Operations and Maintenance Support. National Ultrahigh-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility for Solids

国家固体超高场核磁共振（NMR）设施是一个国家科学用户设施，最初由加拿大创新基金会（CFI），安大略省研究与创新部，加拿大自然科学与工程研究委员会（NSERC）， Recherche qubec和加拿大国家研究委员会（NRC）资助。该设施被视为最具成本效益的方式，为加拿大核磁共振社区提供世界领先的核磁共振中心，以推进材料科学和技术先进产品的创新发展。渥太华大学管理核磁共振设施。这是通过学术研究人员、政府研究人员和工业界之间的协同合作可以取得成果的一个杰出例子。该设备由一台900 MHz核磁共振光谱仪组成，配有磁体、控制台、探头和辅助设备，用于获取固体材料的超高场静态和快速旋转光谱。这种类型的专用固体仪器在加拿大其他地方是不可用的。自2005年以来，来自加拿大20多个机构的数百名科学家使用了该设施。它继续对全国冉冉升起的新星和知名研究人员的研究项目产生变革性的影响。该提案要求为设施经理职位和设备服务合同提供运营和维护资金，这对设施运营至关重要。要求每年15万美元，为期两年。其余费用由会费、用户费和行业现金捐款支付。

The National Ultrahigh-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility for Solids is a national scientific user facility originally funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Recherche Québec, and the National Research Council Canada (NRC). This facility is seen as the most cost-effective way to provide the Canadian NMR community access to a world-leading NMR centre for advancing the science of materials and the innovative development of technologically advanced products. The University of Ottawa manages the NMR facility. It is an outstanding example of the results which can be obtained through synergistic collaborations between academic researchers, government researchers, and industry. The equipment consists of a 900 MHz NMR spectrometer with magnet, console, probes and ancillary equipment to acquire ultrahigh field static and fast spinning spectra of solid materials. This type of dedicated solids instrument is not available elsewhere in Canada. Since 2005, hundreds of scientists from more than 20 institutions across Canada have used the Facility. It continues to have a transformative impact on the research programs of rising stars and established researchers across the country. This proposal requests operations and maintenance funding of the Facility Manager’s position and for equipment service contracts, which are absolutely critical to Facility operations. The request is for $150k per year, for two years. Remaining expenses are covered through membership dues, user fees, and cash contributions from industry.