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The MagLab is funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida.

User Facilities
User Facilities

The MagLab has seven user facilities located across our three campuses. Every year more than 1,800 researchers use our facilities - most at no cost to them - and publish more than 400 peer-reviewed publications.

High B/T
Magnets & Instruments Measurement Techniques Magnet Schedule High B/T Staff High B/T Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
DC Field
Magnets & Instruments
Measurement Techniques Magnet Schedule DC Field Staff DC Field Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
ICR
Instruments Techniques Applications ICR Software Magnet Schedule ICR Staff ICR Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
EMR
Instruments Measurement Techniques Sample Types EMR Software Magnet Schedule EMR Staff EMR Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
Pulsed Field
Magnets & Instruments Measurement Techniques Pulsed Field Software Magnet Schedule Pulsed Field Staff Pulsed Field Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
NMR-MRI/S
Instruments
Capabilities & Techniques
Solid-State NMR Solution-State NMR MRI/S Magnet Schedules NMR-MRI/S Research NMR Software AMRIS/UF Staff NMR/FSU Staff
User Resources
User Resources

Special resources are available to users, including access to our highly experienced support staff, customized tools, training, financial support, housing assistance and more.

Magnet Schedule

Magnet time is awarded via a competitive proposal process. See who is scheduled on magnet systems across the lab.

User FAQs

Find answers to common questions about applying for magnet time, preparing for experiments and other practical user information.

Data Management Plans

Learn more about the MagLab's data management, including plans specific to each facility.

Planning your Experiments
Measurement Techniques Magnet Search User Brochure User Policies Funding Opportunities

Request Magnet Time

Want to use high magnetic fields to elevate your research? Learn how to submit a proposal to get access to the world’s highest field magnets free of charge.
Doing Your Experiment
Experiment Support Onsite and Remote User Timeline/logistics Reporting & Acknowledgement Shipping Samples Travel & lodging & Visa
User Safety
User Committee
Users Executive Committee DC Field/High B/T Advisory Sub-Committee EMR Advisory Sub-Committee ICR Advisory Sub-Committee NMR/MRI Advisory Sub-Committee Pulsed Field Advisory Sub-Committee
Research
Research

MagLab researchers understand how high magnetic fields lead to big discoveries, whether it’s our robust in-house research teams or the more than one-thousand visiting scientists who conduct experiments here annually.

Research Initiatives

High field research answers fundamental questions on materials and new technology, energy, health, and the environment, helping to create a brighter future

Industry
Patents and Products How to work with the MagLab

Publications

Peruse the more than 400 MagLab publications a year in peer-reviewed journals and the other published products that result from research conducted here.

Science Highlights

The most promising and cutting-edge research summarized from around the lab.
Research Groups
Condensed Matter
Cryogenics
Geochemistry
Research Groups
Center for FAIR & Open Science
Center for Rare Earths, Critical Minerals, and Industrial Byproducts
Magnet Development
Magnet Development

The MagLab is home to the Magnet Science & Technology (MS&T) group and the Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC). Together, these groups work to develop powerful magnet technology and the strongest superconducting magnets in the world.

Magnet Projects

See the specs for the upcoming magnets in development now at the MagLab.

Probe Projects

Probes make high field science possible. Learn more about the new probes under development at the lab.
Magnet Science & Technology
Research Areas Facilities & Capabilities Collaborations MS&T Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
Staff
Applied Superconductivity Center
Research Areas Facilities & Capabilities Plots ASC Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
Staff Platypus Project Image Gallery
Education

Education

The MagLab has a strong commitment to education, providing programming across all academic levels: K-12, technical, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral.

Education research
Publications Science Highlights

Education Staff

Our experienced educators use their experience in the classroom to inform research on barriers for women and underrepresented minorities in STEM.

College Students
REU Internship

K-12 Students
SciGirls Summer Camp MagLab Camp TESLA High School Externship/Internship Learn about Electricity & Magnetism

Teachers
Field Trips and Tours Visits Plan a Lesson Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Teacher Workshop
News & Events

News & Events

Read our latest news and features stories, watch a quick video, or see upcoming events.

News

MagLab in the News

Our facility and the science that happens here earns coverage by journalists around the world.

Feature Stories
Health Research Energy Research Materials Research / Quantum Magnet Technology / Magnet Making Environment Collaboration Outfielders STEM Education

Events
MagLab Full Calendar For Scientists For Education/the Community Public Tour

Media Resources
Brand and Logo Expert We've Got Your Back(ground) Multimedia Galleries
About
About

The largest and highest-powered magnet lab in the world, the National MagLab hosts more than a thousand visiting scientists a year. Researchers use our facilities for free, advancing understanding of materials and new technology, energy, health, the environment, and even the universe.

Around the Lab
Meet the Magnets Meet the Users Meet the Probes What is that? What Goes in the Magnets Virtual Tour MagLab Dictionary

Contact & Connect

Stay in touch with the MagLab and sign up to receive monthly updates about our cutting edge research, events, and educational activities.

Visit the Lab

Plan a visit to the world's largest and highest-powered magnet lab?

Safety

MagLab considers safety a core value, with a comprehensive set of programs designed to ensure the safest possible conditions for faculty, staff, users, and visitors.
Organization
Advisory Committees
Lab Leadership History
- Timeline
- In Memoriam
Policies & Procedures Organizational Chart Lab Wide Support Teams
Facts & Figures
Annual Report World Records By the Numbers MagLab Q&A Awards Economic Impact Sustainable Science

Funding

The National MagLab is proudly funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida making all taxpayers stakeholders in our science.

Flagship Magnets

Some of the strongest magnets in the world, including resistive, pulsed, superconducting and hybrid.
Careers

Careers

From research positions in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and more, to positions on our lab wide support teams, we offer exciting career opportunities.

Job Opportunities

Want to join Team Tesla and work at the MagLab? Check out these open faculty, postdoc and staff positions.

Life at the Lab

What’s it really like to work at the MagLab? Learn more about the amenities, community and quality of life at our three sites.

Benefits

MagLab employees enjoy competitive benefit packages and other perks.

Staff Search

Looking for a specific contact at the National MagLab, try our staff search.

Meet our Scientists/Staff

Our scientists have rich stories and backgrounds. Get to know some of them deeper.

Mentorship

Mentorship is a way of life at the MagLab. Learn about formal and informal mentorship programs nurturing our next generation of employees.

News

Read our latest news, or click the button to filter by year for older press releases.

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Kristina (Kicki) Håkansson

June 10, 2024

Håkansson to Lead MagLab's Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility

After years advising the lab as a member of our User and External Advisory Committees, Kristina (Kicki) Håkansson will now lead the MagLab’s ICR facil…

The predatory bacteria called BALOs attacking another bacteria with its "kiss of death."

June 04, 2024

Tracking the "World's Smallest Hunter"

Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory are working to learn more about predatory bacteria called BALOs and what role they could pl…

Roxanne Hughes Named AAAS Fellow

April 18, 2024

MagLab STEM Education Researcher Recognized

Roxanne Hughes, Director of the MagLab’s Center for Integrating Research and Learning, named a AAAS Fellow.

MagLab Director Greg Boebinger with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, which he received March 23, 2024 in Tallahassee.

March 25, 2024

MagLab Director Named "Distinguished Eagle Scout"

The award from the National Eagle Scout Association recognizes Eagle Scouts for professional accomplishments and volunteering.

Physicist Kathleen Amm

March 21, 2024

Distinguished Physicist Kathleen Amm Named Director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Dr. Amm to oversee world's largest and highest-powered magnet lab.

Graduate students Sophie Jermyn (left) and Mary Jean Savitsky (right) working in professor Jamel Ali’s lab at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.

March 08, 2024

Shattering STEM Stereotypes

A MagLab biomedical engineering research group blazes a trail for women in science.

Open House banner

February 22, 2024

Play like a Kid Again at MagLab Open House

2024 science festival will celebrate toys of all types.

The gel-like electrolyte made of lithium chloride and gallium fluoride that shows promise of improving batteries.

February 12, 2024

MagLab Researches Better Battery Design

An FSU chemistry team advances work to find batteries that charge faster and last longer.

Corn harvest waste seen in the field, after processing for fuel production, and as finished biofuel.

January 31, 2024

MagLab Collaborates on Sustainable Jet Fuel Research

Fuel made from corn harvest waste would reduce greenhouse emissions by 70%.

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