Call for proposals for access to integrated multidisciplinary facilities for Materials and Biomaterials

Call for proposals for access to integrated multidisciplinary facilities for Materials and Biomaterials
CERIC-ERIC offers access through a single entry point to more than 50 different and complementary state of the art techniques and support laboratories, distributed in 8 countries, with the submission of single or multi-technique proposals. A detailed description of the facilities available in CERIC can be found here: https://www.ceric-eric.eu/users/labs-and-instruments/

What is new in this call

Additional Facilities available
the Ultraviolet Laser Facility of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (ULF-FORTH) in Greece and the X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy beamline LISA@ESRF will offer access through CERIC.

SISSI-MAT Beamline
Due to change of staff personnel and training, no experiments can be allocated in the first semester 2021 (January – June 2021)

Remote Access
Due to the COVID-19 emergency and according to the local evolution of the pandemic, some of the CERIC facilities may propose to perform measurements remotely, through sample mailing.

It will be possible to express your availability for remote measurements in the proposal submission form.

Multi-technique proposals
For the following synchrotron beamlines, only multi-technique proposals will be considered:

• BAEL – Band Dispersion and Electron-Phonon Coupling
• ESCA – Esca Microscopy
• GAPH – Gas Phase Photoemission
• SUES – High Resolution Core-level Photoemission Spectroscopy
• IUVS – Inelastic Scattering with Ultraviolet Radiation
• MCX – Materials Characterisation by X-ray Diffraction
• NASP – Nanospectroscopy
• TwinMic – Soft X-ray Transmission and Emission Microscope
• SPEM – Spectromicroscopy
• SISSI-Bio – Synchrotron Infrared Source for Spectroscopy and Imaging (Chemistry & Life Sciences)
• SYRMEP – Synchrotron Radiation for Medical Physics
• XAFS – X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
• XRD1 – X-ray Diffraction

How to apply
Access to CERIC is open to scientists from all over the world and free of charge, providing the results are made available to the community in a reasonable time. Proposals should be submitted online through the Virtual Unified Office (VUO) at http://vuo.elettra.trieste.it/. The best projects will be selected by peer review through an independent and international panel of experts. More information here: https://www.ceric-eric.eu/users/user-guide#submit-a-proposal

Deadline

• October 1st 2020 at 17:00 CET
• Single deadline for the submission of the proposals