Prof. R. A. Young wrote :
>The ICDD offers grants-in-aid which can be used most effectively as
>supplements to existing funded projects involving the preparation
>and powder XRD characterization of materials not now represented
>in the PDF-2.
With the recent inclusion of calculated powder patterns in
PDF-2 from ICSD and CSD databases, a material "not now
represented in the PDF-2" is most likely a material of
unknown (or at least unrefined, unpublished) crystal structure.
Or do you mean that the material should not now be represented
in the PDF-2 as coming from real powder data ?
>Grant-in-Aid proposals will be considered, on a competitive basis.
Seems to me that you may show some old forms, successfully granted,
which may give an idea to new applicants about how many powder
patterns (and so on) are necessary to have a chance to be granted.
This would certainly remove some part in the competition, but may
encourage new participations (though I ask to myself how many
years of ICDD data you may buy with the money of one average
grant in aid, 3 years ?)
Best regards,
Armel Le Bail
http://www.cristal.org/
