Free access to large-scale facilities through ReMade@ARI

ReMade@ARI (remade-project.eu) is a European project offering access to large-scale analytical infrastructures for research in the field of Circular Economy. Access is offered free of charge to users from academia and SMEs, and travel support is available. ReMade@ARI includes more than 50 infrastructures from 6 networks with corresponding analytical probes: e-DREAM for electron microscopes, Laserlab-Europe for laser light sources, LEAPS for synchrotron radiation and free electron lasers, RADIATE for ion beams, LENS for neutron sources, and EMFL for high magnetic fields as well as various other probes including positrons. Twice per year, ReMade@ARI opens a call for proposals for users from the entire world (not limited to Europe). The evaluation criteria of proposals include (1) scientific excellence and methodology, (2) circular economy relevance, (3) novelty and interdisciplinary, (4) commercial impact. Proposals requesting simultaneously multiple techniques are given priority. The proposals are handled by a dedicated ReMade@ARI user office, and a single proposal for multiple techniques replaces the traditional facility-specific proposals. Beyond instrument access, ReMade@ARI offers extensive scientific support through the Smart Science Cluster: a team of 18 Junior Scientists offers one-to-one support to users from writing proposals to conducting experiments and analyzing data. This tailored scientific support enables researchers that may be new to large-scale facilities to concentrate on the science rather than the measurement techniques.