Launch of the 5th SFERA-III transnational access campaign
- The 5th SFERA-III access campaign has opened.
- After submitting their projects, selected teams of researchers can once again gain free access to a total of 18 installations.
- These are located in 8 state-of-art research infrastructures in Concentrated Solar Thermal power in 6 countries.
DLR will also open one of its research facilities as a partner of the campaign: With the Synlight High-Flux solar simulator, the largest artificial sun in the world, targeted solar irradiations in the kWatt range are possible under laboratory conditions.
Further participating research institutions of the campaign as well as their facilities can be found under the following link:
The 5th SFERA-III access campaign is open until 31st January 2023. The selected projects will benefit from 1 to 4 weeks of free access to the chosen facilities for a team of up to 2 persons. Moreover, travel, accommodation and subsistence costs are reimbursed by the projects budget.
Application
Call conditions:
https://sfera3.sollab.eu/access-conditions/
Proposal form (online):
https://sfera3.sollab.eu/proposal-form/
Proposal form (download):
https://sfera3.sollab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SFERA-III-Application-Form.docx
Timetable and useful links:
- 1 December 2022:
Call open and submission of the project proposals – Check conditions for application - 31 January 2023:
Deadline for submission - Until April 2023:
Selection process of the projects to be hosted at the different CSP Research Infrastructures - May 2023:
Announcement of the results - June 2023 - December 2023:
Hosting of the user projects
Watch the replay of our previous free webinar and download the PPT presentation to get more detailed information:
List of selected projects from recent years:
Disclaimer
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, SFERA-III cannot guarantee that all its services will be performed. In exceptional situations, consortium partners are entitled to regulate, suspend or terminate an access or activity without prior notice and without any refunds or compensation for the damage suffered by the Users. Users are therefore recommended to take out appropriate insurance. You can follow the latest information on the EU Member States restriction of free movement at https://reopen.europa.eu/en