How does it work? – Information for potential users
Application to the respective TNA programme
In order to be eligible for beam time at one of the participating research infrastructures, you or the majority of your group must work in a European country other than the one where the infrastructure is located. Applications for research projects are sent to the respective programmes described on our TNA page, to be evaluated by User Selection Panels (USPs):
- For RADNEXT, calls for proposals and application form will be found on the RADNEXT 2030 webpage (https://radnext.web.cern.ch/radnext-2030/), which is currently under development. For the first calls of RADNEXT 2030, the previous RADNEXT TNA portal (https://radnext-ta-portal.web.cern.ch/) will be utilized.
Your proposal will be evaluated by USPs which are composed of outstanding researchers in the field, at least half of whom are not affiliated to the participating Research Infrastructures. The USP will assess the proposal for TA in terms of technical and scientific excellence, future potential and impact. Feedback on the application will usually be given within a few weeks after the calls closes. If your request is granted, you proceed with your chosen infrastructure. I.e., the following steps only apply for users of our GSI infrastructures (UNILAC and SIS):
Application for beam time at GSI
At the GSI biophysics department, beam access is provided either under the Bio-PAC or under the ESA-IBER programme, for which yearly calls are issued. At the other research infrastructures, different selection procedures may prevail.
Information on Bio-PAC and ESA-IBER, is given under the links above. There, you can also sign up for a mailing list in order to be notified of upcoming calls. The decision by the local programme advisory committee (PAC) is binding and overrides the vote by the TNA USP.
Guest registration with the GSI welcome office
All visitors are required to register with our welcome office, using the instructions provided on this page (https://www.gsi.de/work/organisation/stabsabteilungen_stellen/welcome_office). If several members of your group are coming, each one needs to register. Upon registration, you will receive the necessary security instructions. At arrival, you will receive a chip card which gives you access to the campus and all facilities that you are entitled to use.
Reporting after the experiment
Please make sure that all publications resulting from your work performed in the framework of the supported project include the following acknowledgment: "This work has been supported by the European Union’s HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions, under Grant Agreement No. [see below]".
The grant agreement number is:
- 101292931 for RADNEXT 2030
Please keep GSI informed of all the publications referred to above by sending the references to Marco Durante by email (CC to bio-sekretariat at gsi.de).
