ICTP in Numbers
ICTP in Numbers 2010
How many scientists have visited ICTP, and where do they come from? What do they research while they are here?
ICTP visiting scientists in brief:
- 120,000 visits from scientists since 1964
- 184 countries represented
- 56% from developing countries, LDCs and transition countries
- 20% of visiting scientists are women
- 410 months of training to 154 participants in 1964
- 1373 months of training to 3492 participants in 2010
Visitor Statistics 2010: The numbers below include the number of visitors to ICTP's annual programme of conferences and workshops (48 such activities in 2010) as well as visitors participating in the Centre's ongoing research activities.
- Number of visitors: 4830
- Female: 1009 (21%)
- Male: 3821
- Average length of visit, conference participant: 12 days
- Average length of visit, research visitor: 47 days
- Nations represented: 128
Hosted activities
- Number of conferences: 18
- Participants: 975
Total number of scientific visitors: 5805
Here is a detailed country-by-country analysis of ICTP visitors.
ICTP conferences and workshops with the highest number of participants
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ICTP Training and Education
During the 2009-2010 study term, 47 students (27% women) from 23 countries participated in the Programme, including 9 young physicists from Sub-Saharan Africa who attended the one-year Diploma Programme in Basic Physics. Of the 9 who received their basic physics diploma, 6 were admitted to the regular diploma programmes (2 in CMP, and 3 in ESP). Three were admitted to an MSc. Programme at the University of Trieste (Laurea Magistralis).Since 1991, 646 students from 67 countries have participated in the Diploma Programme.
ICTP-IAEA Sandwich
Training Educational Programme (STEP)
In 2010, 41 fellows (10
women) participated in the programme for a total of
49 visits.
Training and
Research in Italian Laboratories Programme
Since 1983, the TRIL Programme has awarded
1,900 grants to 1,250 fellows
from 87 countries. More than 400
Italian laboratories have participated in the programme.
The total number of TRIL fellows present in Italy in 2010 was
96, while 54 new grants and 44 extensions to existing grants were
awarded.
Associate and Federation
Schemes
Since the programme's inception in 1964, about 2,500 scientists from nearly 100 developing countries have been chosen as ICTP Associates.
In 2010, 537 Associate Members were appointed (18% women). They generated 200 visits by 197 individuals.
In 2010, ICTP had a total of 114 Federation Arrangements in 33 countries. The total number of visits under the programme was 89.
ICTP-ELETTRA Users Programme
In 2010, ICTP supported 32 visits of
participants coming from:
Activities in Developing Countries
In 2010, ICTP's Office of External Activities (OEA) supported the following:
- 6 Affiliated Centres
- 12 Projects
- 10 Networks
- 64 Scientific Meetings
- 5 new Visiting Scholars
Information about ICTP staff and budget (as of 2010):
- 29 permanent scientists
- 105 research staff associates, long-term scientists, post-docs, and scientific consultants
- 8 administrative staff
- 89 general service staff
- annual budget of 25.9 million euros
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