Access to INFRAMAT's scientific infrastructure

By Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

INFRAMAT offers access to the resources of its scientific infrastructure to users from academic institutions, businesses, public institutions and individuals (hereinafter referred as User). Users from external organizations pay at market prices the services and access to INFRAMAT's specialized infrastructure in order to achieve financial sustainability of the scientific infrastructure. The payment for services and access to specialized equipment is based on a price list outlined for the specific type of equipment. INFRAMAT provides access to its facilities to external Users for the following purposes: conducting scientific research, service and expert analyses, training activities. The term facilities implies, but is not limited to, equipment, services, information and other materials, in collaboration with the scientists from INFRAMAT. INFRAMAT provides the following main forms for use of the scientific infrastructure by external Users: - Joint projects and research investigations for external users with partner organizations in INFRAMAT; - Accomplishment of specific assays and activities such as services for research organizations and companies for implementation of their projects in which the partner organizations of INFRAMAT do not participate; - Training and demonstration activities which involve participants from external scientific organizations for the purposes of specialized training for the use of the scientific equipment and new experimental techniques; - Expertise and analyses for state institutions. Depending on the specific objectives under point 2, access to facilities is based on scientific proposals (projects), a request or contract for service analysis or training. When the access to facilities is based on scientific projects, the submitted proposals are evaluated by committees composed from scientists involved in INFRAMAT with expertise in the relevant area. The criteria for approving proposals are the scientific achievements, the technical feasibility and the available resources in the laboratory.