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.

France

Associate country since 1967

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

Germany

Associate country since 1967

National representative at the ILL

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

Representatives on the ILL Steering Committee:
Stephan FÖRSTER | FZJ
Friederike TRIMBORN-WITTHAUT | BMBF

The United Kingdom

Associate country since 1974

National representative at the ILL

United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Representatives on the ILL Steering Committee:

Grahame BLAIR | UKRI
Chris MATTHEWS | BEIS

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.

Spain

Scientific member country since 1987

National representative at the ILL

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Scientific Member Representative: Javier CAMPO RUIZ | CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza

Austria

Scientific member country since 1990

National representative at the ILL

Austrian Academy of Science

Scientific Member Representative: Martin FALLY | University of Vienna

Italy

Scientific member country since 1997

National representative at the ILL

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Scientific Member Representative:Paolo MARIANI | Università Politecnica delle Marche

Slovakia

Scientific member country since 2009

National representative at the ILL

Comenius University in Bratislava

Scientific Member Representative:Norbert KUĈERKA | Comenius University in Bratislava

Poland

Scientific member country since 2006

National representative at the ILL

“Neutrony dla Polskiej Nauki” (NDPN) Consortium of Polish scientific and research institutions,
coordinated by the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics

Scientific Member Representative:
Wojciech ZAJĄC | Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków