Associates and Scientific Members
The ILL was founded in Grenoble in 1967 by France and Germany, joined a few years later by the UK. These are ILL's three Associate Countries. Today, 10 additional Scientific Member countries fund the ILL for the benefit of their research communities.
ASSOCIATE COUNTRIES
France, Germany and the United Kingdom contribute with roughly 75 % of the ILL's budget.
National representatives at the ILL
Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) &
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Representatives on the ILL Steering Committee:
Marie-Hélène MATHON | CEA
Michel GUIDAL | CNRS
Associate country since 1967
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Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)
Representatives on the ILL Steering Committee:
Laurens KUIPERS | FZJ
Dirk STEINBACH | BMFTR
Associate country since 1967
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United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Representatives on the ILL Steering Committee:
Grahame BLAIR | UKRI
Chris MATTHEWS | BEIS
Associate country since 1974
Scientific member countries
The governance is managed in association with the Scientific Member countries (listed in chronological order of accession): Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, The Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, Denmark, Poland, and Slovenia. Scientific member countries provide around 20 % of the ILL's budget, the remaining being assured by own income.
National representative at the ILL
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Scientific Member Representative: Javier CAMPO RUIZ | CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza
Scientific member country since 1987
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State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
Scientific Member Representative: Patrice SOOM | SERI
Scientific member country since 1988
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Scientific Member Representative: Martin FALLY | University of Vienna
Scientific member country since 1990
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Scientific Member Representative:Paolo MARIANI | Università Politecnica delle Marche
Scientific member country since 1997
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Scientific Member Representative: Milan KLICPERA | Charles University
Scientific member country since 1999
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Scientific Member Representative:Aleksandar MATIC | Chalmers University of Technology
Scientific member country since 2005
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Comenius University in Bratislava
Scientific Member Representative:Norbert KUĈERKA | Comenius University in Bratislava
Scientific member country since 2009
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Danish agency for science, technology and innovation
Scientific Member Representative: Nicolai NARVESTAD |
The Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education
Scientific member country since 2009
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“Neutrony dla Polskiej Nauki” (NDPN) Consortium of Polish scientific and research institutions,
coordinated by the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics
Scientific Member Representative:
Ewa Juszyńska-Gałązka | Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków
Scientific member country since 2006
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National Institute of Chemistry
Scientific Member Representative:Franci MERZEL | National Institute of Chemistry
Scientific member country since 2020