Such was the inspiration for the EU-funded project 'Novel diagnostic techniques for future particle accelerators: A Marie Curie initial training network' (DITANET), initiated and coordinated by Professor Carsten Welsch. DITANET is a multidisciplinary consortium of universities, research centres and industrial partners focused on training a new generation of scientists.
Industrial partners sat on the project supervisory board and offered internships to students to ensure knowledge transfer from academia to industry. The project received more than €4 Million of funding from the European Union. This allowed training eighteen early-stage researchers and three experienced researchers, as well as the organisation of a large number of international schools, topical workshops and conferences.
DITANET has contributed hugely to the field of accelerator physics and beam instrumentation. Training new scientists resulted in the development of innovative beam diagnostics instrumentation and the bridging of academia and industry. Basic research as well as applications will now be optimized and poised for maximum impact.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 215080.
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