After the first regular call for proposals with a submission deadline on 16 March 2026 the next call for proposals I-27 will open in September 2026 with a submission deadline on 15 October 2026. The call will span the beamtime period from 01 March 2027 to 31 August 2027. The exact amount of available beamtime might vary for the different beamlines.
The following beamlines are open for proposals in this call:
Debye/Super-XAS, ADDAMS, PolLux, ISS, cSAXS, SIM, I-TOMCAT/S-TOMCAT, PXI, PXIII - further beamlines under preparation
- 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.
Thereafter the next following call for proposals (cycle II-27) is foreseen for spring 2027.
Call schedule
| Call for proposals I-27 | |
|---|---|
| Experimental Period | I-27 |
| Call | 01 September 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 15 October 2026 (midnight, 23:59 CEST) |
| Start period | 01 March 2027 |
| End period | 31 August 2027 |
| Notification of outcome | December 2026 / January 2027 |