Step 1 - Informal request

Contact the facility coordinator for the facility you are interested in with brief details of your proposal.  This step will ensure you are eligible before you go through the formal application procedure. 

Contact details for facility coordinators:

Step 2 - Application form

Fill in the application form (Word, PDF) for transnational access. Please contact the facility coordinator with any questions you have about this step. Once complete send your application form to AIDA-2020-TA@cern.ch . There are no deadlines for applications; application and selection is a rolling process. After your application is accepted, you will be required to fill in an electronic registration form. 

Step 3 - Selection procedure

The selection of user groups and experiments is primarily the responsibility of the facility coordinator, acting with approval of the User Selection Panel. The primary criterion for selection of a proposal will be scientific merit but factors such as previous usage of the facility and availability of similar facilities in the users’ home country will also be taken into account.

Step 4 - Access and reimbursement

Reimbursement is handled by each facility, in line with facility rules. Users should complete a confirmation of transnational access form, as well as a facility-specific reimbursement form and return them to the facility coordinator. Details of reimbursement can be found on the information page for each facility (CERN, DESY, JSI, KIT, UCLouvain, UoB, RBI, ITAINNOVA).

Step 5 - Publication

User groups (except for SMEs) are required to publish results related to their AIDA-2020 Transnational Access. Publications should include the AIDA-2020 acknowledgement text .