CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Research time allocated through the General User mechanism is via competitive peer review emphasizing the excellence of science where there is intent to publish scientific results.

View participating beamlines.

PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE DATES for crystallography beamlines are different than other beamlines

– Macromolecular Crystallography

A call for proposals is issued four times per year for experimental beam time.  
Click here for process to apply for beamtime.

Call
Open
Proposal
Deadline
Review Date (Safety, Technical, Peer Review) Peer Review
Meeting
(week of)
Results
Announced
(week of)
Scheduling
Period Begins
Scheduling
Period

Ends
Cycle
Apr 1/10 Apr 28/10 May 17/10 May 24/10 June 7/10 July 6/10 Sept. 30/10 12
Feb 2/10 Mar 1/10 Mar 22/10 Mar 29/10 Apr 5/10 May 3/10 June 30/10 11b
Oct 14/09 Nov 13/09 Nov 30/09 Dec 7/09 Dec 7/09 Jan. 5/10 Mar. 29/10 11a
Aug 5/09 Sept. 2/09 Sept 28/09 Oct 5/09 Oct 5/09 Oct. 27/09 Dec. 18/09 10

– All Other Beamlines

A call for proposals is issued twice per year for experimental beam time.
Click here for process to apply for beamtime.

Call
Open
Proposal
Deadline
Review Date
(Safety, Technical,
Peer Review)
Peer Review
Meeting
(week of)
Results
Announced
(week of)
Scheduling
Period Begins
Scheduling
Period

Ends
Cycle
Feb. 2/10 Feb. 25/10 Apr. 1/10 Apr. 19/10 May 3/10 July 1/10 Dec. 31/10 12
Aug. 11/09 Sept. 16/09 Oct. 21/09 Nov. 1/09 Nov. 15/09 Jan. 1/10 June 30/10 11
Feb. 2/09 Feb. 25/09 Apr. 8/09 Apr. 19/09 May 3/09 July 1/09 Dec. 31/09 10
Aug. 28/08 Sept. 29/08 Oct. 27/08 Nov. 3/08 Nov. 17/08 Jan. 1/09 June 30/09 9
Feb. 27/08 Mar. 26/08 Apr. 28/08 May 5/08 May 19/08 July 1/08 Dec. 31/08 8

For information on current machine operations visit the CLS Operations Schedule.

To view results of Call for Proposals, click here.

Last modified: 2010-02-22 14:02:24

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