Cristina Pereira

A call for proposals in the LEAPS-INNOV co-creation programme opened on 15th October 2022. The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 November 2022.

Via the LEAPS-INNOV-co-creation programme, experienced as well as new user communities have a chance to develop new concepts, methods and technologies suited to their needs together with LEAPS facilities. The focus lies on joint technological developments, advanced research capabilities and access opportunities at the LEAPS facilities for both industrial and academic user communities in general.

Two types of initiatives can get seed funding in the order of 100k€ for 18 months:

a) collaborative technology developments;

b) collaborative development of strategic community access modes.

The deadline for submitting proposals to the call is 30 November 2022. Further information and the application template are available on the LEAPS-INNOV website.

In case you have any further questions, please contact grantsoffice@maxiv.lu.se.

Less than a week to go to the 5th LEAPS Plenary Meeting! Over 180 participants signed up to attend the event, with expected over 120 onsite at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. The program will include an interesting mix of scientific and policy oriented contributions from key players in the Research Infrastructure landscape. Two Public Sessions will take place on October 27, including a diverse set of prominent thought leaders from academia, industry, and policy:

• Katarina Bjelke(Swedish Research Council)
• Sandra Jacob (Novartis)
• Apostolia Karamali(European Commission)
• Alexander Kordyuk (Kyiv Academic University, NAS of Ukraine)
• Michael Krisch (ESRF)
• Leonid Rivkin(LEAPS, PSI)
• Gebhard Schertler (ETHZ, PSI)
• Kristiaan Temst (KU Leuven, ESFRI)

The Plenary Meeting includes also a LEAPS internal day, October 26, with parallel and joint sessions where the strategic work carried on within the working and strategic groups and task forces will be presented and discussed. On the last day of the event, October 28, the LEAPS General Assembly and Coordination Board will be held.

Remote attendance will be possible to most sessions and parallel meetings. For more information about the event please visit the LEAPS Plenary Meeting 2022 website:

https://indico.psi.ch/event/12865/

The 21^st LEAPS General Assembly was held online via zoom on September 16, 2022. The meeting, chaired by LEAPS Chair Leonid Rivkin, from PSI, involved lively and constructive discussions. All LEAPS members were represented and actively participated in the discussions and decisions. The agenda included topics such as the Task Force ERA and the work being done to follow up with the EC and other stakeholders on EU Partnerships (Hydrogen, Battery, and Advanced Materials) as well as the progress achieved by the group working on the task of transforming LEAPS into an independent legal entity. The nomination and election of the new LEAPS Vice-Chair 2023 was discussed in a closed session. Presentations and discussions happened also around the preparations for the Horizon Europe Workprogram 2023/24 and 2025+. Status reports were presented about the Task Force on Strategic Access and the DIGITAL LEAPS Projects. Finally, a short report about the recent ESUO General Assembly was presented and a few topics about the LEAPS Plenary were discussed an agreed upon.

The next LEAPS General Assembly is scheduled as a face to face meeting on October 28, 2022, 09:00-12:00, at PSI in Switzerland. The meeting will be colocated with the LEAPS Plenary Meeting 2022.