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Proposal Deadlines

Below is a list of approximate deadlines for some selected large-scale facilities. Please note that the exact deadline for each facility might change from year to year. Please follow the link to each facility to obtain more precise information.

Synchrotron Sources Approximate Deadline Link
MAX IV
Lund, Sweden
Mid March and Mid September www.maxiv.lu.se/user-access/call-for-proposals
DESY/PETRA III
Hamburg, Germany
1 March and 1 September photon-science.desy.de/users_area/calls__deadlines
PSI/SLS
Villigen, Switzerland
15 April and 15 October www.psi.ch/en/sls/calls
ESRF
Grenoble, France
13 March and 13 September www.esrf.fr/home/UsersAndScience/Applying
Diamond Light Source
UK
First Wednesday in April and October www.diamond.ac.uk/Users/Apply-for-Beamtime
ALBA
Spain
February and September www.cells.es/en/users/access/call-information
SPring-8
Japan
Mid June and Early December user.spring8.or.jp/?p=34914&lang=en
FEL Sources Approximate Deadline Link
XFEL
DESY/FLASH
SACLA/SPring-8
LCLS/Stanford
Neutron Sources Approximate Deadline Link
Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ)
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
15 May and 15 November www.psi.ch/en/sinq/call-for-proposals
Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)
France
15 February and 15 September www.ill.eu/for-ill-users/applying-for-beamtime/type-of-beamtime-access
ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source 20 April and 20 October www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Apply-for-beamtime
CSNS, Dongguan, China ? english.ihep.cas.cn/csns/ui/uo/
FRM II/MLZ
Münich, Germany
March and September mlz-garching.de/user-office
J-PARC/MLF
Japan
May and November mlfinfo.jp/en/user/proposals
SNS/HFIR Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL)
USA
March and September neutrons.ornl.gov/users/proposal-calls
NIST/NCNR May and November (?) www.nist.gov/ncnr/call-proposals
ANSTO
Australia
February and September www.ansto.gov.au/our-facilities/australian-centre-for-neutron-scattering/call-for-proposals
Muon Sources Approximate Deadline Link
Swiss Muon Source (SmuS)
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
6 June and 6 December www.psi.ch/en/smus/calls
ISIS Pulsed Muon Source 20 April and 20 October www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Apply-for-beamtime
J-PARC/MLF
Japan
May and November mlfinfo.jp/en/user/proposals
TRIUMF ? neutrons.se/RELAX/beamtime_deadlines