Calls for Proposals

  • Calls for proposals are issued by the SLS User Office three and two times per year for the PX and the other SLS beamlines, respectively.
  • After the submission deadline the proposals are evaluated in terms of safety and technical feasibility. Then they are ranked in terms of scientific criteria by the international SLS Proposal Review Committee (PRC). The result of this rating is the basis for the beamtime assessment made by the SLS.
  • The main proposers are informed by email about the result of the ranking and beamtime assessment.
  • The annual calendar for the proposal evaluation is as seen below.

Schedule for Calls

PX beamlines Call schedule
Period I II III
Call 2012/01/08 2012/05/08 2012/09/08
Submission deadline 2012/02/15 2012/06/15 2012/10/15
Start period 2012/05/01 2012/09/01 2013/01/01
End period, Normal/Test/Pilot 2012/08/31 2012/12/31 2013/04/30
End period, Long term 2014/04/30 2014/08/31 2014/12/31
EVALUATION closed closed closed

Beamlines Call schedule (non-PX)
Period I II
Call 2012/02/08 2012/08/08
Submission deadline 2012/03/15 2012/09/15
Start period 2012/07/01 2013/01/01
End period, Normal/Test/Pilot 2012/12/31 2013/06/30
EVALUATION closed closed

Call for Proposals

PX Beamlines: Call is open for proposals
More Information

All other beamlines: Call is closed | Next call on August 8, 2012

EU Support for SLS-non-PX-users

Effective September 1, 2011 the funding for travel support and daily allowances will no longer be granted.
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EU Access Programmes Webpage

Effective March 1, 2012 the funding for travel support and daily allowances will be only available through a application at BioStruct-X.
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EU Access Programmes Webpage

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