For each academic peer-reviewed experiment:

• ALBA may fund the trip for up to 3 users from Spanish institutions per experiment.
• For red experiments (see regulatory rules), ALBA may fund the trip for up to 4 users from Spanish institutions per experiment.

Travel

• Travel tickets from user’s home institution to Barcelona airport or train station: you should follow instruction in the invitation email where you will find the contact form with our Travel Agency.

Accommodation

• Accommodation at Vila Universitària, Hotel Exe Campus or Hotel Exe Parc del Vallès during the days of the experiment plus one day before and after.

Meals during days of the experiment

• Working days: lunches at ALBA Canteen and dinner at Hotel Exe Campus or Hotel Exe Parc de Vallès.

You will be requested to sign a register when you take your meal.
ALBA will ONLY fund lunches and dinners during officially granted beam time plus the day before the first shift and the day after the last shift.
ALBA will not reimburse tickets from other restaurants or cafeterias.

Only once you have received your invitation email from the ALBA User Office, confirming your experiment dates and explaining the access procedures, should you book your travel tickets, and accommodation through our travel agency and guest house. Those expenses will be directly invoiced to ALBA.

Not later than one month after the experiment:

For funded users from Spanish institutions, ALBA User Office will reimburse a fixed small amount after the experiment to cover taxis or other extra small expenses.

• Contact user office and send the Reimbursement form (travel expenses).