Request Magnet Time
The Magnet Lab operates seven user programs at three sites.
Some of our procedures for requesting magnet time are being updated, so current and prospective users should first contact the applicable Director of User Program (DUP) for consultations and instructions:
User Operations
The National High Magnet Field Laboratory is funded by the National Science Foundation under DMR-0654118 and operated under a Cooperative Agreement with Florida State University. Excerpts of the Cooperative Agreement related to user programs and operations are presented below.
I. Program Description: … The overall mission of the NHMFL is to provide high magnetic field facilities, instrumentation and necessary services for research conducted by users from various disciplines, including physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and the biological sciences. Access to the NHMFL is based on competitive proposals. Proposals shall be considered on the basis of scientific and technical merit and on broader implication of the work proposed as defined in the NSF Merit Review Criteria ….
User Kirill Bolotin from Columbia University does research in the DC Field facility.
II. Project Governance:
B. Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Gregory S. Boebinger is the PI and he serves as the Director of NHMFL. The Director, in consultation with NSF staff, shall appoint the NHMFL User Collaboration Grant (UCG) Committee (II.F) and the Directors of the User Programs (II.D). The Director is responsible for final decisions on scheduling of magnet time based on recommendations by the Directors of the User Programs.
D. Directors of User Programs (DUP): A Director of User Program is assigned to each of the 7 user programs at NHMFL: the DC user program, the ICR user program, the NMR user program, the EMR user program, the AMRIS user program, the High B/T program, and the Pulsed Field user program. The Directors of User Programs are selected from among the co PIs or Magnet Lab scientists to manage the respective user programs. The DUPs recommend magnet time allocations to the Director with inputs from the User Proposal Review Committee (UPRC). The DUPs appoint the members of the UPRC.
F. The NHMFL User Collaboration Grant (UCG) Committee: Membership of UCG Committee shall be such as to ensure proper coverage of UCG proposals submitted to the NHMFL. The UCG Committee shall conduct reviews of all UCG proposals in a manner that is consistent with the NSF proposal review criteria. Member of the UCG are selected from among NHMFL staff and external users.
G. Users of the NHMFL: Users of the NHMFL come from US academic institutions, National Laboratories, other federal agencies, industry and international institutions. User time at NHMFL is allocated on the basis of competitive proposal review. Users shall elect the NHMFL Users Committee.
H. The NHMFL Users Committee: The Users Committee shall include both NHMFL staff and representatives of the external scientific and engineering community. Members of the Users Committee will be users of high magnetic field facilities and instrumentation and knowledgeable in their development. The Committee shall meet at least annually to provide advice to the NHMFL Director on policies relating to the use and development of NHMFL facilities and instrumentation for experiments by users.
I. NHMFL User Proposal Review Committees (UPRC): Members on the UPRC are chosen for their scientific expertise from among NHMFL staff, NHMFL users or prominent members of the scientific community at large. The UPRCs are responsible for selection and recommendation of user proposals to the Directors of User Programs.
For more information contact User Programs Chief of Staff Kathy Hedick.
