The benefit of the European user community from transnational access to national radiation facilities

Elise Barrier, Francisco Manuel Braz Fernandez, Maya Bujan, Martin C. Feiters, Annick Froideval, Jacques Ghijsen, Thomas Hase, Michael A. Hough, Matej Jergel, Ignacio Jimenez, Tommi Kajander, Avro Kikas, Michael Kokkinidis, Laszlo Kover, Helge B. Larsen, David Mark Lawson, Krystyna Lawniczak-Jablonska, Carlo Mariani, Petr Mikulik, Judith MonnierSolange Morera, Cormac McGuinness, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Martin Meedom Nielsen, Ulrich Pietsch, Moniek Tromp, Marc Simon, Julian Stangl, Giuseppe Zanotti

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    Abstract

    Transnational access (TNA) to national radiation sources is presently provided via programmes of the European Commission by BIOSTRUCT-X and CALIPSO with a major benefit for scientists from European countries. Entirely based on scientific merit, TNA allows all European scientists to realise synchrotron radiation experiments for addressing the Societal Challenges promoted in HORIZON2020. In addition, by TNA all European users directly take part in the development of the research infrastructure of facilities. The mutual interconnection of users and facilities is a strong prerequisite for future development of the research infrastructure of photon science. Taking into account the present programme structure of HORIZON2020, the European Synchrotron User Organization (ESUO) sees considerable dangers for the continuation of this successful collaboration in the future.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)638-639
    Number of pages2
    JournalJournal of synchrotron radiation
    Volume21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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