22nd CERIC Call for Proposals now OPEN
CERIC is calling for proposals for coordinated access to more than 60 instruments and support laboratories for research in all fields of materials, biomaterials and nanotechnology. In addition to the possibility to access several instruments through a single application, we offer support for mobility.
To apply, use the link “Submit a new CERIC proposal” in the VUO (https://vuo.elettra.trieste.it/)
As usual, there will be two deadlines:
- March 3rd 2025 at 17:00 CET, to have a pre-evaluation and the possibility to improve your proposal
- April 1st 2025 at 17:00 CEST (final submission), recommended only for users that are experts in all the techniques requested.
What is new in this call?
FERMI
The THz beamline of the FERMI Free-Electron-Laser (FEL) facility, TeraFERMI is the newest addition to the CERIC portfolio. The TeraFERMI beamline will be available from the current call for proposals both in online and offline mode.
Elettra 2.0
Starting July 2nd, 2025 the removal of Elettra and the installation of the new Elettra 2.0 machine will begin at the CERIC Italian Parnter Facility. The new source will exhibit a major increase in the brilliance and coherence fraction of the photon beams. The Elettra 2.0 optics is based on our enhanced symmetric six bend achromat structure (S6BA-E) with a 12-fold symmetry and an emittance of 200 pm-rad at 2.4 GeV. The new structure creates also straight sections in the arcs permitting the installation of additional insertion devices, thus increasing the number of beamlines. Existing beamlines are being upgraded and new beamlines will be installed to take full advantage of the characteristics of Elettra 2.0. The new machine is scheduled for commissioning in the second half of 2026.
Hence, in the current call for proposals access will not be offered to the beamlines located at Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, including the Austrian SAXS beamline and the Czech Materials Science Beamline (MSB).
Two offline beamlines will instead keep offering access:
- PRP@CERIC Inelastic Ultraviolet Scattering with fixed-energy sources (IUVS-Offline)
- Offline Synchrotron Infrared Source for Spectroscopy and Imaging – Chemistry & Life Science (SISSI-Bio OFF-line)
Ruđer Bošković Institute
For maintenance reasons the ion beam Croatian facilty at the Ruđer Bošković Institute will be partially operational and will be offering limited access only to the following instruments:
- Dual Beam Irradiation Station (IRRA) – only single beam irradiation with lower energy ions provided by 1 MV TDT accelerator
- Nuclear Microprobe and Detector Testing (Nmicro) – onlyions provided by 1 MV TDT accelerator
- Particle-Inducted X-ray Emission and Rutherford Backscattering (PIXE/RBS) – only ions provided by 1 MV TDT accelerator
Find more information HERE