Centres Científics i Tecnològics UB

Open Competitive Access

Two modalities are offered to gain access to both CCiTUB ICTS services:

  1. No regulated access, as any other service offered by CCiTUB. First of all, it will be necessary to register a CCiTUB user and, afterwards, you may contact any of the CCiTUB units whose services you need.
  2. 'Competitive Open Access': access to infrastructures will be regulated through a public "Access Protocol" that describes the mechanisms and access criteria and that will be regulated by an external scientific committee through a independent and transparent evaluation process.

Open competitive access

UMEAP (Unit of Electronic Microscopy Applied to Materials) and LRB (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratories at the University of Barcelona) nodes of the CCiTUB offer competitive open access to public or private research centres and companies. The competitive open access is regulated by an external scientific committee through a transparent and independent evaluation process.

The call is permanently open. To gain access to the ICTS, the user must complete the online UMEAP Access Application Form or the online LRB Access Application Form. If the applicant is not sure about the most appropriate instrument, he or she may contact TEM or RMN staff for advice on which is the most adequate instrument for the measures to be done.

The proposal obtained through the online Access Application Form will be evaluated by the Access Committee, which is composed by independent experts in the technics that are offered by the CCiTUB. The Access Committee will evaluate the technological and scientific quality and viability of the proposals received.

User will receive an email with the approval/rejection of the proposal. Rejection of a proposal will always be accompanied by a report written by the referees of the access committee outlining the reasons for rejection. Where appropriate, the report will also include recommendations and suggestions for improvement and resubmission of a new proposal for accessing to the ICTS equipment.

Fares

UMEAP and LRB fees may be checked in the following link [+]