Call for Proposals

Win an FEI Accessory Kit!

To celebrate the launch of its Upgrades and Accessories online catalogue, FEI Company is pleased to announce a new initiative to award a series of accessory kits designed to stimulate new scientific investigation, covering three major themes in nanotechnology. Dedicated kits will be awarded to the writers of the best proposals for applications in the physical/chemical/materials sciences for each of the following areas:

3D NanoCharacterization

Award: TEM Tomography Kit, allowing you to obtain 3D volume information on a TEM sample to discover, for example, distribution of particles and phases. Complete 3D tomography solution consisting of software, hardware and a tomography holder, all required for the process of 3D visualization - from acquisition and alignment to 3D reconstruction.

3D NanoPrototyping

Award: Nanopatterning Kit containing the latest software and hardware required to write complex structures with your DualBeam™. The kit allows for full prototyping by using GDSII CAD file format (common in electron beam lithography - EBL), without requiring the traditional lithography packages, along with a 16-bit digital patterning engine to create more complex 3D shapes and structures on small and large writing fields.

In situ NanoProcesses

Award: STEM-in-ESEM Kit containing the hardware needed for in situ wetSTEM applications within your ESEM. The kit allows for characterization of wet/moist specimens enabling observation of the size, shape and arrangements of nanoparticles in their natural suspended state, without any sample preparation.

The proposals will be judged on creativity, scientific merit and applicability to real-world challenges in the physical and materials sciences. Entry is easy: simply provide a one page outline of the research you would carry out with your chosen kit.

Login to FEI.com for Owners to submit your proposal.

"Our desire is to stimulate groundbreaking studies enabled by the use of FEI technology in the physical sciences. Through this program, we will continue to help our customers advance the science that is done within the fields of 3D NanoCharacterization, 3D NanoPrototyping and in situ NanoProcesses, and make it even easier to deliver new technology to the front line of emerging applications within these themes." - Dr Dominique H.W. Hubert, Vice President and General Manager, NanoResearch Market Division

"The technology has already shown a great deal of promise for enabling new research and has generated excitement throughout the scientific community. We strongly feel that these awards show our commitment to building a sustainable long-term relationship with our customers." – Dr Debbie Stokes, Market Development Manager, NanoResearch Market Division

"The Upgrades and Accessories Online Catalogue is the place to find a whole range of FEI solutions to enhance your microscope and is the ideal way to maximize even the tightest budget or to add extra capabilities requiring only smaller amounts of funding." – Joost van Lieshout, Product Marketing Manager, NanoResearch Market Division