Researchers from the Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IHPP PAS) and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) with a Weave-UNISONO grant for research into iron-based superconductors (FBS).
Researchers from Poland and Germany will work on the development of novel iron-based superconducting thin films, i.e. high-temperature superconductors that bridge the gap between high-temperature copper-based superconductors and classic low-temperature superconductors, thus making them crucial for fundamental research. The Polish team, led by Dr hab. Shiv Jee Singh from IHPP PAS, and the German team, led by Dr Jens Hänisch from KIT, will combine their knowledge and skills to develop a unique method for the fabrication of new and improved properties FBS layers by the synergy of conventional thin-film deposition techniques with high-pressure techniques.
The proposal was reviewed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as the lead agency and the evaluation result was approved by the National Science Centre that awarded over PLN 1.7 million to the Polish research team.
Weave-UNISONO and Lead Agency Procedure
The Weave-UNISONO call builds on the multilateral international cooperation between the research funding agencies associated in Science Europe and aims at simplifying the submission and selection procedures in all academic disciplines, involving researchers from two or three European countries.
The selection process is based on the Lead Agency Procedure (LAP), under which only one partner institution performs a merit-based evaluation and the others simply accept the result.
Under Weave, partner research teams apply in parallel to the lead agency and their respective domestic institutions participating in the call. Their joint proposal must include coherent research plans and clearly spell out the added value of international cooperation.
The Weave-UNISONO call accepts proposals on a rolling basis. Polish teams wishing to partner up with colleagues from Austria, Czechia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium-Flanders are encouraged to read the call text and submit their proposals.