Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to participate in the survey in planning a national ultrahigh
field (UHF) NMR network, with comprehensive resources and expertise, spanning
key areas of NSF interest, that will be accessible to the entire scientific
community within the United States. The main objective is to address the urgent
nationwide need for UHF NMR infrastructure, which is lacking in the US. This
goal will be achieved through the establishment of a national consortium of
ultrahigh field NMR facilities and an extensive NMR knowledge base of best
practices and technologies. This paradigm represents a consensus vision from
the magnetic resonance community, articulated in the 2015 NSF-sponsored workshop
"Ultrahigh Field NMR and MRI: Science at Crossroads", and is also strongly
supported by the broader scientific community.
The first immediate step in this process is to establish science drivers and
nationwide needs in UHF NMR spectroscopy and the guiding principles for siting
UHF instrumentation in strategically located facilities across the United States.
To this end, we are soliciting your input through a comprehensive survey that
is sent to the NMR and broader community. If you are already an NMR practitioner
or interested in applying NMR in your research, please fill out this survey,
it will take only 10-15 minutes of your time. We invite both US and international
participants at any career stages and any type of institutions (academia,
government, private sector) to inform us on your NMR needs and thoughts concerning
future UHF infrastructure.
Survey link: https://sites.udel.edu/national-uhf-initiative/uhf-survey/
Password: 2022UHFsurvey%
The community's input will be scrutinized by an independent committee comprising
world-renowned scientists who have expertise in NMR spectroscopy or/and in large-scale
scientific infrastructure operation and management. The committee will establish
recommendations for siting of UHF network infrastructure nodes.
We greatly appreciate your time and input in this important process. Your responses
at your earliest convenience and no later than by July 15, 2022, will be most helpful.
If you have any questions or would like to engage in further discussion, please do
not hesitate to reach out to any of us.
With best wishes,
Tatyana Polenova, Joanna Long, Jeff Hoch, Len Mueller, Bob Powers
Martha Morton
Director of Research Instrumentation
Co-Chair, Department of Chemistry Safety Committee
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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