Calls for 2010A SPring-8 Research Proposals - Overview -
Contents
1. Important Notes for 2010A
1.1 Beamtime Available to Users
1.2 Termination of Medical Bio Trial Use/Medical Bio EX Programs
2. Requirements
2.1 User Registration
2.2 Radiation Worker Registration
2.3 Other
3. Calls for Proposals and Online Proposal Submission Deadlines
3.1 General Proposal: December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST)
3.2 Nanotechnology Support Proposal/Nanonet Support Proposal: December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST)
3.3 Industrial Application Proposal: December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST)
3.4 Budding Researchers Support Proposal: December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST)
3.5 Non-Proprietary Grant-Aided Proposal: November 25, 2009, 10:00 am (JST)
3.6 Long-term Proposal: November 26, 2009, 10:00 am (JST)
4. Beamline List
5. Types of Proposals Available for 2010A Beamtime by BL
6. Contact
1. Important Notes for 2010A
1.1 Beamtime Available to Users
Beamtime shifts available for 2010A will be 249 shifts (cf. 243 shifts for 2009A). For details, please refer to the call for proposals of your choice. Please note that the shifts allocated to each type of proposals are subject to change without notice due to budget uncertainties.
1.2 Termination of Medical Bio Trial Use/Medical Bio EX Programs
The medical bio trial use/medical bio EX programs are to be terminated at the end of FY2009; therefore, there will be no more calls for the proposals.
2. Requirements
2.1 User Registration
To submit proposals online, you need to have obtained a user account (user card ID number and password) by registering yourself. Please make sure that not only project leaders/applicants but also all project team members have completed user registration. If you are not registered as a SPring-8 user, click here to register.
Note: Registration information is also used for contact. If any of your registration information changes, you must update it from the UI site (login required).
Top Page (login) > User Registration (menu bar across the top) > Confirm/Change
2.2 Radiation Worker Registration
The Japanese Law (Ordinance on Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards) requires all SPring-8 users to be registered as SPring-8 radiation workers. To complete your registration, please download a "Radiation Worker Registration Form (Form 5-1)" in fillable PDF format from the UI site, fill out and send it by post at least two weeks before your visit. Once registered, submission of this form is not required for return visits within the same fiscal year (from April 1 to March 31 of the following year).
2.3 Other
- Addition to the List of Samples, Reagents, etc.
Last-minute changes to your "List of Samples, Reagents, etc." may not be accepted. In cases when you need to add a lot of samples to the list, please contact the Users Office in advance.
- Safety Precaution
For your safety, do not work alone. Please include your project team member in the online proposal application and make sure to work in a group of two or more.
- Addition to the List of Project Team Members
Last-minute addition to the List of Project Team Members may not be accepted unless the member(s) has/have completed SPring-8 radiation worker registration.
- Reduction/Cancellation of Beamtime
Please be advised that your scheduled beamtime may be reduced or cancelled in emergencies such as equipment failure, natural disaster, mass infection of influenza, etc.
3. Calls for Proposals and Online Proposal Submission Deadlines
There are two types of research at the SPring-8: proprietary and non-proprietary research. Users can use beamlines free of charge if their research is non-proprietary. For research to be considered non-proprietary, users must submit the SPring-8 Experiment Report within 60 days of the completion of each experiment to make the results available to the public. As for proprietary research, the research proposals are reviewed only from the viewpoint of feasibility, safety, sociality, and ethics. In this type of research, users are charged beamtime fee of 480,000 yen/shift based on cost recovery for the SPring-8 beamline operation. In return, the SPring-8 Experiment Reports need not be submitted.
If you are a PhD student* and wish to apply for beamtime (submit a proposal as a project leader), Budding Researchers Support Proposal is your only choice; as a project team member, you can participate in any research projects.
* You may be a master student at the time of proposal submission.
| 3.1 General Proposal ---> Call for Proposals | |
| (Proposal Calls: twice a year/Proprietary Research: available) Intended for general research using synchrotron radiation. Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST) |
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| 3.2 Nanotechnology Support Proposal/Nanonet Support Proposal ---> Call for Proposals | |
| (Proposal Calls: twice a year/Proprietary Research: not available) Intended for research in the field of nanotechnology and nano-materials. Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST) |
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| 3.3 Industrial Application Proposal ---> Call for Proposals | |
| (Proposal Calls: four times a year/Proprietary Research: not available) Intended for industrial application research. Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST) |
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| 3.4 Budding Researchers Support Proposal ---> Call for Proposals | |
| (Proposal Calls: twice a year/Proprietary Research: not available) Intended for PhD students. Successful applicants will be provided with support for domestic travel and lodging expenses. Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 10:00 am (JST) |
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| 3.5 Non-Proprietary Grant-Aided Proposal ---> Call for Proposals | |
| (Proposal Calls: twice a year/Proprietary Research: not available) Intended for research proposals that have been reviewed and approved for a large research grant available in Japan. Only the feasibility and the safety of the experiment are reviewed. A program fee of 131,000 yen/shift will be charged. Submission Deadline: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 10:00 am (JST) |
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| 3.6 Long-term Proposal ---> Call for Proposals | |
| (Proposal Calls: twice a year/Proprietary Research: not available) Once approved, proposals are vaild for three years. The review process consists of two steps: application forms are reviewed initially and applicants who meet certain criteria will proceed to the interview. Submission Deadline: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 10:00 am (JST) |
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4. Beamline List
Please click here to find out areas of research available at each beamline.
5. Types of Proposals Available for 2010A Beamtime by BL
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6. Contact
SPring-8 Users Office, User Administration Division
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198 JAPAN
Tel : +81-791-58-0961 Fax : +81-791-58-0965
Email: sp8jasri@spring8.or.jp