We now welcome your application for beamtime for the period September 2020 to February 2021. Submission deadline is CET 23:59, Tuesday 17 March 2020.
Please visit the Proposal calls website for submission instructions and proposal types, and the page with available beamlines and techniques for this call.
Proposal types and research areas
Users are strongly encouraged to discuss their proposal with the beamline staff before submission. See available techniques page for details.
General user calls
Proposals are submitted through the MAX IV DUO system. Choose “research area” in DUO as indicated below.
Proposal types:
- Normal is the standard proposal type and available for all beamlines (proposal template). Normal proposals are valid for one beamtime cycle (6 months).
- BAG proposals are available in the research area “Structural Biology” for experiments at the BioMAX beamline (proposal template). Accepted BAG proposals are valid for four beamtime cycles (two years). Please read the proposal and reporting instructions.
- Longterm is a special proposal type in DUO for projects that require guaranteed access to beamtime for longer than one beamtime cycle (6 months). MAX IV accepts proposals of type “Longterm” only for specific beamlines and in the framework of a specific program. Please refer to the overview of Longterm calls and programs.
“Research Area” to be selected in DUO:
- Structural Biology for beamtime at the BioMAX beamline.
- Spectroscopy for beamtime at the Bloch, FinEstBeAMS, FlexPES, HIPPIE, MAXPEEM, SPECIES and Veritas beamlines. It is possible to submit APXPS proposals to HIPPIE and SPECIES at the same time (‘Ctrl’+Click when choosing beamline in DUO), if they don’t need beamline specific capabilities.
- Nano science for beamtime at the NanoMAX beamline.
- Chemistry for beamtime at the Balder beamline.
New this time:
- The CoSAXS beamline is in early commissioning and accepts proposals for commissioning experiments.
- FinEstBeAMS and Balder accept proposals for commissioning experiments of new capabilities.
- It is possible to submit APXPS proposals to HIPPIE and SPECIES at the same time if they don't need beamline specific capabilities.
- Accepted BAG proposals are valid for four beamtime cycles (two years), subject to reporting by the BAG coordinator every 6 months, details see the website. From now on, MAX IV only accepts BAG proposals to the spring calls with deadline in March. A transition scheme is put in place for BAGs that today fall out of this new cycle, we will inform the affected BAGs directly.
- FragMAX, the BioMAX Fragment Screening platform is available for proposals of type Longterm, with a validity of one year.
