The Braun Center for Submicron Research (SMC), at the Weizmann Institute of Science, has been selected for Transnational Access (TA) funding under the Sixth Framework Program (FP6) of the European Commission (EC). Under this program access to the infrastructure at the Braun Center is provided for user groups from the European member states and associate countries. The program will extend from March 1st 2004 until February 28th 2008, and cover visitors' travel and subsistence costs for periods of one week to three months. The program will encourage visits of scientists who are working in regions of the community where few such research infrastructures exist.