EC funding for External Research Teams within the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission

TransNational Access to GANIL under the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative European Nuclear Science and Applications Research (ENSAR)

Grant Agreement n° 262010

GANIL is an Infrastructure supported by the European Community through the ENSAR contract in the framework of FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative, for the period from September 1^st, 2010  to August 31^st, 2014.

This contract enables GANIL to reimburse the travel and living expenses of researchers coming to carry out experiments during this period. 

A priority is given to new users and also young researchers

Conditions

This contribution can be allocated to scientists if they work in an Institution established in a Member State or Associated State (excluding French Laboratories). To be eligible, the experiment must have a spokesperson or a co-spokesperson from an Institution of a Member or Associated State (excluding those from French laboratories), and the majority of the users must work in a country other than France.

Support

The financial contribution covers (partly or completely) the travel and living expenses during the experiment at GANIL. Presently, the accommodation expenses are reimbursed on the basis of  original invoices with a maximum of 60,00€ per night (breakfast included). Each meal expense, during the stay at GANIL, is reimbursed on the basis of 15,20€ per meal. The travel expenses on the basis of the original travel tickets. The travel cost must be economic and realistic.
Researchers could stay at the Ganil guest house (25 € per night).

Reimbursement of the travel cost is regulated by the following rules :

•   economy class for air fares
•   Users will have to produce evidence of their means of transportations ( ie. train tickets, plane ticket, invoice...). Whenever they will choose to take a private or a rent car, they will be reimbursed on the basis of a train ticket + specific expenses on motorway toll.

Concerning the subsistence allowance, day of arrival and day of departure are counted as one full day.

Please, note that the expenses are reimbursed without VAT.

How to apply

Only members of experiments approved by the GANIL Selection Panel could obtain a financial contribution. After the approval, the spokesperson is informed (by letter or e-mail)  of the acceptation of his application.

Groups proposing Collision Physics experiments are encouraged to ask for financial support if the experiment is an application of Nuclear Physics methods, i.e. with accelerated beams. It is planned that up to 30% of the TNA GANIL budget, within the ENSAR project, will be spent on non-Nuclear Physics experiments.

One-page application for financial support should be sent, by the spokesperson to Veronique VANDEVOORDE (accueil@ganil.fr). This form should mention the approved experiment and include the names, nationalities, affiliations and positions of the applicants as well as an estimation of the financial needs.

What to do on arrival at GANIL

If the application has been approved and the experiment scheduled between September 2010 and August 2014, each participant in the experiment mentioned in the application form, must come to "Service Accueil" (GANIL Reception Office) to get the financial support. Each user will be directly reimbursed for living expenses. To obtain the reimbursement of travel costs, each participant must send all the original tickets, in the envelop given by the Accueil to:

GANIL

Service ACCUEIL/ENSAR,

BP 55027

14076 Caen cedex 5 

France

What to do after the experiment

Each Group Leader (spokesperson or co-spokesperson)  of a project supported by the UE Programme is requested to:

• Fill-in the experiment report and send it back to the following e-mail address: accueil@ganil.fr. Please note that no travel reimbursement could take place before receiving the experiment report
  
• Fill on-line a questionnaire at  http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/questionnaire_en.html
  
• Ensure that all publications directly linked to the work performed in the framework of the supported project include the following acknowledgement: "This work has been supported by the European Community FP7 – Capacities- Integrated Infrastructure Initiative- contract ENSAR n° 262010”
  
• Keep the GANIL informed of all the publications referred to above by sending the references to Véronique Vandevoorde by e-mail  (vandevoorde@ganil.fr)