Description
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is an international research infrastructure located in Grenoble (France) financed by the contributions paid by the Member Countries (contribution above 4 %) and Scientific Associated Members (below 4 %). Poland is one of the others with a contribution of 1% of the infrastructure budget. Polish contribution to the ESRF is possible thanks to the grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The grant is led by the National Consortium of Scientific Institutions Interested in the Use of the European Synchrotron Radiation Source in Grenoble and coordinated by Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences. It officially started in April 2021 and will end in March 2026.
In the current Ministry grant, not only a 1% contribution to the ESRF is included, but also a co-financing of participation in conferences for scientists with Polish affiliation presenting the results of research conducted at the ESRF. The funding regulations are available on the project website: https://esrf.ifpan.edu.pl/ together with many other information concerning the National Consortium implementing the grant, news, reports, statistics, proposals submission deadlines, interesting publications and webinars.
Research results presented at conferences or published in scientific journals must include acknowledgments to the grant financing Poland's access to the ESRF: The access to the ESRF was financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, dec. no. 2021/WK/11. These are measurable project results which influence whether the Ministry will continue financial support, and therefore whether Polish scientists will continue to have access to the ESRF.
