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I.FAST: Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology Particle accelerators currently face critical challenges related to the size and performance of future facilities for fundamental research, to the increasing demands coming from accelerators for applied science, and to the growing applications in medicine and industry. The I.FAST project aims to enhance innovation in the particle accelerator community, mapping out and facilitating the development of breakthrough technologies common to multiple accelerator platforms. The project will involve 49 partners, including 17 industrial companies as co-innovation partners, to explore new alternative accelerator concepts and advanced prototyping of key technologies. These include, among others, new accelerator designs and concepts, advanced superconducting technologies for magnets and cavities, techniques to increase brightness of synchrotron light sources, strategies and technologies to improve energy efficiency, and new societal applications of accelerators. |
Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland Scientist in Charge from CERN: Full costs of the project: 18.6 M€ EU funding: 10 M€ EU funding for CERN: 2. 9 M€ 1 May 2021 - 30 April 2025 |