The Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory as a user facility

The Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory (GHMFL), run jointly by the Cen tre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) and the Max-Planck Gesellschaft (MPG, Germany) is a leading laboratory pursuing research in t he highest static magnetic fields technically feasible. The laboratory main tains strong in-house research activities and operates as a user facility f or qualified external researchers. It has developed highly sophisticated in strumentation for specific use under high magnetic fields, including transp ort, magnetization, visible and infrared optical measurements at low temper atures and/or high pressures, EPR and NMR investigations in high magnetic f ields. The laboratory delivers around 5 000 hours of magnet time per year, Access for users to the high magnetic field facility is supported by the Eu ropean Union, in the framework of the Training and Mobility of Researchers Program : "Access to Large Scale Facilities". A review of the activity of the laboratory as a facility over the past year s will be given. The activity will be broken down in terms of number of pro jects or external users welcomed in the laboratory. Different statistics re lated to the scientific projects and their need for high field magnets will be presented. A general report of the organization of the user community a nd repartition between countries will be also reviewed.