Call for 2025A Proprietary Proposals

Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) is inviting the Proprietary Proposals for the 2025A term (April 2025 – July 2025, tentative). Interested parties are encouraged to apply. Please read the following instructions and the “Call for 2025A SPring-8 Research Proposals -Overview-” in full before preparing your application.

 Important 
• The following beamlines invite proposals six times annually, and this call is for the first period of 2025A, from early April to late April 2025: BL01B1, BL02B1, BL02B2, BL09XU, BL13XU, BL16XU, BL14B2, BL19B2, and BL46XU.

Contents

1. Proprietary Proposals

The Proprietary Proposal is for proprietary research recommended for users dealing with confidential information or experimental samples. The submitted proposals are reviewed only from the viewpoint of feasibility, safety, and conformity to the Science, Technology, and Innovation Basic Plan and social norms. A beamtime fee will be charged. Users have no obligation to publish their results.

2. Research Period

[At Beamlines with biannual calls for proposals]

　From early April to late July 2025 (tentative)

[At Beamlines with sixannual calls for proposals]

　From early April to late April 2025 (first period of 2025A)
　Please note that proposals requiring special conditions, such as bunch mode designation, may not necessarily be assigned to this research period.

3. Beamlines and Beamtime Available to Users

For beamlines available to users and beamtime allocated to each beamline, click here.

* Collectively abbreviated as PX-BLs.
** Please note that available dates are limited at BL16XU.

For the specifications and status of experimental stations, please check the Beamline List. If you have any questions, please contact the Beamline Scientist of the beamline of interest. To see what kinds of experiments have been performed at SPring-8, please refer to the SPring-8 Solution Database.

4. Proposal Submission

Applicants/project leaders are required to submit proposals online through the web-based proposal submission system. Before starting the application process, please first carefully read the “Call for 2025A SPring-8 Research Proposals -Overview-.”

4.1 Online Submission

 UI site > Log in to My Page > Create and Edit Proposal Application Form > New > Proprietary Proposal

For step-by-step instructions on how to submit proposals, please see this page.

To avoid losing work in the event of a browser crash or unexpected logout, you are strongly encouraged to first draft your application offline using the MS Word template available here.

NOTE: The Research Period, such as “2025A” or “2025A-I”, specifies selectable beamlines.

4.2 Required Documents

When applying for proprietary beamtime, you need to submit a “Proprietary Use Agreement for Public Beamline.” Please download the agreement from the UI site, have it signed by the person who is responsible for the payment, and send PDF file to the SPring-8 Users Office no later than November 20, 2024.

To submit the document, visit the webpage below and click the “Agreement” button for the submitted proposal and upload the PDF file. If there is any problem with uploading a file, please send the PDF file by email to the Users Office (see 10. Contact).
♦ User Information Website (UI site) › My Page Login › Create and Edit Proposal Application › Submitted Proposals

5. Submission Deadline for Online Proposals

 Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 10:00 am (Japan time)
 (Proprietary Use Agreement: November 20, 2024)

To avoid last-minute technical problems and possible network congestion caused by heavy online traffic, you are strongly encouraged to complete and submit your application well in advance of the deadline. If you have trouble completing/submitting your application online, please contact the SPring-8 Users Office (see 10. Contact) before the deadline.
Upon successful submission, you will receive a confirmation email attached with a copy of the Agreement (Rules for Users) in PDF format. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please log in to the system and check if your proposal has been submitted successfully.

6．Proposal Review

The safety and technical feasibility of the experiment and ethics (e.g., exclusively for peaceful purposes) will be reviewed.
In case the total beamtime shifts required by all the applied proposals exceed the designated percentage indicated below, the PRC determines in a comprehensive manner which proposals are given priority.

NOTE: Maximum percentages of Allocable Beamtime
Up to 40% of total beamtime per beamline can be allocated for Proprietary Proposals and/or Non-Proprietary Priority Proposals.

7. Notification of Review Results

Review results will be available on “My Page” of the UI site in early February 2025.

8. Fees (Tax Included)

• A variable fee will be calculated and added in accordance with the amount of liquid helium / sample preparation service actually used.

* 1 shift is 8 hours and for any proposals that are allocated by the hour, the fees are charged by the hour.

* Program Fee: 80,000 yen/shift for CryoTEMs

9．Others

9.1 Deadline for Next-Term Proposals (2025B and the 2nd and the 3rd Period of 2025A)

The deadline for 2025B proposals (last half of fiscal 2025) is late May 2025. Please also note that the deadlines for proposals to be conducted during the second (mid-May – late June 2025) and the third (late June – late July 2025) periods of 2025A are in March and April 2025, respectively, at Beamlines with sixannual calls for proposals.

10. Contact