General:
The NMI3
project
falls within the activity 'Research Infrastructures' of the EU 7th
Framework programme (Contract No: CP-CSA_INFRA-2008-1.1.1 Number
226507-NMI3). The Integrated
Infrastructure Initiative for Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy
(NMI3) brings together 21 partners from 13 countries, including 10
research infrastructures, together with other interested organisations
(see overview
on the web.
NPL is funded as one of the partners within the NMI3 program of FP7.
Therefore, within its Access
activities, we are able to support our users from EU
member countries and
associated states (see
the list), except those from Czech Republic, by the reimbursement
of travel and subsistence expenses.
Criteria for Eligibility:
Only user groups that are entitled to disseminate
the knowledge they have
generated under the project are eligible to benefit from access to the
infrastructure under
the NMI3 project. The sole exception to this rule shall be user groups
from
an SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_Medium-sized_Enterprise for
informative description) that wish to use the infrastructure for the
first time.
A necessary condition for being eligible for funding is that the proposal clearly originates from a EU
member country or an EU associated state [see
the list; however, according to the EU
regulations, users from the host
country (i.e. Czech Republic) are not eligible]. Hence, both the user group leader and the majority of
the user group members must be affiliated to an institute located in a
EU member state (except Czech Republic) or in an associated state
(called "eligible
countries" in what follows). [Note: the affiliation of the researchers
is decisive, not their nationality]. In order to assess the eligibility
of the proposal immediatelly after the decision of the Selection Panel,
it is also requested that the main
proposer is affiliated to an
institute located in one of the eligible countries and the
majority of proposers and co-proposers are affiliated to an
institute located in one of the eligible countries.
Proposals:
Please submit the standard NPL proposal
(or proposal
for NAA). If you are affiliated to an institute originating from
one of the eligible countries and you would like to apply for European
funds, please mark the appropriate field in the proposal.
Once being eligible, the proposal is peer reviewed by the NPL Selection
Panel together with the non-eligible proposals. The main criterion
for funding is scientific excellence of the project followed by
the intention to fund young scientists, new neutron users and projects
from countries without a national neutron source. The proposers are
informed about the success of their application for funding together
with the information about the general acceptance/rejection of the
proposal.
Funding details:
For the users eligible to obtain financial support from Access activity
of NMI3, we can offer the reimbursement
of the following costs:
- Travel
costs: reimbursement
of APEX flight or second class railway
tickets to/from Prague. According to the institute rules, the
local connection within the Prague Integrated Transport System
zones P, 0 and 1 (Řež is inside the zone 1) is not directly reimbursed
but it is included in the subsistence-costs reimbursement (see below).
- Accomodation:
in the
institute Guesthouse, if available; eventually in
a hotel in Rez
village.
- Subsistence
costs: a
daily allowance for expenses of 450
CZK/day (this amount is lowered in case the accomodation includes
breakfast), which is related to the institute rules, will be provided.
We usually reimburse the expenses for one member of a group of
scientists performing an experiment at NPL. Nevertheless, if the
character of the measurement requires a presency of
two experimenters (e.g. tedious experiment, complex sample
environment), we can support in a similar way also the second
participant. One of the participants should be, however, a young
scientist.
The group leader of the experimental team is free to decide which
scientist (scientists) out of his team should be supported;
but it has to be someone affiliated to one of the elligible countries.
Report duties and data
provision for Funded Projects:
As a condition of accepting EU support for the NMI3-supported
experiment, the user have to agree to the conditions described in
detail at
this link. Short overview is given below:
The users funded by EU are required to provide some personal data,
which will be recorded and used for funding, statistical and
administrative purposes connected with your research, and to
statistically analyse the membership of the neutron scattering
community.
The NMI3 guidelines also foresee that the funded users should provide a
short experimental report, where the objectives and also the
achievements/difficulties of the performed experiment are summarized
shortly. It must be completed promptly after finishing the experiment.
Finally, you are required to complete a satisfaction report after the
experiment.
The forms can be found in the
"Form" section at the main
page.
Please, fill it and send it back to
user.admin@ujf.cas.cz
latest one month after finishing the experiment.
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