Newsletter 2026-I
Contents
Call for Applications to Participation
- Arbeitsgemeinschaften in 2026
- Oberwolfach Seminars in 2026
- Banach Center – Oberwolfach Graduate Seminar in 2026
- Oberwolfach Research Fellows
- Oberwolfach Workshops 2028
- Oberwolfach Mini-Workshops 2026-2027
- Oberwolfach Seminars in 2027
- Tandem Workshop in 2027
General News
Oberwolfach Program 2027
The schedule of the short-term programs in 2027 is published. It contains the final list of Workshops and half-size Workshops that have been approved for 2027, as well as fixed time slots for Mini-Workshops and Oberwolfach Seminars for which proposals can be submitted. Please, see the open calls below.
Further information on the aims and scope of the short-term programs, i.e. Workshops, Mini-Workshops, Seminars, Arbeitsgemeinschaften, as well as details on submitting proposals or applying, can be found on the individual subpages of the programs.
Call for Applications to Participation
Arbeitsgemeinschaften in 2026
Every year in spring and in autumn, there are week-long Arbeitsgemeinschaften (study groups) in Oberwolfach with about 50 participants. The idea of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft is to learn by giving one of the lectures on the topic under study.
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft is open to everybody, participation is by application to the organizers via ag@mfo.de. Our webpage on the Arbeitsgemeinschaft provides more details how to apply.
There will be 3 study groups in 2026:
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ID: 2614 |
Arithmetic Holonomy Bounds and Applications to Irrationality 29 Mar – 3 Apr 2026 Frank Calegari, Chicago Deadline for appl.: closed |
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ID: 2641 |
From Trees to Bands: Discrete Localization, Unique Continuation, and Propagation 4 Oct – 9 Oct 2026 Eugenia Malinnikova, Stanford Deadline for appl.: 1 June 2026 |
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ID: 2642 |
New Homological Methods in Toric Geometry 11 Oct – 16 Oct 2026 Michael K. Brown, Auburn Deadline for appl.: 15 June 2026 |
Oberwolfach Seminars in 2026
Ph.D. students and postdocs are invited to apply for the Oberwolfach Seminars in 2026. The seminars are organized by leading experts in the field, and address to promising early career researchers from all over the world. The aim is to introduce the participants to a particular interesting development. The Institute covers board and lodging. By the support of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, travel expenses can be reimbursed up to 150 EUR in average per person (against copies of travel receipts). The number of participants is restricted to 24.
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There will be 6 seminars in 2026. Descriptions and programs of each seminar can be found on the respective subpages.
| ID: 2618a |
Knots and Their Interdisciplinary Applications 26 Apr – 1 May 2026 Louis Kauffman, Chicago Deadline for appl.: 15 February 2026 |
| ID: 2618b |
Fluid-Flows on Riemannian Manifolds and the Navier-Stokes Equations 26 Apr – 1 May 2026 Magdalena Czubak, Boulder Deadline for appl.: 15 February 2026 |
| ID: 2643a |
Hilbert’s irreducibility theorem for algebraic varieties 18 Oct – 23 Oct 2026 Arno Fehm, Dresden Deadline for appl.: 12 July 2026 |
| ID: 2643b |
Stochastic and Relaxation Effects in Fluid Dynamics 18 Oct – 23 Oct 2026 Hakima Bessaih, Miami Deadline for appl.: 12 July 2026 |
| ID: 2648a |
Numerics for Evolutionary PDEs: from Nonlinear Parametrizations to Time Integration 22 Nov – 27 Nov 2026 Marlis Hochbruck, Karlsruhe Deadline for appl.: 6 September 2026 |
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Mathematical Developments in Magnetohydrodynamics and Dynamo Theory 22 Nov – 27 Nov 2026 Michele Coti Zelati, London Deadline: 6 September 2026 |
Banach Center – Oberwolfach Graduate Seminar 2026
There will be a Banach Center - Oberwolfach Graduate Seminar addressing to Ph.D. students and postdocs in fall 2026. The final date and title as well as more information on the venue (Bedlewo), program and application will soon be available at https://www.mfo.de/www/schedule/2026/training. Please watch out on our website for the call for applications.
Oberwolfach Research Fellows
Small groups of researchers who want to come for a more extended period to Oberwolfach to carry out joint research in the stimulating atmosphere of the MFO can apply as Oberwolfach Research Fellow (OWRF). For fresh post-docs, it is additionally possible to apply for a Leibniz Fellowship in order to become an Oberwolfach Leibniz Fellow (OWLF). Within OWLF applications as a single researcher are also possible. Projects from all areas of mathematics can be supported by these programs, in particular, interdisciplinary research and cooperation is encouraged.
In view of the good audio-video facilities at the MFO, there is an option to apply for an OWRF research stay which includes a hybrid cooperation with a parallel research group at another place in the world. This can be a university or another research institute with a substantial distance to the MFO, usually outside Europe. It is up to the applicants to arrange such a cooperation with the other university or institute and to submit an additional application there if necessary.
All information about the programs and the different options can be viewed on our webpage on longer-term research stays.
Call for Proposals
Oberwolfach Workshops 2028
The deadline for proposals of Oberwolfach Workshops in 2028 is 31 July 2026. The decision on the proposals by the Oberwolfach Scientific Committee is scheduled to the end of October 2026. Please carefully check the description of the program and our guidelines for proposals of an Oberwolfach Workshop, in particular the new policy concerning the continuous renewal of teams of organizers.
Applications should be sent as pdf-files to the Director Prof. Dr. Gerhard Huisken, via proposals@mfo.de.
Oberwolfach Mini-Workshops 2026–2027
Mini-Workshops bring up to 16 people (including organizers) together for a week in Oberwolfach and are especially suited to focus on very recent developments. The decision on the proposals takes place half a year before the date of the Mini-Workshop. The fixed weeks and deadlines to apply for an Oberwolfach Mini-Workshop in 2026-2027 are
| Dates of Mini-Workshops | Deadlines for proposals |
| 2 Aug – 7 Aug 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| 9 Aug – 14 Aug 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| 16 Aug – 21 Aug 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| 23 Aug – 28 Aug 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| *6 Sep – 11 Sep 2026 | 1 Sep 2025 / 31 Jan 2026 |
| 8 Nov – 13 Nov 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| 15 Nov – 20 Nov 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| 29 Nov – 4 Dec 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| 6 Dec – 11 Dec 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| 1 Aug – 6 Aug 2027 | 31 Jan 2027 |
| 8 Aug – 13 Aug 2027 | 31 Jan 2027 |
| 15 Aug – 20 Aug 2027 | 31 Jan 2027 |
| 22 Aug – 27 Aug 2027 | 31 Jan 2027 |
| *5 Sep – 10 Sep 2027 | 1 Sep 2026 / 31 Jan 2027 |
* This week is reserved for Tandem-Workshops (deadline: September of the previous year). If no Tandem-Workshop is approved the week can be used for Mini-Workshops (deadline: January of the same year).
There will be additional reserved weeks for Mini-Workshops in winter 2027 with dates to be published in spring 2026.
For each of these weeks the decision about the Mini-Workshops takes place about 3 weeks after the corresponding deadline for application.
Applications should be sent as pdf-files to the Director Prof. Gerhard Huisken, via proposals@mfo.de. See also our guidelines for proposals.
Tandem Option
As an option, in special cases a proposal for a Mini-Workshop can be in hybrid format, containing an additional component of online participants (not more than the number of on-site participants). This option is meant in particular for cases where high travel costs would otherwise prohibit a group of scientists from a country with weaker research infrastructure from participating in a Mini-Workshop. In this case the proposal should also contain a concept and schedule of the activities planned to be jointly with the group of online participants, taking into account any differences in time-zones. Arrangements for hosting such a non-Oberwolfach tandem component at another institute should be mentioned in the proposal, but are up to the organizers of the Mini-Workshop and have to be independent of MFO.
Oberwolfach Seminars 2027
The seminars address to excellent and promising graduate students and post docs. The aim is to introduce the participants to a particular hot development. There will be capacity for 6 seminars in 2027, the free slots are as follows:
| ID | Date of Seminar |
| 2720 | 16 May – 21 May 2027 |
| 2743 | 24 Oct – 29 Oct 2027 |
| 2747 | 21 Nov – 26 Nov 2027 |
The deadline for proposals of Oberwolfach Seminars in 2027 is 31 July 2026. The decision on the proposals by the Oberwolfach Scientific Committee is scheduled to the end of October 2026. See also our description of the seminar program.
Applications should be sent as pdf-files to the Vice Director Prof. Dr. Matthias Hieber, via proposals@mfo.de.
Tandem Workshop in September 2027
Since 2021, the MFO has been successfully organizing tandem workshops to promote collaboration between researchers from geographically distant regions. We plan to hold another tandem workshop in 2027 and have reserved capacity for this in the week of September 5–10, 2027. The corresponding call for proposals will be published shortly. Please visit our website regularly. The submission deadline is 1 September 2026.
News from our Network
13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Early career researchers in computer science and mathematics from all over the world can apply to attend the 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF).
The HLF offers all accepted researchers the unique opportunity to interact with the laureates of the most prestigious prizes in the fields of mathematics and computer science. Traditionally, the recipients of the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the ACM Prize in Computing, the Fields Medal, the IMU Abacus Medal and the Nevanlinna Prize engage in cross-generational scientific dialogue with early career researchers in Heidelberg, Germany.
The 13th HLF will take place from September 13 to 18, 2026. The application phase for the 13th HLF runs until February 11, 2026. Applications can be submitted via http://application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org
15th MaRDI Newsletter
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MaRDI (Mathematical Research Data Initiative) is a Germany-wide initiative to address challenges in mathematical research. It is aimed at the mathematical community to reconsider how to use – and provide – research data by using the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. The Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach is part of the MaRDI consortium, coordinated by the Berlin Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS).
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