DanScatt

DanScatt is a Danish instrument center and user organization supported by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education.

The picture shows four essential DanScatt facilities seen from the air
Strategic partners and essential facilities: ILL, EuXFEL, MAX IV, PSI and ESRF

Established in 2002, DanScatt was created to strengthen Denmark’s participation in large-scale international research infrastructures and ensure Danish researchers have access to world-class experimental opportunities.

Today, DanScatt serves more than 500 users and continues to grow, fostering a strong scientific community and promoting cutting-edge research in materials science, chemistry, biology, and physics.

Our mission is to support researchers working with synchrotron, neutron, and free-electron X-ray laser facilities by providing travel funding for experiments and by creating a community where new users can find guidance. We coordinate national efforts, facilitate collaboration across universities and research institutions, and represent Denmark in international partnerships.

Over the years, DanScatt has played a key role in enabling Danish researchers to access major European and Scandinavian facilities and currently supports Danish memberships in ESS, EuXFEL, ESRF, and ILL, as well as strategic collaborations with PSI and MAX IV.

 

 

Strategy for DanScatt's facilities

In 2017 DanScatt developed a strategy for 2017-2025, which describes the Danish use, prioritizes between memberships and recommends the most effective activities aimed at accessing facilities.

The primary recommendations are:

1. Continued membership of the internationally leading facilities within the three areas:

  • ESRF (synchrotron based research)
  • EuXFEL (XFEL based research)
  • ILL and ESS (neutron based research

2. Strategic use of MAX IV and PSI as facilities that play a crucial role in relation to capacity, training of new users, regional initiatives, and support of the strategic and industry-related research.

3. Supporting the national ESS strategy focusing on the establishment of lighthouses and on capacity building within the neutron area.

Each year, DanScatt releases a report detailing both the number of trips made by our users and the facilities they visited for experiments

For access to DanScatt's reports, please contact the DanScatt Administrator Antonia Bjørstorp at acmb@dtu.dk