dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Elettra I3 IA-SFS Managing team Role of scientific background Dr. Cecilia Blasetti Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste iii 1

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Future & Present Elettra 22 beamlines OPEN to USERS 1 beamline under commissioning 2 new beamlines under construction 1 FEL test beamline 2 >1300 users/year

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Elettra Partners Oxygen adsorption structures Beamline: SUPERESCA – HRCLS Mammography with synchrotron radiation Beamline: SYRMEP – Medical imaging 3

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST To allow all that we need… Elettra valuable personnel & users great infrastructures efficient managing team Successful fundraising Sponsored research at Elettra our figures as of Aug 2009: 27 running research contracts total funding > 54 million Euro 4

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST IA-SFS: Integrating activity on Synchrotron and F r e e E l e c t r o n L a s e r s S c i e n c e I3 FP6: Capacities I3: Integrated Infrastructures Initiative Research infrastructures 5 NB: Large scale project !  Europe-wide consortium: 16 partners, 8 EU countries  5 years ( )  EC contribution: 27 Million Euro  Elettra: coordinator 

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Project overview I3 IA-SFS Types of Activities common to all I3 projects Transnational Access Activities: - access to 14 laboratories, 9400 users, 1700 papers Joint Research Activities: - 5 initiatives Networking Activities: - support of Workshops, Conferences and Schools - Transnational Exchanges of Scientists 6

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST How IA-SFS works I3 IA-SFS Only 1 contract: between EC and coordinator Consortium sets and develops its own strategy Very simple mechanism: EFFECTIVE! Agreement A Agreement B Agreement C Agreement Z Facility A Facility B Facility C Facility Z Access, Instrumentation and integration contract IA-SFS I3 European Commissio n The FP6-I3s are successful Our I3 (IA-SFS) is very successful Dear Dr. Bertolo As you know, the project IA-SFS for which you are the scientific coordinator, is one of the Selected 40 "success stories" of the 6 th Framework Program to be included in a publication edited by the European Commission. This booklet is going to be translated in four languages and largely distributed to the general public, National & Regional authorities, European Parliament, Delegations and Representation of the European Union all over the world. 7

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST New I3 (FP7): ELISA European Light Sources Activities I3 ELISA  17 partners (+ALBA - Spain)  30 months ( )  10 M€  same structure  …already preparing NEXT FP7 8

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Managing Team MT  President/Deputy President of the Council  Workpackage leaders  Delegates from each facility  project officer, EC members  general public ...  appointed by the coordinator  crucial for the success of the project  continuously working  multiple levels of interaction 9

 only assistant(s) follow mainly 1 or FEW projects  „shared“ accountants, legal adv, technicians  1! Manager for many projects  Overall manager  Assistant(s) to the overall manager  Accountant(s)  Legal advisor  Web support dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Managing Team MT Usually, even for LARGE projects… Manager: researcher (or ex-) Assistant: „scientific“ background 10

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Useful skills You are good in… Searching & selecting scientific literature Extracting the core of an experiment (e.g. abstract) Proof reading YO U sharing knowledge - building networks Experiment/work planning 11

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Project-based working YO U Well defined DURATIONWELL defined BUDGET Required periodical reviews: evaluation  Internal (your institute/facility)  Semi-internal (other partners)  External (EC) No project, no research HELPS in understanding experiment design JOIN ! 12

dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Your potential YO U Exploit both general scientific background & highly specialized training Making (your) research go on Expanding your knowledge 13

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dr. Cecilia Blasetti - Elettra ST Open questions & Discussion ? Thank you for your attention ! 15