Vlastimil RůžičkaDeputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

ELI-Beamlines Scientific Challenges Workshop, Prague, 26 April 2010

• ELI will be a pan-European research infrastructure, its mission is defined by the ESFRI Roadmap

• ELI-Beamlines will be one of the designed pillars of ELI

• European Research Infrastructure Consortium ELI-ERIC will be established; Czech Republic will be one of its founding members

• Project of ELI-Beamlines project has official support of the Czech Government (Resolution No 1514 from November 24, 2008)

• ELI-Beamlines will be funded by 265 million Euro within the Czech Republic’s Operational Programme “Research and Development for Innovations”

• ELI-Beamlines is supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

• Synergy expected with the HiPER project

• MoU signed by CZ, HU and RO in Prague, April 16, 2010

Attosecond pillar

Beamlines pillar

Attosecond XUV/X-ray physicsApplications in material sciences and biology

High-brightness sourcesof X-rays & particlesMolecular & biomedical sciences, particle acceleration, physics of dense plasmas

Photonuclear pillar

High-intensitydevelopment

Laser-induced nuclear physicsPhotonuclear science and applications

Exawatt-class laser technologyHigh-intensity laser technologies for frontier physical research

Site to be determined after 2012

• ELI-Preparatory Phase Steering Committee decision October 1, 2009

• Maximizing both European and regional impact

October 1 ELI-PP Steering Committee gives the Czech Rep mandate to implement the Beamline facility

November 12 Submission of the “national bid” to build ELI-Beamlines to the Managing Authority (MEYS): OP R&D for I

January 29 Zoning permit for the ELI-Beamlines facility issued

February Project assessed by the national expert panelIndustrial applications, national synergies, financial sustainabilityconstruction aspects

March 19 Project assessed by the international expert panelQuality of the researchQuality of management and of human resources strategy

Result: project is “strongly recommended for funding”

April-May Final negotiations underway about the agreement on funding(265 million Euro)

June Submission of the funding request for ELI-Beamlines to EC

December Official approval of funding from EC expected

2010

2009

Consortium ELI-CZ: 14 major universities and research institutes

Charles University (50,000 students), Czech Technical University (20,000 students), Technical

University of Liberec (14,000 students), Palacký University of Olomouc (16,000 students),

Institute of Chemical Technology Prague (4,000 students)

Research projects: ultrashort-pulse lasers, femtochemistry, femtobiology, plasma

research, electron & ion acceleration, optical technologies