Launch of the 2nd access campaign of SFERA-III – 2020
The 2nd SFERA-III access campaign was opened on 12 November 2019. This call for projects provides free access to 13 state-of-art research infrastructures and 47 installations in Concentrated Solar Thermal power in 8 countries: - Cyprus (Cyprus Institute) - France (PROMES-CNRS, CEA) - Germany (DLR, Fraunhofer) - Italy (ENEA) - Portugal (LNEG, University of Evora) - Spain (CIESOL, IMDEA, PSA-CIEMAT) - Switzerland (ETH Zurich) - Turkey (METU) The campaign offers access to a wide spectrum of experiments with more than 100 services in Concentrated Solar Power, such as: - Solar thermal electricity generation (tests from research on components and methods to full prototype systems) - Solar fuels production - Cycles for chemical storage of solar energy for short and long duration - Solar water treatment - Solar heating and cooling of buildings to improve energy efficiency - Modelling and controlling of concentrating solar technologies for power plants and for industrial processes - High value material synthesis and/or coatings deposits (experimental or test of processes) - High-flux photochemistry and photo-physics - Characterisation of materials behaviour and properties under extreme conditions - Solar pumping of LASER for industrial and space applications. More information about all SFERA-III services: https://www.mindmeister.com/fr/1361275278/sfera-iii-access-services?fullscreen=1(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) The 2nd SFERA-III campaign is open until 31 January 2020. The selected projects will benefit from 1 to 4 weeks of free access to the chosen installations for a team of up to 2 persons. Moreover, travel, accommodation and subsistence costs are reimbursed by the project's budget. Check the call conditions (https://sfera3.sollab.eu/access/#call(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)) and apply HERE: https://sfera3.sollab.eu/proposal-form/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) Timetable and useful links: - 12 November 2019: Call open and submission of the project proposals. Check conditions for application: https://sfera3.sollab.eu/access-conditions/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) - 9 January 2020: Webinar session to inform on the call conditions and templates to fill in. From 11.00 to 12.00 CET. Registration here: https://forms.gle/RtTsam4qqHumkh2A7(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) In the meantime, you can download the presentation of the 2019 campaign here: https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SFERA-III-Introduction-to-Transnational-Access-Programme-2019.pdf(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) - 31 January 2020: Deadline for submission. - Until April 2020: Selection process of the projects to be hosted at the different CSP Research Infrastructures: https://sfera3.sollab.eu/access/#infrastructures(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) - May 2020: Announcement of the results - June 2020 – December 2020: Hosting of the user projects - To submit your project, fill in the User Research Proposal Form: https://sfera3.sollab.eu/proposal-form/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) - 1st Campaign (2019): list of the selected projects: https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SFERA-III_List-of-SURP-Granted_190617-1-V2-1.pdf(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) About SFERA-III (Solar Facilities for the European Research Area) SFERA-III is a Horizon 2020 project funded under the Research Infrastructure Programme. The consortium is coordinated by CIEMAT-PSA and made by a total of 15 partners from 9 EU member countries. The project runs from January 2019 to December 2022 and will receive a 9,103 M€ EC grant over these 4 years. The overall objective of this project is to carry on with the work done during the past 8 years in the SFERA 1 and SFERA 2 projects and reinforce the sustainability of the activities of the European advanced Concentrating Solar Power research infrastructures.