The shared use center offers. About centers for collective use and unique scientific installations. Regulation of the activities of the Center for Communal Use and Management of Ukraine

A new high-quality level of research and development is possible only on a modern experimental base, which is based on multifunctional research complexes that can significantly expand the capabilities of experiments and intensify the process of their implementation.

Increasing the efficiency of using research complexes should be ensured due to their high load, which is successfully carried out in specially created centers for the collective use of scientific equipment (CCU).

Centers for collective use solve an important problem - they provide the opportunity to conduct research for a wide range of scientists and research teams using modern and expensive equipment, and create the opportunity to increase the efficiency of using such equipment.

The advantage is also the concentration of not only equipment, but also specialists who are fluent in this equipment and are capable of performing any tasks of this profile. At the same time, it is important for the Center for Common Use to formulate its own long-term research programs, taking into account applications from interested organizations.

Currently, in most developed countries, a network of research centers for the collective use of scientific equipment of various profiles and expensive installations and complexes has been formed. Work on the formation of a domestic network of shared centers began in the 80s of the last century and continued with the participation of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR). Subsequently, this work was organized by the Ministry of Industry and Science of Russia and continued by Rosnauka of Russia in accordance with the priority measures for the implementation of the Fundamentals of the Policy of the Russian Federation in the field of development of science and technology for the period until 2010 and further prospects within the framework of the federal target scientific and technical program “Research and Development in priority areas for the development of science and technology" for 2002 - 2006 (FSNTP).

Since 2005, support for the development of the Shared Use Center has been carried out as part of the implementation of the event “Promotion of the development of a network of centers for the collective use of scientific equipment” by the Federal Center for Scientific and Technical Technology.

Rosnauka is forming a network of shared use centers taking into account the shared use centers already operating in Russia and the distribution of scientific and technical potential among the regions of the country. The network of 56 shared centers created by Rosnauka in 2005-2006 is the basis for the formation of regional key elements of the future national network of shared learning centers.

The equipment of organizations in which collective use centers are located can be characterized by the following data. As of December 1, 2006 in 56 TsKP accumulated 1674 pieces of scientific equipment for a total cost of more than 7 billion rubles, which is about 5,5 % the cost of the domestic fleet of machinery and equipment in the research and development sector.

The development of the Shared Use Center network creates the opportunity to quickly change the negative trend of aging of the scientific equipment fleet. Thus, the support of the Center for Utilities within the framework of the activities of the Federal Center for Scientific and Technical Technology made it possible to update the instrument park of the centers by 15% in 2005 and by 19% in 2006 compared to 2004 and increase the efficiency of conducting exploratory research and complex developments.

Further development of the network of shared use centers will be ensured by the implementation of the federal target program “Research and development in priority areas of development of the scientific and technological complex of Russia for 2007-2012,” which provides for the implementation of the event “Development of a network of centers for the collective use of scientific equipment.”

Primary importance in the implementation of this activity should be given to solving the following main tasks:
- formation of a modern instrument base by accumulating precision expensive scientific equipment in the Shared Use Center and creating multifunctional research complexes;
- improving organizational and economic mechanisms for providing services in the field of research for various organizations;
- increasing the level of loading of scientific equipment at the Shared Use Center by forming our own annual research plans and research plans at the request of interested organizations;
- ensuring the uniformity and reliability of measurements when conducting scientific research using equipment;
- development of a unified information environment in the central communication center network;
- supporting the development of domestic scientific schools, improving the qualifications of researchers and attracting young specialists;
- conducting research in priority areas of science, technology and engineering at the global level.

In the future, centers for collective use should become the main reference points in the regions for providing exploratory research, comprehensive development, implementation of significant innovative projects and help increase the interest of young specialists in the scientific field.

This catalog contains information about centers for the collective use of scientific equipment created and operating in scientific organizations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, universities and scientific organizations of various departmental subordination.

The catalog materials reflect information about 56 research centers that carried out research work under government contracts with Rosnauka in 2005–2006. The network of centers for collective use of scientific equipment presented in the catalog covers all federal districts of the Russian Federation.

The information about the shared use centers presented on the website is based on materials from the catalog of collective use centers released by Rosnauka in February 2007. (“CATALOG OF CENTERS FOR COLLECTIVE USE OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT (PROJECT IMPLEMENTERS IN 2005 – 2006 OF THE FEDERAL TARGETED SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM “RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN PRIORITY AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT” on 2002 – 2006)" / Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering, Center for Applied research. – M., 2007. – 149 p.)

Center for collective use "Human Proteome"

The Center for Collective Use “Human Proteome” (formerly the Center for Collective Use “Center for Postgenomic Technologies”) was created in 2003 as part of the interdepartmental Program “Proteomics for Medicine and Biotechnology”. The center united the material, technical, scientific and methodological potential of the leading leaders of domestic biomedicine and biotechnology. The rapidly expanding instrument base now allows us to provide a full range of high-throughput analyzes in the field of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Services are provided on a list price basis and as part of joint research projects. Priorities in service are given to organizations executing government orders or grants from domestic foundations.

Purpose

In 2001, he began working at the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Proteomic Research Department. The department's laboratories were equipped with the latest measuring instruments, which were unique for Russia at that time. First of all, this concerns mass spectrometers with soft-type ionization sources. Considering that registration of mass spectra is necessary for a large number of Russian scientific teams, from the very beginning of its work, OPI established test scientific contacts with institutes of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences and industry research institutes.

In order to simplify the procedure for joint work and create its legal basis, in 2003, the Center for Postgenomic Technologies Center was formed on the basis of the department. In June 2003, the Regulations on the Shared Use Center were approved by the Academic Council of the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

Operating procedure

General provisions

The Center for Collective Use “Human Proteome” (hereinafter referred to as the Center for Common Use) ensures the fulfillment of orders from Russian research teams performing work under government programs and grants (hereinafter referred to as the clients of the Center for Use).
CCP services are paid on the basis of an approved price list.
The list of services for collective use and prices for them are formed taking into account the scale of state support for the maintenance of the shared use center and the current priorities of federal targeted scientific and technical programs.
TsKP provides services in the scope of procedures certified by manufacturers of expensive measuring equipment and robotic production lines.

The procedure for concluding agreements with organizations that are consumers of collective services

1. The organization that is the customer of the services enters into an agreement with the Institute of Biomedicine and Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences to perform work within the framework of the Shared Use Center. The customer pays according to an invoice based on the volume of services he requires.

The procedure for working with individuals - consumers of collective services

1. An individual can also use the services of the Center for Communications. In this case, the customer pays for the services by transferring funds to the bank account of the IBMH RAMS.

Procedure for providing samples for analysis

1. The client provides the CCP employee with specific batches of samples prepared in accordance with the methodological recommendations. The analysis is carried out within the timeframe agreed upon by the parties.
2. The result of the work performed is transferred to the client in the form of information files.
3. If, during the execution of the work, the unsatisfactory quality of the sample provided by the Client or its other properties are revealed, making it obvious that further provision of services is inappropriate, the CCP employee is obliged to suspend the execution of the work, notifying the Client about this. In this case, the quota can be redistributed among other types of services.

Services

SOME COMMUNITY CENTER SERVICES AND PRICES

1. Recording MALDI mass spectra
(the result is a file in the format “fid” and “peaklist.xml”)

Code: MALDI-Target— With application to the target
Code: MALDI-Sol— With proteolysis in solution
Code: MALDI-Gel— With proteolysis in gel

2. Recording ESI mass spectra
(the result is a file in “MGF” format)

Code: ESI-Fin- On a Finnigan device
Code: LC-ESI-Ag— On an Agilent device
Code: ESI-ICR— On the FT-ICR device

3. Consultations with specialist staff of the Center for Communications
Code: Cons

Completed work

Some organizations are customers of CCP services

Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh) named after. M.M.Shemyakin and Yu.A.Ovchinnikov RAS
Institute of Molecular Biology named after V.A.Engelhardt RAS
Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Oncological Scientific Center named after. N.N.Blokhin RAMS
GosNIIgenetika Ministry of Industry and Science of the Russian Federation, Moscow
CJSC "Research Institute Ajinomoto-Genetics"
Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics RAS
Moscow Pedagogical State University
Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology named after. M.V. Lomonosova
Institute of Biochemistry named after. A.N.Bach RAS
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms named after. G.K. Scriabin RAS
Belk Institute RAS
Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after. N.F. Gamaleyi RAMS
Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry (IGIC) named after. N.S. Kurnakov RAS
Research Institute for the Search of New Antibiotics named after. G.F. Gause RAMS (NIINA)
State Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Federal institution RosNIPCHI "Microbe", Saratov
Institute of Developmental Biology named after. N.K.Koltsov RAS
Institute of Organic Chemistry named after. N.D. Zelinsky RAS

The Center for Collective Use "New Materials and New Technologies", hereinafter referred to as the Center for Shared Use, was formed in accordance with the Order of the Director of the Institute of Biochemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 13a dated April 23, 2001 on the basis of laboratories and other departments of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Biochemical Physics named after. N.M. Emanuel of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBCP RAS).

The Center for Common Use is guided in its activities by the current legislation of the Russian Federation, the Charter of the Institute of Biochemistry and Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Regulations on the Center for Common Use “New Materials and New Technologies.”

The main directions of research carried out at the Center for Common Use.

Center for Collective Use "New Materials and Technologies" of the Institute of Biochemistry and Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences - a unique chemical and physical complex for interdisciplinary research covering the fields of genomics, proteomics, the creation of new generation drugs, the development of analytical systems to ensure chemical and biological safety, the development of new catalysts, new energy carriers and conversion systems energy, new methods of clinical diagnostics, as well as new polymer, biopolymer and composite materials.

Specialization of the Center for Use: modern physical and chemical methods for studying substances at the molecular level and the dynamics of chemical and biological processes, including using chromatography-mass spectrometry, NMR and EPR spectroscopy, confocal microscopy, optical microscopy, IR and UV spectrometry , Raman spectroscopy, laser light scattering.

The Center for Common Use is not a structural subdivision of the Institute of Biochemistry and Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences; it includes specialized methodological centers and sectors operating on the basis of laboratories and other scientific departments of the Institute of Biochemistry and Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, namely:

Center for Magnetic Spectroscopy (EPR-, NMR-)

Organized on the basis of the Center for Magnetic Spectroscopy of the Institute of Biochemistry and Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Head: Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Kovarsky Alexander Lvovich

Mass Spectrometry Center

Organized on the basis of the laboratory of mass spectrometry of biomacromolecules.

Head: Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Nikolaev Evgeniy Nikolaevich,

deputy head senior researcher, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Kononikhin Alexey Sergeevich.

Confocal Microscopy Sector

Head: Doctor of Biological Sciences Muranov Konstantin Olegovich.

Organized on the basis of the laboratory of physical and chemical principles of regulation of biological systems.

Optical Microscopy Sector

Organized on the basis of the laboratory of physical chemistry of compositions of synthetic and natural polymers

Head: Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Prof. Popov Anatoly Anatolievich.

Spectrometry sector in the UV, visible and near-IR ranges, pulsed photolysis

Organized on the basis of the laboratory of photosensitization processes.

Head: Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kuzmin.

Sector of IR-Fourier spectrometry

Organized on the basis of the laboratory of physical chemistry of compositions of synthetic and natural polymers.

Head: Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Anatoly Anatolyevich Popov

Raman Spectroscopy Sector

Organized on the basis of the laboratory of electrophysics and radiophotonics of composite materials and nanostructures.

Head: Ph.D. Shchegolikhin Alexander Nikitovich.

Laser light scattering sector

Organized on the basis of the laboratory for physico-chemical modification of biopolymers.

Head: Ph.D. Plashchina Irina Germanovna.

Head of the Center for Communal Use "New materials and technologies"

Deputy Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Chemical Physics RAS, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Anatoly Anatolyevich Popov

The contact person:

Deputy Head of the Center for Use, Head of Department, Ph.D. Krylova Larisa Petrovna

One of the important tools available to participants in the Federal Targeted Program “Research and Development in Priority Areas of Development of the Scientific and Technological Complex of Russia for 2014–2020” (FTSPIR) are collective use centers (CUC) and unique scientific installations (UNU). Unfortunately, their capabilities are not fully used. Meanwhile, they are able to provide researchers with the most modern equipment. What prevents you from using the CCP and UNU more effectively?

Start

The idea of the CCP arose in Russia back in the 1990s. The fact is that it was impossible to update the material and technical base of scientific and educational organizations at the same time. Then, based on the experience of the world's leading universities, it was proposed to collectively use modern scientific equipment. Thus, structures began to be formed throughout the country, equipped with the latest equipment at the expense of budgetary funds, which were provided for collective use. The first CCPs received support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, and since 2005, as part of the implementation of certain activities of federal target programs, they have been funded by the Federal Agency for Science and Innovation. Later, this work was continued by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science within the framework of the relevant federal target programs.

Information collected by the Ministry of Education and Science about the Center for Collective Use and Universities, as well as the regulatory framework and recommendations for it are posted on the portal ckp-rf.ru.

The difference between UNU and TsKP

The state provides support to both types of structures - both the Center for Collective Use and the UNU. What is the difference between these concepts?

The Central Coordination Center is a structural subdivision of the base organization. Its main goal is to ensure scientific research using the existing material and technical base, including in the interests of third parties. UNU is a type of equipment itself, while installations can function both as part of the central command center and independently. The center uses mostly expensive, mass-produced equipment. But unique scientific installations are non-serial objects made according to individual projects, in which serial parts and modules only ensure the operation of the installations.

There is also a difference in the tasks. CCPs are created for a wide range of studies. Both standard measurements and research can be carried out here, the results of which will subsequently be published in high-ranking journals.

UNUs are designed primarily to obtain world-class fundamental scientific results. As a rule, UNU have no analogues, therefore to such installations it is necessary to ensure access to a wide range of researchers.

The majority of the centers are multidisciplinary, so it is difficult to classify them into any one topic. UNUs are designed to a greater extent to solve certain problems, mainly fundamental ones.

Regulation of the activities of the Center for Communal Use and Management of Ukraine

The activities of the Center for Communal Use and Educational Institutions have been regulated at the federal level since 2015. Then the Federal Law “On Science and State Scientific and Technical Policy” was amended to establish a clear procedure for the functioning of these structures created at the expense of budgetary funds.

The next step was the requirements for them, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 17, 2016 No. 429. They were prepared by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science together with interested federal authorities and representatives of the largest Centers for Educational Use and Science and Educational Institutions.

The main purpose of the document is to approve the composition of target indicators applicable to the activities of centers and installations. Among such indicators are equipment utilization both in general and in the interests of external users, as well as the number of users per year. For UNU there are additional requirements for publication activity.

Target values are set by the organizations that finance them. In particular, according to the order of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations of Russia dated August 9, 2017 No. 31n, which comes into force on October 27, 2017, the Central Communications Center and the Control Center must be loaded at least 70% of the time. In the interests of third parties, the TsKP must work at least 20% of the time, and the UNU - at least 15%. At least two organizations must use the infrastructure annually. In addition, the number of publications on the results of research using this equipment is established - also at least two.

According to the requirements of the government, the management of the Center for Acceptance and the Administration of Ukraine is obliged to clearly formulate the conditions of the competition for third parties. Specific reasons for rejecting applications must be stated in advance. This information, as well as a list of typical works and their costs, should be posted on the center’s website.

Access to equipment must be provided through requests placed online. Based on them, a work plan for the center is formed, which is also published on its website.

Monitoring the activities of the Center for Communicative Use and Educational Institutions

In order to evaluate the activities of the Center for Use and Education and Science - their effectiveness, accessibility for interested users - as well as to determine the costs necessary for their functioning, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science conducts monitoring. Based on the data received, the ministry submits a report to the government.

At the beginning of 2016, monitoring of the results for 2015 was carried out. The information came from 307 TsKP and 111 UNU. Here are some results.

Almost 45% of the Centers for Use of Education operate on the basis of universities and scientific organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science; 40% of the Centers for Communal Use are based in organizations of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations of Russia.
Of the 111 UNI, 34% belong to the Ministry of Education and Science, 50% belong to the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations of Russia.
As of the end of 2015, 6,800 units of equipment worth RUB 55 billion had been accumulated in the CCP. That is, on average, one CCP accounts for 22 pieces of equipment worth RUB 180 million.
The utilization rate of the central processing center in 2015 was about 70%, of which 30% was in the interests of external users (the equipment was used to carry out orders, work, and services from third-party organizations).
In 2015, CCPs provided services and performed work worth more than RUB 8.5 billion for both third-party organizations and their direct users.
The value of the 111 UNI that provided information is almost RUB 17 billion, that is, on average, one UNI accounts for RUB 150 million (while the book value of some UNI reaches RUB 800–1000 million).
70% of equipment for collective use is produced abroad.

Publication activity according to monitoring data for 2015:

On average, 13 publications were per one Center for Common Use (this is more than in 2014 - 10 publications per one Center for Use),
8 of these 13 were published in journals included in the WoS or Scopus databases,
On average, 5 publications were per UNU,
4 of them were included in WoS or Scopus.

Like the Ministry of Education and Science, FANO of Russia carries out work related to the assessment of the activities of the Center for Educational Use and Science of Ukraine under its jurisdiction.

Support for the activities of the Center for Collective Use and the University of Ukraine within the framework of the Federal Center for Education and Development 2014–2020

The FCDP 2014–2020 includes two activities aimed at the development and support of the Center for Communicative Development and the UNU. Unlike the previous Federal Center for Research and Development 2007–2013, when mainly research carried out with the help of these structures was supported, the current program focuses on providing development programs for UNU and the Center for Collective Use.

Financing aimed at supporting and developing the Center for Collective Use and UNU within the framework of the Federal Targeted Development Program 2014–2020 is carried out on a competitive basis. The first such competition took place in 2014. 27 CCUs and 13 UNUs were supported, most of which operate on the basis of FANO organizations of Russia and organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science.

The volume of allocated budget funds for 2014–2015 amounted to ₽80 million per year per one CCP or one UNU. However, according to the terms of the competition, the CCP must attract co-financing in the amount of at least 10% of the budget. At the same time, at least 80% of the budget funds received through Federal Targeted Development Program competitions were allocated to the purchase of equipment costing from ₽1 million per unit.

Support for the Center for Collective Use and UNU within the framework of the Federal Targeted Development Program 2014–2020 is carried out on the basis of open competitions. Organizations of any departmental affiliation, not only those related to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, can participate in them.

In the summer of 2017, competitions were also held for the support and development of the Center for Collective Use and the University of Ukraine. The total amount of funding for collective use centers amounted to RUB 2.4 billion. A total of 90 applications were received for the competition. 17 winners will receive amounts of up to RUB 150 million ─ for work until the end of 2018.

In the competition for UNU, out of 20 applications, 3 were selected. The winners with unique installations will receive up to RUB 200 million for two years. These organizations were the Kurchatov Institute, the Novosibirsk Institute of Nuclear Physics named after. Budkera and Troitsk Institute of Innovation and Thermonuclear Research.

Will support continue in the future? In October 2017, the government made changes to the Federal Targeted Program for Development 2014–2020. The amount of funding has decreased compared to the original plan. Every year from 2017 to 2019, ₽300 million will be allocated for the support and development of UNU - less than a third of the originally planned funds. For the Center for Communal Use, funding decreased not so much, but also significantly - by about 40%. Every year until 2019, ₽1.2 billion of budget funds and ₽180 million from other sources are planned for them. The support amounts for 2020 remain unchanged for now.

Problems of TsKP and UNU

As noted in the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the Center for Collective Use and UNU will have to solve complex problems associated with a number of problems.

One of them is the low degree of openness of these structures and the lack of movement towards new users. Openness will help load equipment and ensure a stable financial flow for the development of centers. To solve this problem, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, within the framework of the Federal Targeted Research and Development Program 2014–2020, allocated funds in the estimates of research projects that were allocated by program participants for the services of the Center for Shared Use and Educational Institutions.

Another important problem concerns the lack of information necessary for users: of the 307 centers monitored in 2015, only 70-80% had websites. Moreover, only half of them have all the necessary information. Access regulations, the procedure for submitting applications for the use of equipment, the approximate cost of work, a list of services provided, a list of available equipment and information about its metrological support must be published. In the case of UNU, the situation is even worse, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science notes.

This problem can be solved by the standard requirements adopted by the government for the sites of the Center for Communal Use and the University of Ukraine. In addition, the CCU and UNU teams are recommended to participate more in open events: conferences, seminars.

An urgent problem is the high degree of dependence of the center on imported equipment, materials and components.

Heavy dependence on foreign equipment and materials complicates the work of the Central Communications Center and the UNU. But one of the most significant problems is the obsolescence of equipment. The reason is that truly expensive and unique devices were built back in Soviet times. And over the past decade, only a number of UNIs have been modernized, which allows them to produce breakthrough results. But in general, installations are aging, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain competitive results with them. Especially against the backdrop of the fact that new UNIs are being successfully launched in the countries of the European Union, the USA, Japan, and China.

True, Russia takes an active part in the construction and modernization of some of them, which allows our scientists to use these installations when conducting their research. These include the European X-ray Free Electron Laser in Hamburg, the European Ion and Antiproton Research Center in Darmstadt, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble and the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva.

Despite the reduction in the 2014–2020 Federal Targeted Investment Development Budget, the new version of the program still provides for investment projects. In particular, it is planned to re-equip the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, where a supercomputer center will be created. Currently, the university operates a center for shared use “High-tech computer technologies for the needs of science, education and industry based on high-performance computing systems.” In addition, the 1st stage of a nanotechnology laboratory will be built on the basis of a complex of buildings, including the Kurchatov Center for Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology.

To discuss problems and challenges in the field of collective use of research infrastructure, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia annually organizes conferences with the participation of representatives of leading Centers for Use and Education, as well as interested federal executive authorities. Such a conference took place in the summer of 2015 at St. Petersburg State University. In October of the same year, a similar event was held by the FANO of Russia. And on October 25–27, 2017, the II All-Russian Conference “Collective Use Centers and Unique Scientific Facilities of Organizations Subordinate to the FANO of Russia” is planned in Moscow.

The basic organization of the General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is the Institute of General Physics named after A.M. Prokhorov RAS"

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1 The work of the Center for Collective Use of Unique Scientific Equipment (hereinafter referred to as the Center for Shared Use of Unique Scientific Equipment) is based on the principles used in international laboratories equipped with scientific instruments of the highest category of complexity.

1.2 The main goal of the Center for Common Use is to increase the level of scientific research through the formation of modern research complexes in the field of nanotechnology, meeting international standards for the technical and operational characteristics of the instrumentation.

Main directions of development:

expanding the activities of the Shared Use Center to provide services for the collective use of equipment;
improvement and modernization of the material and technical base;
development of research, innovation and scientific-methodological activities;
creation of scientific, analytical and technological equipment;
development of information resources;
strengthening human resource potential.

The basic equipment of the CCP are:

General purpose X-ray diffractometer Bruker D8 Discover A25 DaVinci Design;
Modulation interference microscope - MIM 321;
Centrifuge CPS Disc (CPS Disc Cent);
Ultra-high vacuum STM GPI-300.02;
Electron microscope LIBRA 200 FE HR;
Ultratome Leica EM UC7;
Fischione 1010 Ion Mill;
Ultrasonic disc cutter from GATAN;
Universal system for mechanical surface preparation. Leica EM TXP;
System of three-beam ion etching of materials to great depth. Leica EM TIC020;
Laser scanning confocal microscope LSM-710-NLO;
Atomic force microscope. Seiko Instruments NPX 200.
Scientific research nanotechnology complex "Riber SSC2" based on an ultra-high vacuum center for surface research.
A stand for measuring the spectral dependence of the sensitivity of elements of matrix IR photodetectors.
Installation for measuring parameters of elements of matrix IR photodetectors in accordance with GOST 17772-88.

Measures to expand the scope of services of the Center for Communicating Services

It is planned to expand the list of services provided by the Center for Use to scientific organizations interested in using the equipment of the Center for Use to conduct their own scientific research by including services for newly developed and acquired methods. It also provides for:

creation and constant updating of an Internet site containing information about scientific areas of activity, research capabilities of the Center for Use, the quantitative and qualitative composition of the instrument base of the Center for Use, conditions for providing access, including remote access, to unique research equipment, and the most significant projects carried out with the use of the Center for Shared Use equipment, a list of scientific publications that reflected research conducted using the scientific equipment of the Center for Shared Use;
preparation and holding of scientific seminars and schools on the formation and development of a network of central communication centers for the implementation of new methods and algorithms for data processing, both at the stage of direct operation of navigation systems, and at the stage of certification and certification tests;
provision of scientific and methodological assistance and consultations for carrying out research and development work by the implementing organizations of the Federal Target Program and third-party organizations, the use and implementation of methods developed at the Shared Use Center during experimental research and at experimental installations;
preparation and publication of information booklets about the Center for Collective Use of Scientific Equipment in order to provide detailed information about available methods and instruments.

1.3 The provision of CCP services is carried out according to one of the following schemes of interaction with customers:

1.3.1 Commercial order based on an agreement to perform research work.
1.3.2. Participation in joint projects (Federal target programs, departmental programs, etc.).
1.3.3. Free (or with partial payment) provision of services at the expense of funds Basic scientific research programs of state academies of sciences, Federal Targeted Program or at the expense of the IOF RAS’s own funds.

1.4 The work of the Center for Use "Technological and Diagnostic Center for the Production, Research and Certification of Micro and Nanostructures" is carried out according to preliminary applications approved by the Director of the Center.

1.5 Priority is given to the work carried out within the framework of the implementation of the Federal Target Program.

2.COMMERCIAL ORDERS

2.1 The center can carry out work for any third party organizations on the basis of a concluded agreement: .

2.2 At the request of the customer, a clause on the delimitation of intellectual property rights may be included in the standard contract for the provision of services to the Center for Communications.

2.3 At the request of the customer, the results of the work of the CCP can be confidential, about which a corresponding clause is drawn up in the concluded contract for the provision of services.

3. PARTICIPATION IN JOINT PROJECTS

3.1 The Center for Use can carry out work for third-party organizations on the basis of joint participation in federal targeted program projects, departmental programs, etc. as a co-executor.

3.2 A list of equipment and a description of measuring and technological capabilities is given and published on the TsKP page.

4.FREE PROVISION OF SERVICES

4.1 The center can carry out work to provide services free of charge or with partial payment at the expense of funds Programs of fundamental scientific research of state academies of sciences and Federal Targeted Program or at the expense of the IOF RAS’s own funds, the base organization of the Center for Common Use.

4.2 The customer of this type of work can be the contractor Programs of fundamental scientific research of state academies of sciences, Federal Targeted Programs, higher educational institutions and other users who have passed the examination and internal approval of the Center for Use.

4.3 As a rule, this type of work involves conducting standard research without the need to adapt equipment and research methods to the user’s tasks.

4.4 Free provision of services is possible within the limits of time and resources determined by the management of the Center for Communicating Services, and the performers Programs of fundamental scientific research of state academies of sciences and Federal targeted programs have priority over other customers of this type of work.

4.5 In a request for work, the user must provide motivation and justify the relevance of the research being carried out.

5.1 A request for work to be carried out at the Center by employees of third-party organizations must contain the following documents:

5.1.1 Covering letter with the signature of the manager and the seal of the customer’s organization.
5.1.2 Completed form.

5.2. In a request for work to be carried out at the Shared Use Center by employees of the Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a signed manager must be presented. Department of the General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.