Mohammad Youssof Ahmed Soliman, who is seeking a Master’s degree in theroretical geophysics at the Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, has been awarded a six month fellowship, fully funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt, to carry out research in the field of ionospheric physics at ICTP’s Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory. Youssof will work under the guidance of Sandro M. Radicella.