The ABINIT Users Mailing List ( CLOSED )

[Gian-Marco Rignanese <gian-marco.rignanese@uclouvain.be>]

Dear all,

The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) is publishing  
the Spring 2009 Call for Proposals on its web site [1]. The deadline  
for the projects submission is at 17:00 CET of 7 April 2009.

Interested scientists, from academia and industry are invited to  
submit a proposal. Different kind of projects can be submitted: from  
requests for scientic collaboration, dedicated training, calculations,  
to specic theory and code developments in the field of theoretical  
spectroscopy. The application forms, together with comprehensive  
information on the ETSF and its expertise, may be found on-line at http://www.etsf.eu 
.

In a similar manner to a synchrotron, the ETSF is structured in  
beamlines [2] covering fields of interest in theoretical spectroscopy  
such as optics, quantum transport, time-resolved and photo-emission  
spectroscopies. Information on the web site allows users to easily  
identify the most appropriate beamline. All potential users are  
invited to contact the relevant beamline scientist for further  
information and discussion concerning their project ideas. Projects  
can be submitted all year round and are evaluated twice a year in  
spring and autumn. The evaluation procedure will be carried out by an  
external scientic board on the basis of scientic excellence. An  
internal panel is in charge of evaluating the feasibility of the  
proposals. The successful proposers will be attributed some  
"beamtime", which means that ETSF scientists will dedicate their  
knowledge, competence and time to the specic needs of the user. Some  
of the successful applications will be funded by the EC through the  
"ETSF-I3" project (January 2008 - December 2010), an ICT-based e- 
infrastructure. The spring and autumn 2008 calls saw the submission of  
66 projects involving 198 researchers from 60 different institutions  
with a ratio 64% of success.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if further information is required.

Best regards,

Gian-Marco Rignanese


[1] http://www.etsf.eu and
[2] http://www.etsf.eu/beamlines