The proposal Isabel to the call H2020-INFRADEV-03-2018-2019 “Development and long-term sustainability of new pan-European research infrastructures” of the European commission is accepted for 48 months. This proposal named “Improving the sustainability of the European Magnetic Field Laboratory “ is coordinated by LNCMI and gathers 18 partners :
1 LNCMI from CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS FRANCE
2 HLD from HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF Germany
3 HFML from STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands
4 THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UK
5 THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UK
6 UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI Poland
7 UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Switzerland
8 UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID Spain
9 UNIVERZITA KARLOVA Czech republic
10 KEEMILISE JA BIOLOOGILISE FUUSIKA INSTITUUT Estonia
11 IRFU from COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES FRANCE
12 OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS LIMITED UK
13 I-CUBE RESEARCH FRANCE
14 UNIVERSITA DEL SALENTO Italy
15 European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL)
16 BILFINGER NOELL GMBH Germany
17 Metel B.V. Netherlands
18 Ampulz B.V. Netherlands
One of the great challenges of society is innovation through the development of new and advanced materials. Such tailored materials are needed in all key-technological areas, from renewable energy concepts, through next-generation data storage to biocompatible materials for medical applications and many of these future materials will be synthesized on a nano-scale. In order to reach these goals, state-of-the-art analytical tools are needed. High magnetic fields are one of the most powerful tools available to scientists for the study, modification and control of states of matter, and in order to compete on the global scale, Europe needs state-of-the-art high magnetic field facilities which provide the highest possible fields (both continuous and pulsed) for its many active and world-leading researchers. The European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL) is a legal entity in the form of an AISBL under Belgian law. Its current members are CNRS, HZDR and RU as facility operators and the University of Nottingham, the latter on behalf of the UK user community, funded through an EPSRC Mid-scale Facility Grant. It represents all high-field infrastructures in Europe and constitutes a distributed research infrastructure of global impact and importance, which was added to the ESRFI Landmark list in 2016. The ISABEL project aims to strengthen the long-term sustainability of the EMFL through the realization of three objectives :
- strengthening the EMFL structure by enlarging its membership and by improving several organisational aspects, such as data management, outreach and access procedures.
- strengthening the socio-economic impact of the EMFL, by bridging the gap with industry.
- strengthening of the role of high magnetic field research in Europe.
Contact : coord-ISABEL@lncmi.cnrs.fr