SPring-8 is now accepting non-proprietary proposals for 2011A using beamtime reserved for the Structural Biology Beamline III (BL38B1). Interested applicants are encouraged to apply. Please prepare your proposal application using the following guidelines and instructions.

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Beamtime	Shifts	Deadline (Japan time)
10:00 am, April 17 --- 10:00 am, April 20	9	10:00 am, April 1, 2011
10:00 am, April 23 --- 10:00 am, April 25	6	10:00 am, April 8, 2011
10:00 am, May 19 --- 10:00 am, May 20	3	10:00 am, April 25, 2011
10:00 am, May 22 --- 10:00 am, May 23	3
10:00 am, May 24 --- 10:00 am, May 25*	3
10:00 am, May 26 --- 10:00 am, May 27*	3
10:00 am, June 2 --- 10:00 am, June 4	6	10:00 am, May 16, 2011
10:00 am, June 5 --- 10:00 am, June 6	3
10:00 am, June 17 --- 10:00 am, June 18	3	10:00 am, June 3, 2011
10:00 am, June 21 --- 10:00 am, June 22	3
10:00 am, July 2 --- 10:00 am, July 4	6	10:00 am, June 13, 2011
10:00 am, July 7 --- 10:00 am, July 8*	3
10:00 am, July 15 --- 10:00 am, July 16	3	10:00 am, June 27, 2011
10:00 am, July 19 --- 10:00 am, July 20	3
10:00 am, July 22 --- 10:00 am, July 23	3
10:00 am, July 24 --- 10:00 am, July 25	3

Note: During the beamtime periods marked with an asterisk (*), the microspectrophotometer is installed at the beamline. Measurements can be performed as usual, but SPACE, the sample changer, will not be available during the periods. Please also note that the shortest camera length of the CCD detector is set to 120mm.

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Qualification Requirements:

Proposal submission deadline is set for each beamtime period, so that we can allocate the reserved beamtime as soon as crystals are grown. To be eligible, applicants must:

1. have the on-site responsibility for conducting research at SPring-8;

2. have experience conducting research at the beamline
(Support from the beamline scientist is limited to the bare minimum.);

3. submit a Radiation Worker Registration Form (Form 5-1) at least one week before the experiment; and

4. consent not to make changes to the online "List of Samples, Reagents, etc." submitted at the time of proposal application. (due to lack of time to review the changes)

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Application Procedures:

Applicants (project leaders) are required to submit proposals online through the web-based proposal submission system on the User Information website (UI site).

UI site: http://user.spring8.or.jp/?lang=en

Log in to My Page with your user card ID number and password. Please note that only the project leaders can submit proposals. If a project team member needs to submit a proposal in place of the project leader, he or she must log in to the project leader's account. In this case, the project leader is responsible for managing his or her account information.

After logging in, click NEW (Application/Reporting > Proposal/Use Plan Submission). On the next page, select the appropriate type of research ("Non-Proprietary Research") and "General Proposal" and go on to the next page. Then, choose "Reserved Beamtime" for "Type of Application.” In the Basic Information page, make sure to choose the requested beamline and beamtime for "Reserved Beamtime"; e.g. BL38B1 (2011.4.17 10:00 - 2011.4.20 10:00) [9 shifts], and enter the requested number of shifts.

For instructions on how to fill out an application form, click here.

It is possible that the web browser crashes while working on an application, so you are strongly encouraged to draft your application offline first using a MS Word template.

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

To avoid last minute technical problems and possible network congestion caused by heavy 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, please contact the SPring-8 Users Office (see Contact) before the deadline.

Upon successful submission, the applicant/project leader will receive a confirmation email with a copy of Agreement (Rules for Users) in PDF format attached to it.

Review Criteria
Scientific and technological significance, necessity of SPring-8 as a research tool, feasibility and safety of the experiment are fully peer reviewed.

Notification of Review Results
Applicants will be notified of the review results by phone or email one week before their beamtime. The results are also sent in writing at a later date.

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Important Notes:

1. Be punctual and show up on time for the experiment. You may be requested to show up earlier to obtain instructions on how to use the beamline.

2. Conduct the beamline inspection together with the next user(s) when your beamtime is finished.

3. For details about the user fees, please click here.

4. You may want to submit more than one proposal just to be safe (because some of the deadlines are close to each other). If you wish to withdraw the other proposal(s) when any one of your proposals is approved, please so indicate in the box provided for the Abstract in the Abstract page of the application. (e.g. "If one of my proposals is approved for reserved beamtime, I would like to withdraw the other proposal applications.")

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Contact:

SPring-8 Users Office, User Administration Division
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)
Fax: +81-(0)791-58-0965
email: sp8jasri@spring8.or.jp

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