User Access / Project Request Form

Welcome to The Center for Nanoscale Research (CNR). Should you wish to utilize our facilities and resources, we ask that you schedule a consultation with the CNR personnel prior to completing
this access request form (CNRSTAFF@eng.ua.edu).

This document is required for all first-time users who are either establishing a new project or joining a currently active project. Following submission, our administrative team will reach out to you, as well as your principal investigator (PI) and/or business administrator, to obtain formal approval of the submitted details.

Current users who are applying to join an already established project are also required to submit this document. Our administration will communicate with you, along with your principal investigator (PI) and/or business administrator, to approve the information that has been provided.

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(Forms to be added upon site launch)

First Name
Last Name
Email: If you are with The University of Alabama, you are required to use your UA email
Are you a new or existing user? If you are an existing user, it means you already have an account
in CNR. If you are a new user, please select “New.”
If NEW, continue with questions then proceed:
Role
Gender
If EXISTING USER, omit the previous three questions, then proceed to questions:
PI’s First Name
PI’s Last Name
PI’s Email: If your PI is with The University of Alabama, you are required to use their UA email.
Project Discipline
Organization Name

If ORGANIZATION IS NOT UA, ask for:

Invoice Contact Name
Invoice Contact Email
Do you have an UA ID card to access the CNR?
If NO, ask for date of birth.
Continue with question:
Does your organization have an existing agreement with the University of Alabama to use the
CNR?
If NO, ask for the organization’s information:
Street Address
Full Name of Contract Negotiator. If you are the contract negotiator or are unsure of who is your
contract negotiator, please put your full name here.
Email of Contract Negotiator. If you are the contract negotiator or are unsure of who is your
contract negotiator, please put your email here.
If YES, submit form.

If ORGANIZATION IS UA, ask:

College
Department
Are you requesting to be added to an existing project, or do you need us to create a new
project?
myBama Username
CWID
Account Number (Provided by the PI)
Submit form.

Project Form

Email
First Name
Last Name
PI or Supervisor’s Name
If there are others who should be receive copies of any correspondence, provide their names
and email addresses here.
School or Company
Are you continuing work previously done in CNR?
When do you plan to begin work in the cleanroom?
Before starting your cleanroom orientation, please provide a project proposal (~ 2 pages)
detailing your planned research. This document needs to contain key details, including:

  • Process description with images for each step
  • Cross-sectional diagram of features
  • Substrate material
  • Substrate size
  • Resist type
  • Deposition requirements
  • Etch requirements
  • Critical (smallest) dimension (CD)