The School will introduce young scientists to the design, operation, and research opportunities offered at a modern synchrotron light source and how such sources are realized.

Read more about the school including details of how to register here.

On the charming island of Elba, in May 2023, the frontiers of Life Sciences meet the cutting-edge developments of Large Facilities.

LEAPS - the League of European Accelerator based-Photon Sources is organizing its 2023 Conference LEAPS Meets Life Sciences Conference. During five residential days, participants will have the opportunity to hear from a slate of inspiring, thought, and research leaders in the areas of New Biology, Unmet Medical Needs, Correlative Imaging, and Structural Dynamics. The participants will contribute with selected talks and posters to the scientific discussion by submitting their own work.

Read more about the conference including details of how to register here.

Villigen, 28 October: Against a backdrop of the energy crisis, scientists and policymakers convened at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Switzerland and set out a vision for European accelerator based photon sources to address current and future societal challenges together.

“LEAPS facilities find themselves in a unique position of simultaneously needing to adapt as heavy energy users whilst being an integral part of the solution.” So said Leonid Rivkin from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, Switzerland, Chair of the League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources (LEAPS). Speaking at the 5th LEAPS plenary meeting, Rivkin commented that planned facility upgrades to leading European research infrastructures will help favourably shift the balance, providing more X-rays for more science with less energy consumption.

Read the full press release here.

SMEs can benefit from light source capabilities thanks to the European project LEAPS-INNOV, which is supporting industrial projects in an easy, agile and simple procedure.

LEAPS-INNOV is funding an access programme that is tailor-made for SMEs through a programme called "TamaTA-INNOV", for which SMEs can apply using a very simple form.

Read more about the opportunities available and submit a proposal here.

The seminar will deal with the topic of Intellectual Property (IP) and will answer the following questions:

• What is IP?
• What is a patent ?
• How can I get a patent?
• How do I read a patent?

External professionals will be invited to give the training and to support the work of the technical work packages (WPs) in the project in dealing with the complex issue of IP and in working with industry. The workshop which is organized by LEAPS-INNOV WP8 (Industry) and DESY ITT is targeted to the technical teams in the WPs.

Further information and the registration form is available here.

SMEs can benefit from light source capabilities thanks to the European project LEAPS-INNOV, which is supporting industrial projects in an easy, agile and simple procedure. LEAPS-INNOV is funding an access programme that is tailor-made for SMEs through a programme called "TamaTA-INNOV", for which SMEs can apply using a very simple form.

Read more about the reasearch and access opportunities for industry through LEAPS-INNOV here.

To all past, present and potential users of synchrotrons and FELs in Europe. With the end of the CALIPSOplus programme last October TransNational Access (TNA) funding to access synchrotron and FEL facilities, paying travel and accommodation costs for one or more members on a beamtime, has finished and, at present, there is no direct replacement by the European Commission in the form of a general access programme that would continue to provide TNA to all researchers from across Europe no matter the topic. In this regard, we ask you to complete this questionnaire before the end of March. This is an initiative of ESUO, the European Synchrotron and FEL User Organisation in cooperation with LEAPS.
The outcome of this questionnaire will empower ESUO to continue advocating both to the European Commission and to the National Funding Agencies for TNA funding for all science topics and for all scientists.

Complete the questionnaire.

This is the first LEAPS Topical Conference aiming to bring together the latest achievements from the synchrotron radiation user community with those from source development and instrumentation. The focus of the first LEAPS Conference will be dedicated to the opportunities emerging from the Quantum Technologies R&D. This conference shall showcase where today and future synchrotron radiation contributes to the advancements of Quantum Technologies.A number of grants will be offered to students in the field of photon science and related areas to attend LEAPS meets QT 2022.

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CALL for students / young scientists to apply for grants by 21st January 2022.

LEAPS is delighted to announce the first of its conference series bringing together LEAPS and a Science community, starting with the latest developments in quantum technologies, and identify opportunities for both sides. A number of grants will be offered to students in the field of photon science and related areas to attend LEAPS meets QT 2022. The grants will include a waiver of the conference registration fees and accommodation during the Workshops days. The grants will also include support for travel costs. Master and PhD students are eligible for these grants

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Applications for TNA under the new EU Horizon 2020 INFRAIA programme MOSBRI are now being accepted.

Transnational access (TNA) under MOSBRI will provide free access (paid by the project) to the consortium's laboratories and is especially aimed at young researchers. The AU-CD beamline on ASTRID2 is one of the laboratories open for access, with the coordination and management of all TNA for the network carried out by the AU-CD team.
Apply for TNA at AU-SRCD here. and read more about MOSBRI at ISA here.