
(slideshow, COGR)
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(COGR)
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Since 1991, COGR has maintained a database of
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Grants.gov Workspace
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(NIST),
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Assist
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(in phase-out process)
Research.gov
(limited applications, reporting)
Office of Naval Research
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Simons Foundation
Campus
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
SPA Main Website
PI Handbook
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System Government Costing: Overview of Facilities and Administrative Costs and Rates
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Close a Sponsored Project
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Department
Physics Grants Group
grants@physics.illinois.edu)
use the Physics Grants Group email if your query is not confidential and you are unsure of who usally provides support for your specific need
Main Office: Sponsor and Campus Policy & Procedure Consultation,
Grant Writing & Editing, Pre-Award Submission, and External Reporting
Celia Elliott
Kelly Searsmith
(requests for export control checks, including international collaborators; personnel documents)
Stella Kum
(requests for personnel document checks, CERN project management / Perdekamp group, ICASU project management / Yunes group)
Business Office: Pre-Award Submission and Award Administration
Janice Benner
(requests for new award account C-FOAP, first-year NCEs, budget drafting, funding increment requests for main awards and subawards); until resolved, email grants@physics.illinois.edu.
High Energy Physics Research Group: Award Administration
Tonya Ayers
Nuclear Physics Research Group: Pre-Award Submission and Award Administration
Mike Suchor
Approval
Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
; back-up approval: GCOE Office of the Associate Dean for Research
Accounts Administration and Internal Reporting
Steve Knell
(requests for gift account set-up and anticipation account authorization)
Nikki Bogart
(requests for information such as carryforward amounts and reports such as personnel paid on project)
Purchasing (Business Office)
Cheryl Sabas
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Activity/Effort Reporting (Human Resources)
Stephanie Swearingen
Tips
Book:
Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise: Becoming a Successful Scholar in a Complex and Competitive Environment
by Kelvin K. Droegemeier
(MIT Press, 2023) --
Open Access
(Free)
What next-generation scholars need to know in order to thrive, and how they can actively participate in shaping the academic research enterprise.
The academic research enterprise is highly complex, involving multiple sectors of society and a vast array of approaches. In
Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise
, Kelvin K. Droegemeier shows next-generation scholars across all disciplines how to become more productive earlier in their career, as well as how to help shape the academic research enterprise. The topics covered include public perceptions of scholarly work and its use in policy; understanding the big picture of funding and national priorities as well as identifying funding sources; research methods; collecting data and materials; writing grant proposals; publishing results; ethical conduct; bias and peer review; intellectual property and compliance regulations; partnerships and collaboration; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the future of research.
Droegemeier's two principal goals are to enhance and accelerate scholars' understanding of the academic research process and to democratize that understanding, particularly at institutions that traditionally are underrepresented or lack robust resources. While intended for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty,
Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise
is also relevant to mid-career and senior faculty, research administrators, funding organizations, congressional staff, policymakers, and the general public. Droegemeier places scholars in a broader national and international context—not as passive recipients of the existing system but as key actors who actively participate in helping to set priorities, determine policies, drive systemic change, and advance knowledge.
Author: Dr. Droegemeier is Professor of Atmospheric Science and Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Science and Policy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has served in national science and policy leadership roles including on the National Science Board and at NSF and the White House OSTP.
See also:
Demystifing Funding Opportunity Announcements
(Grants.gov)—n.b.
UI uses Workspace for some but not all federal applications
10 Tips for Successful Grant Writing
(CHE)
10 Common Grant-Writing Mistakes
(CHE)
A Guide to NSF Success
(AAAS)
Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
(Wellcome Fund)
arXiv: cond-mat
2603.10108
Plasmon-driven exciton formation in a non-equilibrium Fermi liquid
2603.05456
Manipulation of ferromagnetism with a light-driven nonlinear Edelstein-Zeeman field
2506.21673
Intertwined Orders and the Physics of High Temperature Superconductors
2503.14267
Extrinsic Geometry and Gappable Edges in Rotationally Invariant
Topological Phases
2502.05170
Observation of a dynamic magneto-chiral instability in photoexcited
tellurium
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