Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

CNRS is the largest governmental research organisation in Europe, with 1200 research units covering all fields of research. CNRS provides a strong organisational and administrative support to third party funded projects, with dedicated staff on financial, legal, and administrative issues.

The Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, LNCMI, was created on 1 January 2009 through the merger of the Laboratoire des Champs Magnétiques Intenses (Grenoble) and the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Pulsés (Toulouse), as part of the Très Grands Instruments de la Recherche (TGIR) of the CNRS. Like its two predecessors, it has three main missions:
– to generate the highest possible magnetic fields for research purposes
– to use these fields for in-house research and to develop the necessary scientific
infrastructure
– to provide access to qualified French and European users to these high magnetic fields and the associated scientific infrastructure.
Each year the LNCMI handles around 150 access projects from scientists from all over the world, after selection by the EMFL selection committee.

Established in 1992, CNRS Innovation is a French public limited company, subsidiary of two major innovation players: CNRS and Bpifrance Financement. With more than 25 years of expertise in transferring innovative technologies to the industry, CNRS Innovation supports all technology transfer steps, from the evaluation and protection of technologies to the elaboration of the operating strategy. Based on this experience CNRS Innovation will help in raising staff awareness and training staff on IPR and economic and societal issues and stimulate collaborations between EMFL and industry.

University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in the city of Nottingham, UK, and one of the largest universities in the country. In addition to the UK, it also has campuses in Malaysia and in China. Across the three countries it employs more than 8000 staff, 32800 undergraduate students and 9500 postgraduate students. The University of Nottingham is a member of the Russell Group of leading, research-intensive UK Universities. The University conducts wide-reaching, world-class research across and between disciplines at all three of its locations. Within the ISABEL project UNOT will coordinate the community building and membership enlargement activities.

The University of Nottingham Superconducting Magnet Laboratory consists of two state-of-the-art superconducting magnets (18.5 T and 17 T) situated in a new purpose-built laboratory. Both magnets have been custom-built to perform interdisciplinary experiments using the technique of diamagnetic levitation to mimic weightlessness and novel differential gravity environments. The unique design of these room-temperature-bore magnets allows convenient access to the high field gradient region of the magnetic field, where diamagnetic forces on liquids such as water, plastics and biological material can be harnessed to counteract the force of gravity at the molecular level. These magnets run 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, with relatively inexpensive running costs, enabling long duration microgravity experiments to be performed.

        Université de Genève

The University of Geneva (UNIGE), the next-largest university in Switzerland after Zurich, was created in 1559 by Jean Calvin and has more than 14,000 students. The high quality of its research and teaching is reflected in the consistently high scores obtained in various international rankings. The UNIGE has built up a vast research network, collaborating with researchers from UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), ESO (European Organization for Astronomical Research), ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. The Department of Quantum Matter Physics (DQMP) has an established track record in the development and investigations of novel materials, focusing on high-temperature superconductors, monotatomic layers and multilayers, magnetic materials, thermoelectrics, multiferroics, ceramic insulators, ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, carbon structures (graphene), intermetallics, organic metals, as well as materials for renewable energy and sustainable development.

National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics

The National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB) is a legal entity under public law and operates under the “National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Act” approved by the Parliament of Estonia in 1998. Today, about 75% of its funding is project based and our research groups are competing with all other groups in Estonia. The remaining 25% comes from the Ministry of Education and Research as baseline funding and it is calculated based on previous performance (number of publications, amount of grants, etc.). NICPB is a research institution where the main task of the scientists is research that values academic freedom. The NICPB carries out fundamental and applied research and engages in the development of the novel directions in material sciences, gene technology and biotechnology, environmental technology and informatics. The NICPB participates in national and international research and development through national, European and international programmes and agreements and application for research and development grants.

I-Cube Research

I-CUBE RESEARCH, with its sister company Bmax are innovative SMEs leading the market of forming and welding using Magnetic Pulse processes. I-Cube Research is a research and development company working for the development of Bmax technologies and located in Toulouse, France. I-Cube is focused on high added value applications for the forming and welding in the luxury packaging, aeronautics and automotive industries.

Bilfinger Noell

Bilfinger Noell is a worldwide recognized partner for a wide range of conventional and superconducting magnet systems. BN’s own product area Magnet Technology has been working closely with large-scale research facilities to develop such systems, build prototypes and make them ready for serial production. Thus, using our comprehensive know-how, if larger quantities are needed, BN provides support and assistance based on the expertise derived from many years of working in the field of serial production and project management.