Requests for irradiation and analytical services to state organizations, the private sector, start-ups or funded projects can be addressed at any time directly to CALIBRA’s management per email. Depending on the bulk, nature and necessary duration of the service request, fees may apply. Details including a list of currently offered irradiation and analytical services can be found in the Services page.
Scientists from Research Performing Organizations can submit beamtime requests. Research proposals can be submitted by external users at any time and beamtime is granted after evaluation by the International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) that meets twice a year. The current deadlines for proposal submission per year are:
- January 15
- July 15
Beamtime requests should include a beamtime application form and a scientific proposal. In case the proposed experiment is a continuation of previously granted beamtime, the beamtime application should be accompanied by a brief progress report on the outcomes of previously conducted experiments. Both, the beamtime application form and the scientific proposal, must be submitted via email to calibra@inp.demokritos.gr
The scientific proposals can be drafted in free format (preferably pdf). They should not exceed 6 pages, excluding references, and must include following information:
- Proposer’s / Spokesperson’s name, affiliation and contact details
- Collaborators (co-authors and their affiliations)
- Proposal title, also in Greek for Greek proposers
- Preferred and alternative time period
- Scientific background and Motivation of the proposal
- Previous similar/relevant experiments and summary of results
- Brief description of the methodology to be applied in the experiment
- Beamtime in units of 8hrs (1UT) with justification, especially in terms of expected counting rates and necessary statistics
- Expected outputs / results
- Any technical request not mentioned in the beamtime application form
Spokespersons need to be aware that:
- By the end of every beamtime, the spokesperson is obliged to sign a beamtime data sheet in which the used beamtime hours are given, together with the names of scientists who participated in the experiment, their affiliations and contact details
- By every year’s end an annual report of CALIBRA’s Tandem Laboratory is prepared. For this purpose, the spokesperson of every experiment is obliged to provide a brief report.
- When disseminating any result from experiments carried out at the Tandem Laboratory it is mandatory to acknowledge the CALIBRA project in any publication, thesis or other report. This concerns all experiments carried out at the Tandem lab since January 2017, when the CALIBRA project has formally started. The relevant acknowledgements read as follows:
in English: We acknowledge support of this work by the project “CALIBRA/EYIE” (MIS5002799) which is implemented under the Action “Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure”, funded by the Operational Programme “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (NSRF 2014-2020) and co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund).
in Greek H εργασία αυτή υλοποιήθηκε στο πλαίσιο της Πράξης “CALIBRA/EYIE” (MIS5002799) που εντάσσεται στη Δράση «Ενίσχυση των Υποδομών Έρευνας και Καινοτομίας» και χρηματοδοτείται από το Επιχειρησιακό Πρόγραμμα «Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Επιχειρηματικότητα και Καινοτομία» στο πλαίσιο του ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020, με τη συγχρηματοδότηση της Ελλάδας και της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης).
For conducting experiments in-person, following regulations apply:
- Per radioprotection rules, it is required that the experimentalists have to bring their Radiation Passbook in order to keep a dosimetry archive for all scientists participating in an experiment. Greek researchers can ask for Radiation Passbooks from the Greek Atomic Energy Commission. Foreign users are advised to contact the Tandem personnel before applying for a radiation passbook.
- Security rules require to keep track of visitors. For this purpose, the spokesperson of the experiment is obliged to provide prior to the beamtime a list of the names of scientists visiting the Tandem lab to perform experiments.
- According to a decision of the Governing Board of “Demokritos”, there are certain rules regarding use of non-registered software when connected to the guest network.
- In case of request to be accommodated at the Institute’s guest room it is necessary well in advance to contact the secretariat of the Institute to check for its availability and any other formalities.