Investments

Uppsala University researchers in materials science are recurrently invited to make proposals for new investments to the Myfab Uppsala infrastructure (former MSL). This is made possible by the “Materials Foundation” (Knut och Alice Wallenbergs och Uppsala universitets fond för materialvetenskaplig forskning), from which part of the revenue is used for this purpose.

No New Proposals

With some uncertainty about future funding and cost conditions, the Myfab Uppsala board has decided to make a break in the annual request for investment proposals. Considering the positive response from previous years, the intention is to resume this procedure as soon as the financial conditions allow.

Status for Granted Investments

Based on previous proposals and decisions, the equipment listed below is now being procured (status continuously updated at this site).

Granted investments	Contributors	Status 2020-04-24
Upgrade of MSL sputter deposition systems	---	Completed
Vacuum transfer system for XPS/ESCA	Structural Chemistry MCM Physics	Procurement ongoing
Software for segmentation, visualization of 3D images from CT, TEM tomography and synchrotron	Applied Mechanics Applied Materials Science	Completed
Photoluminescence/Electroluminescence Quantum Yield instrument	Solid State Electronics Physical Chemistry	Installed
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) equipment	Inorganic Chemistry Applied Materials Science Solid State Electronics	Installed
Table top sputter	---	Completed
Digital optical microscope	Inorganic Chemistry Microsystem Technology Applied Materials Science	Procurement ongoing
In-situ TEM heating / biasing holder	Inorganic Chemistry Solid State Electronics Applied Materials Science	Completed
Upgrade PE01: Si + metal etcher	---	Completed
Upgrade: ellipsometer (external stage)	---	Completed

General Conditions and Procedure

Myfab Uppsala is a shared and open research infrastructure for materials science within the Ångström Laboratory and it is also part of the national infrastructure Myfab. Proposals for new investments should conform to this condition, which means that tools intended for very specific projects or research areas will normally not qualify. Equipment of interest to a limited number of research groups should be partly funded, to at least 25 %, by the stakeholders involved. In addition to entirely new instruments, replacements, add-ons and upgrades to the existing infrastructure may be proposed. Several proposals may be submitted or supported by the same individual.

The overall procedure follows the approximate schedule indicated below:

Submission of proposals – open to all. (deadline end of October)
Presentation of proposals. (mid November)
Submission of support notice – head of div. / pgm. (deadline end of December)
Concluding negotiations. (January)
Final investment decisions. (early February)
Preparation of agreements. (February)
Presentation of granted investments and start of procurement. (early March)

For further information, please contact stefan.nygren@angstrom.uu.se / 471 3100.