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CNR, ELETTRA, ESRF, ILL, ISIS: the Access Procedure and Organization Matters
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Access to the ESRF for the International Scientific Community
[& industry]
Categories of Proposals and Users
Public peer-reviewed Proposals
(free of charge, must publish results)
Collaborating Research
Group (CRG) Proposals
CRG Office
User Office
BDU Office
Proprietary Research Proposals
Collaborating Research
Group (CRG) Proposals
Access 4 calls per year March 1st - Aug 31th ESRF users May 1st – Nov 1st Italian users
Contact: Francesco d'Acapito [email protected]
http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/CRG/BM08/
The Italian CRG: GILDA beamline @ ESRF
l Italian funded project: priority to national researchers l X-ray absorption and diffraction
l Energy range 6-90 keV
Categories of Proposals and Users
Public peer-reviewed Proposals
(free of charge, must publish results)
Collaborating Research
Group (CRG) Proposals
CRG Office
User Office
BDO Office
Proprietary Research Proposals
ESRF Finance Service, 20 December 2012 : ESRF Access – Joanne McCarthy
ESRF User Community The ESRF public research programme covers 11 scientific areas : Ø Chemistry-related Studies Ø Electronic & Magnetic Properties Ø Crystals & Ordered Systems, Structures Ø Disordered Systems & Liquids Ø Applied Materials & Engineering Ø Environment & Cultural Heritage Matters Ø Macromolecular Crystallography Ø Medicine Ø Methods & Instrumentation Ø Soft Condensed Matter & Biological Materials Ø Surfaces & Interfaces
PROPOSAL REVIEW STRUCTURE
CH - Chemistry
ES - Earth Sciences
EV - Environment
HC - Hard Condensed Matter Proposals are numbered
HG - Cultural Heritage using these 2-letter codes
LS - Life Sciences e.g. CH-123, MA-1032
MA - Applied Materials
MD - Medicine
ME - Engineering
MI - Methods and Instrumentation
MX - Structural Biology
SC - Soft Condensed Matter
Chemistry11% [10% ]
Elec t. & Magn. Properties
15% [14% ]
Crystals & Ordered Structures
10% [10% ]
Disordered Systems4% [5% ]
Applied Ma terials, Enginee ring11% [10% ]
Environment & Culture7% [7% ]
Ma cromolecula r C rystallography
13% [14% ]
Medicine4% [4% ]
Meth & Instrum3% [2% ]
Soft C ond. Ma tter10% [9%] )
Surfa ces & Interface s9% [11%]
O ther: Tra ining, fea sibility tests,
proprie tary research4% [4%]
Shifts delivered for Experiments, 2010: total 15 214
Percenta ges for 2009
in pa re ntheses.
Public Interest in the ESRF
1892 1907 20132047 2035 2035
1905
828 888 903 929 974
778 719
1510 1539 15591731
1559
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year s
Proposa ls submitted and al located beamtime, 2006 -2012
Pro posals submittedPro posals allocated b eamtime
Ex perimental Sess ions
REVIEWED PROPOSALS STANDARD Research Proposals LONG TERM PROJECT Proposals Structural Biology BAG Proposals Structural Biology Rolling Proposals
Applying for Public Beamtime
Each proposal will have a Main Proposer and co-proposers Main Proposer is the unique contact point for the ESRF
- complete and submit the proposal - receives all correspondence - registers all users for the experiment
Standard ESRF Proposals • Proposals for beamtime are submitted electronically, via the Web, for two deadlines each year:
1st March - for beamtime between August and February the following year; 1st September - for beamtime between March and July.
• For the most part, proposers submit a single request for each separate set of measurements they wish to carry out. This standard proposal is valid for 6 months. • Proposers select a
Ø Scientific Category and Beamline(s) • Proposal consists of
Ø Electronic form (proposers, beamline, beam/equipment requirements, sample data...) Ø Experimental Methods Template (2 page free text pdf document with fixed sub-sections)
Applying for Public Beamtime
Long Term Project (LTP) Proposals • 1- to 3-year beamtime allocation for projects requiring heavier investment of resources over long time period.
• One annual deadline for LTP submission on 15th January (evaluation in April BTAP).
• The Main Proposer should be affiliated to a scientific institution of an ESRF Member or Associate country
• Criteria for acceptance : Ø scientific excellence
Ø commitment of contribution of financial, technical and/or human resources during the implementation of the LTP
Ø identifiable benefit to the ESRF User community (e.g. new technique, new instrument, new possibilities for the beamline)
Ø public beam time availability on the beamline requested.
Applying for Public Beamtime
Structural Biology Beamlines (MX and Bio-SAXS)
BAG Proposals Ø Proposers within (mainly) geographic areas have been grouped into Block Allocation Groups (BAGs).
Ø BAG status awarded for 2 years and applications submitted once per year.
Ø Beamtime is awarded automatically for the interim 6 months.
Ø The BAG must report on its activities
Ø after the first year with a Progress Report
Ø after the second year with a Full 2 Year Report
Ø both are Web-based
Ø Beamtime distributed across suite of 7 ESRF and 3 CRG beamlines.
Ø The allocated beamtime is managed by the BAG Responsible.
Ø Currently 49 of these Block Allocation Groups in operation (>300 laboratories).
Applying for Public Beamtime
Structural Biology Beamlines (MX and Bio-SAXS)
Rolling Proposals Ø Crystals obtained = beamtime required within weeks !!
Ø For non-BAG scientists or groups - designed to ensure rapid access to ESRF MX beamlines and encourage use by smaller groups
Ø Proposals may be made at ANY time – no deadline
Ø Proposals reviewed electronically by Beam Time Allocation Panel within 2-3 weeks of reception at ESRF
Ø Beam-time scheduled within 6-8 weeks if application is successful
Applying for Public Beamtime
Proposal Submission
Technical Feasibility by BL Resp. Grading by Review Cttee members
Review Committee Meetings
Per BL, rank all proposals in order of grade. Done by ASFRI program with flexibility of bottom 20%
Juste Retour and Pro Rata Calculations
DoR Approval / Changes
Recommendations to BL scientists / Changes
Accepted Proposals to BL Scientists
Decision (shifts & comments) to Proposers
Assessment by Safety Group
Proposal Review Process
Proposal Review Three kinds of review take place:
Ø Scientific Peer Review - made by Review Committees representing each of the 11 scientific areas - 8 appropriate specialists appointed by ESRF Management - the Scientific Advisory Committee has a representative in each Committee - meet in Grenoble in April and October each year to discuss and rank proposals
Ø Technical feasibility (TF) assessments - made by the Scientist in charge of each beamline - advice on number of shifts required for each experiment
Ø Check for compatibility with Safety requirements - made by Experimental Safety Officers (sample, equipment required…) - sample safety sheets for biological samples, proposal forms for others
Safety and TF assessments made in parallel with scientific review, details available for Review Committee meetings
Applying for Public Beamtime
Finalising Decisions ESRF Management finalises decisions based on
Ø Recommendations from the Review Committees
Ø Final technical feasibility checks by the Beamline Scientists
Ø Fine tuning for return on contributions by ESRF participating member countries - projects for experiments originating in countries which are not members of the ESRF are accepted provided they are highly ranked by the Review Committees
The User Office then informs the applicants of the decisions.
Applying for Public Beamtime
Kurchatov Institute, 14 July 2011 : ESRF Access – Joanne McCarthy
Scheduling Experiments
Ø Template of beam modes drawn up by User Office (Machine, Safety and Beamline Scientists) – used by scientists for scheduling
Ø Beamline Scientist receives lists of accepted experiments from User Office
Ø Assigns a local contact scientist to each experiment
Ø Contacts successful groups to draw up beamline schedule
Ø Completes and submits electronic schedule
Ø User Office issues invitations for experiments
Once the beamline schedule has been finalised, the User Office sends an Invitation email to the proposers. Main Proposers registers all users for the experiment by completing the “A Form”. Each user registered must
Ø have completed the Safety Training (valid one year) Ø complete and validate a User & Safety Declaration form (valid for specific experiment only)
Experiment Registration
A Form
Site Entrance Request
Storage ring access rights
Canteen card
Guesthouse / hotel
Reimburse-ment
Safety Approval
Form
Samples & Environmen
t
User Support Travel & Subsistence ESRF contributes to the expenses of 3 academic scientists (4 for LTPs and BAGs) affiliated with laboratories in contributing party countries, per experiment. Travel arrangements may be requested and pre-paid through the ESRF Travel Office Reimbursement of travel expenses will be made on the basis of the second class train fare, or the appropriate PEX air fare. Preference must be shown for the most economical means of transport.
Guesthouse Guesthouse on site (opened in 1995) for visitors, primarily Users. Number of ESRF Beds: 153 (The new wing is shared with ILL, which has 40 beds). Cost per night to ESRF: 12.76 €, breakfast included (31.81 € for non-reimbursed Users) Canteen A canteen, also constructed on site, serves meals during the day, and at night and weekends when the ESRF machine is in operation. Typical cost of a meal for Users ~7-8€.
At the ESRF….
Reports & Publications
Use of PUBLIC ESRF beamtime = OBLIGATION to PUBLISH and REPORT on beamtime used
Reporting
Ø Users allocated beamtime are requested to provide a 2-page Experimental Report after each experiment
Ø forwarded to Review Committees who monitor effective use of beamtime.
Ø required as support for new requests for beam-time
After the Experiment
Ø There is also a Web-based User Evaluation Questionnaire to evaluate the success of their experiment, any failures and reasons for failures, the quality of beamline components, and support from the beamline and administrative staff.
Publications Ø Users are required to PUBLISH all successful results obtained from the use of ESRF public beamtime
Ø Users must give proper credit to ESRF staff members and proper mention to ESRF facilities, the beamline in particular, which were essential for the results described in any ensuing publication
After the Experiment
Ø Proposal review committee members pay special attention to publication record….groups not publishing are unlikely to be given further beamtime
Ø Users are required to inform ESRF of publications resulting from measurements made at ESRF by deposition in the ILL/ESRF Library database
Ø may be entered or consulted via the online ILL/ESRF Library database
Ø may be entered using a simple Web form (reminder email every 6 months)
Ø may only be cited on new proposals for beam-time if they exist in the library database
The ESRF User Portal / SMIS Tools What is the ESRF User Portal?
The ESRF User Portal gives direct access to all administrative tools for ESRF users from a unique Web site.
It also provides the majority of administrative tools required by inhouse staff for the management of proposals and experiments, and by committee members for proposal review.
All information is presented in a user friendly environment.
A User/Manager must register on the User Portal before having access to any tools, including proposal submission. After logging in with their own personal identification (user name/password), Users with particular responsibilities have privileged access to other tools according to their role.
For User : From proposal submission through experiment to deposition of experiment report For administrative staff : From proposal submission to User reimbursement
Categories of Proposals and Users
Public peer-reviewed Proposals
(free of charge, must publish results)
Collaborating Research
Group (CRG) Proposals
CRG Office
User Office
BDO Office
Proprietary Research Proposals
ESRF Finance Service, 20 December 2012 : ESRF Access – Joanne McCarthy
Some of our Partners
25 6 July 2010
Airbus landing gear: piston rod
• TM HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL
• 8mm WALL THICKNESS
• STRAIN MEASURED AT THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CYLINDER
26 6 July 2010
Airbus landing gear: piston rod
“The development of high performance catalysts requires catalyst design at the
atomic level”
3D imaging of complex materials: Grain of cement
28 Artioli et al., Int. J. Mat. Res. 2012.
High-throughput protein crystallography…
Sample mounter/dismounter
Information exchange
Access to BL Control PCs (NX Server/Client)
Control GUI
1. Peer review access
§ Free beam time, but publish results 2. Paid R&D services for industry
§ Confidential, all IP for the client § Buy beam time or use mail-in services § Contract R&D
3. Funded staff for joint R&D programmes § PhDs and post-docs
4. Expert partner in National and European projects 5. Training for industry
Connecting industry to our facilities
Collaborating with Industry
l Example on catalysis R&D ü SaintGobain funded 18 month post-doctoral position ü Proprietary R&D for SaintGobain using the post-doc embedded full-time
at the ESRF and beam time provided by ESRF ü Joint R&D programme for publishable work between SaintGobain and
ESRF ü Post-doc trained in synchrotron techniques by ESRF experts
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Example: Characterisation Programme for Micro- and Nano-Electronics IRT Nanoélec
31st Jan 2013 Genova, CNR Roadshow
The Biocrystal Bacility offers to the CNR scientific network access to production and interpretation of crystals of biological macromolecules. The aim is to increase the community of Italian users of European facilities and Initiatives such as the European Synchrothron Radiation Facility (ESRF). We pursue a collaboration with ESRF, also through joint training at the doctoral and post-doctoral level at the ESRF facilities. The Facility has been established at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology of CNR, in collaboration with the Dept. of Biochemistry of the “Sapienza” University of Rome.
Crystallization
Structure solution and refinement
X-ray diffraction
www.biocrystafacility.it [email protected] CNR 90th Anniversary, ROADSHOW 2013
31st Jan 2013 Genova, CNR Roadshow
Protein structure analysis Crystallization
Structure solution and refinement
X-ray diffraction
At the Biocrystal Facility: • Setting the biomedical or
biotechnological project: defining objectives and critical points.
• Consulting in the production and purification of proteins.
• Robot crystallization screening and optimization with in-house equipment and supporting application to European initiatives.
• Synchrotron data collection. • Assistance and training, for the
determination and analysis of the three-dimensional structure of proteins and their functional complexes.
www.biocrystafacility.it [email protected] CNR 90th Anniversary, ROADSHOW 2013
Thank You for your attention!
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Access Procedures to Neutrons (and Muons) at ISIS
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Big facilities for small science Harwell Science & Innovation Campus
Diamond – XRays
ISIS – Neutrons and Muons
Central LASER Facility
Research Complex
ISIS is a ‘super microscope’ to look at materials at the atomic scale
TS1 TS2
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Hard
Soft multidisciplinary condensed matter science
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Berkeley 37-inch cyclotron
350 mCi Ra-Be source
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
! A"racts ~1200 users per year ! Delivers over 700 different
experiments every year. ! ~400 publica?ons per year.
! Interdisciplinary Research Centre
! Physics ! Chemistry ! Materials science ! Earth sciences ! Engineering ! Pharmaceu?cal science ! Biomolecular science ! Cultural heritage
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How to apply for ISIS beamMme
• Two calls for proposals each year – deadlines are 16 April and 16 October
• Use the ISIS online proposal system (see ISIS website)
• Requires a 2-‐page self-‐contained science case
• Proposals are peer-‐reviewed by science experts at the ISIS Facility Access Panel mee?ngs in June and December
• Successful proposals are then scheduled – normally a few months aUer the panel mee?ngs
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How to apply for ISIS beamMme
• PROPOSAL ROUNDS -‐ biannual
• RAPID ACCESS – for urgent studies. Submit a proposal any ?me – rapid peer review
• EXPRESS ACCESS – for small amounts of beam?me (to test a sample, for a RT crystal structure, etc) – available on some beamlines – submit a proposal any ?me – experiment run when possible, user does not need to come
• INDUSTRIAL ACCESS – through our collabora?ve R&D scheme (or industry can pay directly for access)
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Industrial CollaboraMve R&D Scheme
FY Days Allocated Companies
11/12 53 9 12/13 48 (to date) 7
FY11/12 FY11/12
• Started 2011; lower risk route for industry • Provides a lower-‐risk way in for industry • Industry can decide aUer the experiment if results should remain confiden?al (in which case they pay commercial rate) • Scheme ensures ISIS is informed of benefits to industrial partner
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working with ISIS….
Industrial CollaboraMve R&D Scheme
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• Talk to ISIS scien?sts before submi`ng a proposal
• All ISIS experiments are assigned a ‘local contact’ – in-‐house ISIS scien?st who is expert on the instrument
• You don’t need to have used neutrons or muons before to use ISIS!
How to apply for ISIS beamMme
ISIS User Office helps with prac?cali?es of visits such as accommoda?on.
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ISIS Academic User Base
Year R’nds Visits Unique Visitors
No. Applicants
2006 2 1405 873 2007 1 937 611 2008 2 2185 1112 2455 2009 2 2002 1000 2490 2010 1 1519 801 2523 2011 2 2300 1174 2709
Visits Academic Student Total UK 949 741 1690 Int. Partner 189 60 249 Int. (Other) 249 112 361 Total 1387 913 2300
Unique Vis’trs Academic Student Total UK 350 341 691 Int. Partner 176 52 228 Int. (Other) 174 81 255 Total 700 474 1174
• Over 2000 user visits per year, by over 1000 individual researchers
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ISIS – PublicaMons
• High impact journals: list defined by ILL Europhysics Journal E, Europhysics Le"s., Chemistry of Materials, JACS, Langmuir, Macromolecules, Nature family, Phys Rev family, Science
Year No. pubs. reported to
date
No. in high impact journals
2009 417 118 (28%) 2010 394 134 (34%) 2011 406 131 (32%)
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Use of IS
IS
Italian figures at March 2012: v Typically ~700 experiments are carried out at ISIS each year; v up to 2000 user visits per year, 400 – 500 publications per year; v Use of 25 + 1 neutron instruments (includes INES) + 3 muon spectrometers Apart from INES, all other instruments are completely in the public domain, no CRGs
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Italy 3.5%
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� France, Germany, UK (1973) � Scientific Partners
- Spain 1987 - Switzerland 1988 - Austria 1990 - Russia 1996 - Italy 1997 - Czech Rep 1999 - Sweden,Hungary 2005 - Belgium, Poland 2006 - Slovakia, Denm’k 2009 - India 2011
� Now cover 96% of EU
Budget ILL: 82 M€ ( 2009 )
Associates69%
Scientific members
24%
Carry forward
3%
Own income
4%
Italy 3.5%
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� 500 staff (3% Italian) � 4500 users � 1400 Proposals* � 2000 User visits* � 800 Experiments* � 200 reactor days* � 27 (+10) instruments (+CRGs) � 600 Refereed papers*
* In 2011
French 64%
German10%
British11%
Other member countries
5%
Italiani3%
Others5%
ILL staff
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� 500 staff � 4500 users (It 300, 130 labs) � 1400 Proposals* � 2000 User visits* � 800 Experiments* � 200 reactor days* (It 5-6 %) � 27 (+10) instruments (+CRGs) � 600 Refereed papers*
* In 2011
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� 500 staff � 4500 users (It 300, 130 labs) � 1400 Proposals* � 2000 User visits* � 800 Experiments* � 200 reactor days* (It 5-6 %) � 27 (+10) instruments (+CRGs) � 600 Refereed papers*
* In 2011
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Use of IL
L
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% Requested % Allocated
� 500 staff � 4500 users � 1400 Proposals* � 2000 User visits* � 800 Experiments* � 200 reactor days* � 27 (+10) instruments (+CRGs – 2 Italian) � 600 Refereed papers*
* In 2011
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� Crucial region of slowish dynamics mainly applied to biological macromolecules but also polymers, glasses and superconductors
� CRGA shared 50:50 with ILL; co-funding CNR and UJF (France) - e.g. measurements of protein dynamics to study the relationship stiffness ,
temperature and biological function - Protect myoglobin against drought with a trehalose sheath, preventing
denaturation through increased rigidity
Zaccai and Cordone CNR 90th Anniversary, ROADSHOW 2013
� Unique probe of a low-Q (large amplitude) dynamics over a wide energy range (≈1-100 meV)
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� Low-energy dynamics in disordered materials (liquids, glasses and metals) � Study of aqueous solutions – particularly in biology (enzymes, membranes) � Transport properties of artificial polymers, membranes, nanostructures � Magnetic materials: separate phonons and magnons as Q → 0
Orecchini et al – collective dynamics of water molecules in the hydration shell of the enzyme responsible for breaking the RNA CNR 90th Anniversary, ROADSHOW 2013
� 500 staff � 4500 users � 1400 Proposals* � 2000 User visits* � 800 Experiments* � 200 reactor days* � 27 (+10) instruments � 600 Refereed papers*
* In 2011
Energy (8%) Environment (3%)
Computer and Information Technology
(8%) Materials and
nanotechnology (29%)
Health (18%)
Fundamental Science (35%)
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Publications Policy Acknowledgement in any publication should award the support received by CNR. Examples for ILL and ISIS are the following: v This work was supported within the CNR-ILL Agreement
795.1 concerning collaboration in scientific research at the ILL. The financial support of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in this research is hereby acknowledged.
v This work was supported within the CNR-STFC Agreement no. 06-20018 concerning collaboration in scientific research at the spallation neutron source ISIS. The financial support of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in this research is hereby acknowledged
Access to neutron facilities
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NEUTRONS FOR SCIENCE…NEUTRONS FOR SOCIETY
Courtesy by Sean Langridge, ISIS
First beam from Nimrod
Congratulations from Cockcroft and
Chadwick
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PRISMA project 1985-1987 built by CNR-ISM Institute (Frascati, Rome)
PRISMA, first instrument built within the first CNR-SERC (Science and Engineering Research Council) Agreement concerning collaboration in the exploitation and development of ISIS, originally signed in 1985.
When all started
A B
rief Story
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When and Where the Neutron Story for CNR started from
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Luigi Rossi Bernardi, CNR President, inaugurates PRISMA Instrument at ISIS, November 4th , 1988.
A B
rief Story
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Neutron and muons: let us help you to view the materials
world in a unique way
www.isis.s\c.ac.uk
www.ill.eu
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CNR, ESRF, ILL, ISIS: Training
v Neutrons & Synchrotron Radiation for Science, http://hercules-school.eu
HERCULES School
v Neutron Training Course, 5th – 14th March 2013 http://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/learning/neutron-training-course/
Neutron Schools
v Le Giornate Didattiche, 22 June - 2 July 2013 http://sisn.it
v School of Neutron Scattering Francesco Paolo Ricci, spring-summer 2014, www.sonsfpricci.org,
v Oxford School on Neutron Scattering, 2 - 13 Sept. 2013, http://www.oxfordneutronschool.org
v International Neutron Scattering Instrumentation School (INSIS) http://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/insis2012/