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Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) is calling for 2018B (October 2018 – February 2019) General Proposals (excl. industrial application). Interested parties are encouraged to apply. Please read the following instructions in full before preparing your application. If you wish to submit a General Proposal for Industrial Application, please read the "Call for 2018B General Proposals for Industrial Application."

Note　Please ensure to refer to the List of Beamline Summaries before preparing application because there may be possible changes in available experimental devices at Beamlines due to replacements, removals and other reasons. In addition, prior consultation with Beamline scientist is essential for some Beamlines.

BL27SU plans to have a monochrometer upgrade after 2018A research period. Due to the commissioning, two weeks (42 shifts) at the beginning of 2018B term is not available for users.
In addition, BL45XU is planned to be reconstructed as a Macromolecular Crystallography Beamline from January 2019 and hence beamtime will not be allocated thereafter.
We appreciate your kind understanding.

Contents
1. Non-Proprietary and Proprietary Research
2. Research Period
3. Beamlines and Beamtime Available to Users
4. Several Bunch Mode Operation
5. Proposal Submission
6. Submission Deadline for Online Proposals: June 7, 2018, 10:00 am (Japan Time)
7. Proposal Review
8. Notification of Review Results
9. Report Submission
10. Publication of Research Results
11. Others
   11.1 Fees
   11.2 Complementary Use with SACLA, J-PARC MLF or the K computer
   11.3 Deadline for 2019A Proposals (next half-year research term)
12. Contact

1. Non-Proprietary and Proprietary Research

There are two types of research at SPring-8: non-proprietary and proprietary research. Users must publish their research result in a refereed journal or equivalent (refereed proceedings, Doctoral thesis, etc.), and are exempt from paying the beamtime fee if their research is non-proprietary. For research to be considered non-proprietary, users must submit a SPring-8 Experiment Summery Report within 60 days of the completion of each experiment to make the results available to the public. As for proprietary research, submitted proposals are reviewed only from the viewpoint of feasibility, safety, sociality, and ethics by a limited number of reviewers, who have accepted an obligation of confidentiality. Proprietary research is recommended for users dealing with confidential information or experimental samples.

Users may request the Users Office to switch the research type from non-proprietary to proprietary within 60 days after the completion of the experiment or the end of the fiscal year (the end of March), whichever comes first.

2. Research Period

[Non-Proprietary Research]
From October 2018 to February 2019 (tentative)

For proposals other than those in the field of Life Science/Protein Crystal Analysis with the use of PX-BLs, the beamtime will be allocated in 2018B (from October 2018 to February 2019, tentative). Refer to “2018B Operation of Proposals in the Field of Life Science/Protein Crystal Analysis” for the proposals in the field of Life Science/Protein Crystal Analysis with the use of PX-BLs.

[Proprietary Research]
- At all beamlines except BL14B2, BL19B2, and BL46XU
  From October 2018 to February 2019 (tentative)
- At BL14B2, BL19B2 and BL46XU (BLs intended for industrial applications)
  From October to early November 2018 (first period of 2018B)
(We will call for proposals to be conducted during the second and the third periods of 2018B in August and October, respectively.)

To see beamlines available for 2018B beamtime by type of proposal, click here.

3. Beamlines and Beamtime Available to Users

For beamlines available to users and beamtime allocated to each beamline, click the link below. Please note that the numbers of shifts specified in the lists include the shifts allocated to General Proposals as well as newly approved proposals (Long-Term, Partner User, Non-Proprietary Grant-Aided, and Epoch-Making Initiatives Proposals).
The beamlines intended for industrial application (BL14B2, BL19B2, BL46XU) are accepted only for industrial application. If you wish to submit a General Proposal for Industrial Application, please read the "Call for 2018B General Proposals for Industrial Application."

From 2015A, the effective period of the proposals in the field of Life Science/Protein Crystal Analysis with the use of Macromolecular Crystallography Beamlines (BL41XU, BL38B1, BL32XU, and BL26B1/B2; collectively referred to as PX-BLs) has been set as one year. In addition, the beamtime has been allocated 4 to 5 times a year as needed. These measures are taken to meet the requirement for as-needed measurement by the users and improve their convenience. For users who plan to apply for the use of PX-BLs, be sure to refer to “2018B Operation of Proposals in the Field of Life Science/Protein Crystal Analysis”.

Public Beamlines

   * Industrial Applications only.
   **Users who wish to apply for BL38B1 or BL41XU, make sure to read here.

RIKEN Beamlines

Please contact the Beamline Scientist of the desired beamline before applying for beamtime.

   *Users who wish to apply for BL26B1/B2 or BL32XU, make sure to read here.

For the specifications and status of experimental stations, please check the Beamline List. To see what kinds of experiments have been performed at SPring-8, please refer to the SPring-8 Solution Database.

If you have no experience using the desired beamline or if you have questions about the experimental stations, please contact the Beamline Scientist of the beamline of interest before applying for beamtime.

4. Several Bunch Mode Operation

For several bunch mode operation, please refer to "1.4 Several Bunch Mode Operation in 2018B" in the "Call for 2018B SPring-8 Research Proposals - Overview -" or "Several Bunch Modes" of the SPring-8 Website.

5. Proposal Submission

Applicants/project leaders are required to submit proposals online through the web-based proposal submission system. Before starting the application process, please first carefully read the "Call for 2018B SPring-8 Research Proposals -Overview-."

If you are applying for proprietary beamtime, you need to submit a "Proprietary Use Agreement for Public Beamline." Please download the agreement from the UI site, have it signed by the person who is responsible for the payment, and send it to the SPring-8 Users Office by post no later than June 14, 2018.

For step-by-step instructions on how to submit proposals, click here.

6. Submission Deadline for Online Proposals

Thursday, June 7, 2018, 10:00 am (Japan time)
(Proprietary Use Agreement: June 14, 2018)

To avoid last-minute technical problems and possible network congestion caused by heavy online traffic, you are strongly encouraged to complete and submit your application well in advance of the deadline. If you have trouble completing/submitting your application online, please contact the SPring-8 Users Office (see 12. Contact) before the deadline.

Upon successful submission, you will receive a confirmation email attached with a copy of the Agreement (Rules for Users) in PDF format. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please log in to the system and check if your proposal has been submitted successfully.

7. Proposal Review

7.1 Non-proprietary Research
The scientific and technological significance, the necessity of SPring-8 as a research tool, the scientific feasibility, safety of the experiment, and ethics are comprehensively reviewed. If the research area of your proposal is Industrial Applications, the review of scientific and technological significance will be focused on the potential and significance of the expected results in terms of technologies for industrial base, the social significance of the proposal, and the contribution to social economy.

7.2 Proprietary Research
Technical feasibility, safety of the experiment, and ethics of proposals are reviewed.

8. Notification of Review Results

Applicants will be notified of the review results in writing late August 2018.

9. Report Submission (Non-Proprietary Research Only)

Users are required to submit an Experiment Summary Report online within 60 days of their experiment. Submitted reports are made publicly available online two weeks after the report submission deadline for the last experiment of the term (60 days after the end of each half-year research term + two weeks). For details, click here.

10. Publication of Research Results (Non-Proprietary Research Only)

Publish your research in the form of a refereed journal (incl. refereed proceedings and Doctoral thesis), a SPring-8/SACLA Research Report refereed by JASRI, or a technical journal approved by JASRI, and register the published works with the Publications Database within three years from the end of the research term. In the publications, please clearly state that the results were obtained through the use of the SPring-8 specifying the relevant experiment title and number.

UI site > Log in to My Page > Application/Reporting > After Experiment > Publications Entry

For details, click here.

11. Others

11.1 Fees
For information about beamtime fee and user fees, please see the "Call for 2018B SPring-8 Research Proposals - Overview -."

Click here for more details about the user fees.

11.2 Complementary Use with SACLA, J-PARC MLF or the K computer
We also invite SPring-8 non-proprietary General Proposals for complementary use with J-PARC MLF (neutron facility) or the supercomputer (K). SACLA has been added to those facilities for complementary use from 2017A. For details, please refer to the "Call for 2018B SPring-8 Research Proposals in Complementary Use with SACLA, J-PARC MLF or the K computer"

11.3 Deadline for 2019A Proposals (next half-year research term)
Deadline for 2019A proposals (Second half of fiscal 2018) is scheduled for early December 2018.

12. Contact

SPring-8 Users Office, JASRI
1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun
Hyogo 679-5198 Japan
Fax: +81-(0)791-58-0965
E-mail: sp8jasri@spring8.or.jp