Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (FAIR) is a new international accelerator facility for research with antiparticle and particle beams. It will be built in cooperation of an international community of nations and scientists. The facility will be financed by a joint international effort of so far ten member states. Finland, in consortium with Sweden, is a shareholder of FAIR. The mission of FAIR is to unravel secrets regarding the structure of matter and the evolution of the Universe. For instance, it is uncertain how the matter in the early Universe evolved and why the matter dominates over the antimatter. At FAIR, cutting edge technologies for particle accelerators and detection techniques have to be developed, often will be done in collaboration with the industry sector. Therefore, FAIR has potential for wider impact on society through its technology innovations that. The purpose of the present project is to fund Finnish in-kind contributions to FAIR.

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