Christoph Scheidenberger ( GSI) on behalf of Muhsin Harakeh (ENSAR Coordinator)

1. Status of the EU-FP7-funded Integrating Activity “European Nuclear Science and Applications Research” (ENSAR) Christoph Scheidenberger (GSI) on behalf of Muhsin Harakeh (ENSAR Coordinator) 1 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

2. ENSAR is the Integrating Activity of Nuclear Scientists from almost all European countries performing research in three of the major subfields of Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Astrophysics and Applications of Nuclear Science. It proposes an optimised ensemble of Networking (NAs), Transnational Access and Joint Research Activities (JRAs), which will ensure qualitative and quantitative improvement of the access provided by the current seven infrastructures, which are at the core of this proposal. The novel and innovative developments that will be achieved by the JRA activities will also assure state-of-the-art technology needed for the new large-scale projects. 2 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

3. Integrating Activities Call in July 2009 INFRA-2010-1.1.32: Research Infrastructures for Nuclear Physics. A project under this topic should aim at integrating the key research infrastructures in Europe for studying the properties of exotic nuclei, and turning advances in nuclear physics experimentation into new applications. Targeted call; budget < 10 M€ ! Submitted Proposal:Large community  10 M€ for 4 years7 TNA’s  4.52 M€7 JRA’s  4.01 M€6 NA’2  1.47 M€ 3 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

4. Partners of JYFL 7 TNA facilities 29 beneficiaries 18 countries UNIMAN UWAR RUG-KVI JOGU IFJ-PAN 53 associated partners KUL NPI GSI GANIL ULB CEA TUW ATOMKI-HAS TUD ALTO-CNRS UNIBAS IFIN-HH ECT* PSI USC RBI CERN-ISOLDE INRNE-BAS LNL-INFN CIEMAT FFCUL UCM NCSRD LNS-INFN 4 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

5. Strong emphasis on the support for users (30...40% of the TNA EC request) 5 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010 Transnational Access Facilities in ENSAR TNA1 (Access to GANIL, 3510 hours of beam) TNA2 (Access to GSI, 3750 h) TNA3 (Access to INFN-LNL&LNS, 4424 h) TNA4 (Access to JYU-JYFL, 3000 h) TNA5 (Access to KVI, 800 h) TNA6 (Access to CERN-ISOLDE, 5200 h) TNA7 (Access to ALTO, 1470 h)

6. Network Activities in ENSAR • NA01 FISCO (FInancial & Scientific COordination) • NA02 ECOS (European Collaboration On Stable ion beams) • NA03 EURISOL NET (EURopean ISOL NETwork) • NA04 ATHENA (Advanced THeory & Experiments for Nuclear Astrophysics) • NA05 EGAN (European Gamma & Ancillary detectors Network) • NA06 EFINION(European Forum for Innovative applications of Nuclear ION beams and tools) 6 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

7. Joint Research Activities in ENSAR • The JRAs deal with all aspects of experimental activities from sources and targets, to detectors, simulations of experimental set-ups, data analysis and development of adequate theoretical tools • JRA01 ARES (Advanced Research on ECR ion Sources) • JRA02 ActILab (Actinide ISOL target R&D Laboratory) • JRA03 PREMAS (Low-energy beam PREparation, MAnipulation & Spectroscopy) • JRA04 INDESYS (INnovative solutions for nuclear physics DEtector SYStems: from basic R&D to applications for the society) • JRA05 SiNuRSE (Simulations for Nuclear Reactions and Structure in Europe) • JRA06 EWIRA (East West Integrated Research Activities) • create a niche for the small(er) laboratories from Central and South-Eastern Europe and bring them to a level comparable to that of the existing Western European laboratories • JRA07 THEXO (THeoretical tools in support of infrastructures) 7 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

8. 8 ENSAR scored 14/15 in the evaluation (March’10). The report was very positive, but with one remark: “The larger partners in the consortium requesting the largest budget should cover a higher percentage of the costs through their own resources.” Furthermore, the EC cut the total budget to 8 M€, and added the following two conditions: “The allocation of available funds within the project should take into account in particular the interest of the user community” and “The project should aim at a higher visibility of the opportunities and services offered by the TA facilities also to scientists from outside of the traditional user communities.” IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

9. 9 Taking these recommendations into account and after consultation with the user community, the ENSAR Scientific Advisory Committee decided on 23 April 2010 to enforce the following cuts: TNAs: a 12% cut should be realised totally at the cost of, i.e. reduction of, unit cost leaving the minimum number of hours of beam time and the travel and subsistence for users the same. The total budget for AGATA within the three concerned TNAs should be cut by 20% (➔ EC request 3.97 M€) JRAs: were proportionally cut by 27%. It was left to the JRA work-package leaders to realise this cut in the way they find best for their participants. However, it was strongly advised to cut tasks completely, if feasible (➔ EC request 2.93 M€) The NAs were cut by 30% (except FISCO which has to stay at 7% of the total budget thus applying a 20% cut). Here also, it was strongly advised to cut tasks completely, if feasible(➔ EC request 1.10 M€) Total ENSAR budget >>11 M€ (total EC request 8 M€; enforced upper limit by EC) IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010

10. ENSAR Organisation NA01 FISCO 10 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010 • Coordinator: Muhsin Harakeh (KVI/GSI/GANIL) • Deputy Coordinator: M. Lewitowicz (GANIL) • Project Manager: K. Turzo (GANIL) • … • Managing institution: GANIL

11. ENSAR Timeline 11 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010 Negotiation with EC opened on March 26, 2010 First negotiation meeting with EC on May 18, 2010 End of negotiations June 11, 2010(fine tuning may still occur) We aim at an ENSAR starting date of Sept. 1, 2010 EC funds are expected by the end of 2010 End of the ENSAR project August 31, 2014

12. Thank you for your attention 12 IUPAP, Vancouver (Canada), July 2010