The proposal requires the completion of 6 steps including the submission.
It must be written in English.By clicking on an item in the "Proposal steps" block, you can switch from one step to another.
- General part *
- Scientific and experimental description *
- Images attachment
- Samples and substances declaration together with ancillary equipment declaration (for safety considerations) *
- Results from previous proposals
- Proposal submission *
(* Mandatory steps)
General part
Scientific general part
- Title : Enter here the title for a new proposal
- Keywords : Please enter one or several appropriate keywords
- Research area of the proposal : Select the research area related to the proposal among the given list
Proposers description
- Main proposer :
This is the person who submits the proposal and who is the manager for any matter. It is also the contact person to SOLEIL for all administrative issues related to the proposal. All correspondence will be sent to the main proposer only and he or she is expected to act as the experimental team coordinator if the project is accepted (e.g.; inform the co-proposers, ...).
- Co-Proposers :
Up to 10 names of co-proposers can be entered. Pay attention that co-proposers should be registered as users and selected from the SUN set users database (by clicking on "select" button).
- Requested Beamline/Branch : According the beamline, a beamline/branch can be requested.
- Beamline/Branch manager contacted: Please pay attention to contact the beamline manager prior submission. Select one contact in the drop-down menu.
- Experimental station or type of techniques :
(if appropriate) According the selected beamline and beamline branch, an experimental station or a type of technique can be requested.
- Experimental station manager contacted : Please pay attention to contact the experimental station manager prior submission. Select one contact in the drop-down menu.
- Samples environment : (if appropriate) Chose one beam-line sample environment among the list.
- Machine operation mode among: Select the necessary mode : multi-bunch, 8 bunch, single bunch, asymmetric filling, low alpha, no requirement
- Photons energy range requested: The units can be : eV, keV, meV or cm-1 and also you can select one or more among: Pink beam, white beam and or monochromatic beam
- Spot size requested: Please precise the spot size you request in HxV µ-2
- Number of Shifts Required: Please enter the estimated number of shifts required (1 shift is 8 hours).
- Additional beamline: click in order to add up to 2 beamlines in which the project wan be carried on as a complementarity.
- Schedule Preferences: Please enter here:
- First priority: unacceptable dates: when the team is not able to run (e.g. teaching obligations, etc).
- Second priority: preferred starting time.
The beam-line manager will try, as much as possible, to take into account your preferred dates and unacceptable periods.
- Peer review committee:
Please select one of the six following peer review committees and precise if the proposal should be evaluated by an additional peer review committee (Requires evaluation from additional peer review committee):
- PRC1: Diluted matter
- PRC2: Electronic & magnetic property of matter, Surfaces and Interfaces
- PRC3: Matter & material properties: Structure, Organisation Characterisation, Elaboration
- PRC4: Chemistry & Physico-Chemistry, In situ reactivity, Soft matter
- PRC5: Biology, Health
- PRC6: Ancient materials, Environment and Hearth
- Laboratory support facility access required:
At this stage, this is not the request but only a declaration of intention. When the proposal is accepted, you will have to request the appropriate support laboratory on-line.
Choose among the following available laboratories at SOLEIL:
- Chemistry laboratory 1
- Chemistry laboratory 2 with restricted access
- Surfaces laboratory
- Biology laboratory 1
- Biology laboratory 2 with restricted access
- High pressure laboratory
- Ancient materials preparation room with restricted access.
Laboratories N° 1 are dedicated to users for the samples preparation for experiments carried out on beamlines.
The request to access to laboratories with restricted access must be justified by very peculiar needs, i.e. when specific equipment not available in these laboratories for samples.
The decisions are made by the laboratory manager.
- Answering to the following questions is very important for proposal reviewing:
- Is the proposal a new one, a resubmission of (N°) or continuation of a previous one (N°)? Please select the right answer.
- Why is the SR needed to solve the proposed scientific case? Please justify in 1000 characters max.
- Have you already performed based SR experiments ? If yes precise where.
- Have you already used Synchrotron Radiation for this project? If yes precise where.
- Have you already submitted this proposal to another synchrotron radiation facility? If yes where ?
- Is the proposal supported by any contract? If yes, please precise the following information :
Title of the contract, Type, Reference number, Starting date and Ending date.- Is the proposal in collaboration with an industrial group? If yes precise the following information :
Collaboration Title, Starting date and Ending date.- Is the proposal a significant part of a PhD thesis ?
- Do you intend to request European support in the framework of Trans National Access Activities (TNA) within the I3/IA-SFS program (Integrated Infrastructure Initiative / "Integrating Activity on Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Science")?
If yes precise the program:
- BioStruct X (small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), macromolecular X-ray crystallography (MX))
- CHARISMA for Ancient Materials (Cultural heritage, Archaeology, Paleontology)
- CALIPSO for other fields
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- Abstract:
Enter here a short abstract of the proposal. This helps referees to get a quick overview of the proposal (Max. of 1000 characters).- Description:
Up to of about 2 pages (A4), plus 1 page by additiionnal beamline. Please adhere to the proposed structure. The PDF should be in format: .doc/.rtf/.pdf:
- Give the general and specific scientific background and also the results of preliminary work carried out with synchrotron radiation and/or other methods (Background).
- State clearly the aim of the proposed experiment together with the motivation for the present proposal (Objective).
- Describe the arrangements which will be made for the reception, preparation, use and disposal of the sample.
For life sciences proposals, a brief description of how the sample is obtained is essential. Describe the experimental set-up and requirements (specific for your experiment), in some detail (Experimental method).
Queries concerning the feasibility (technical or safety aspects) of an experiment should be clarified with SOLEIL staff before the proposal is submitted. The User Office can help you to get in touch with the most appropriate contact.- Describe the results expected.
- Justify the amount of beam-time requested (Beam time requested justification).
For PROXIMA 1 beamline: the ACTOR sample changer is now available. Please give an approximate figure for the expected usage of the robot (for example X shifts robot, Y shifts without robot).- References.
a- your publication(s )which rely on, or involve the use of SOLEIL beamline(s):
b- your publication(s) on the subject:
c- others:
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- Save & Continue for saving your input to the SUN set database and for proceeding to the next proposal step,
- Save & Return later for saving your input to the SUN set database and for discontinuing proposal submission (you may return at any time and continue from this point),
- Delete for completely removing the proposal from the SUN set database.
- Return later later for leaving this proposal part unmodified and for discontinuing proposal submission (you may return at any time and continue from this point).
Within the current SUN set system, graphics files can be attached to the proposal.
Title: enter here the title for the graphics
File: specify here the file to be attached to the proposal. Possible file types are JPEG and PNG. For JPEG files, ensure that the colour code is RGB (CMYK can not be accepted).
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- Save & New file for saving this graphics file and for entering a new graphics file,
- Save & Continue for saving this file to the SUN set database and for proceeding to the next step,
- Save & Return later for saving this file to the SUN set database and for discontinuing proposal submission (you may return at any time and continue from this point),
- Continue for skipping this file and proceeding to the next step, and
- Return later discontinuing proposal submission (you may return at any time and continue from this point).
Particular attention should be given to the safety aspects. The name and characteristics of the substance(s) to be used, have to be completed carefully. The main proposer is the manager for this information.
Experimental conditions requiring special safety precautions such as the use of lasers, high pressure cells, samples presenting biological dangers (for example tissue samples, bacteria, viruses), dangerous substances, toxic substances and radioactive materials, must be clearly stated in this step (sample, substances and ancillary equipment declaration).
Every sample or sample family brought to SOLEIL has to be declared in the declaration form (one 'form' per sample).
According to the type of sample or object you will have to fill in the following information using an appropriate template:
- Cellular biology sample
- Biochemistry sample
- Chemical sample (gas, liquid, solids, ...)
- Radioactive sample
- Valuable object
- Ancillary equipment
In the particular case of samples of biological origin, we require you to give the name of the biological sample, the living organism from which it is derived and the way in which it was produced and purified.
Moreover, any ancillary equipment supplied by the user must conform to the appropriate French regulations (mechanical, electrical, high pressure, ...) and eventually to SOLEIL specifications.
Failure in providing this information will mean that the application will NOT be accepted.
The main proposer has to send to SOLEIL a signed copy of the form.