Page 95 - ILLS Annual Report 2018

User programme
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Neutrons beams and instrument facilities are free of charge for academic users whose proposals have been accepted. There are various ways of submitting a proposal to the ILL, as summarised in the following table.
Detailed information can be found at https://www.ill.eu/ users/applying-for-beamtime/.
Table 1
Mechanisms for submitting a proposal to the ILL. All types of access (except DDT) are reserved for users from ILL member countries or for collaboration between non-member and member teams. The stopwatch symbol indicates quick access. Most types of proposals are submitted via the User Club interface, at https://userclub.ill.eu/userclub/.
Standard BAGs
CRG D–Lab
DDT EASY LTP
TEST INDU
EXPERIMENTAL AND USER PROGRAMME
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INDUSTRY-SPONSORED ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL USERS
Neutrons have significant, specific applications for industry. Beamtime can be sold directly for proprietary research,
in which case the experimental data is not made publicly available. The Industry Liason Unit (ILU) is the single point of contact for industry looking to use the ILL’s facilities (see p.90). However, around 25 % of industry’s use of the ILL is done
via academia. The data from these experiments is publicly available and the results may be published. The ILL is now measuring the number and nature of industry-via-academia experiments more accurately, with a view to promoting this use of neutrons and potentially enhancing it in the future. In 2018, 32 experiments were sponsored by industry.
4 to 8 months after deadline
4 to 8 months after deadline
Depends on CRG policy
ASAP
From one to a few weeks
4 to 8 months after deadline
Usually on same day
ASAP
TYPE
External peer review
APPLIES TO
WHEN
WHO FOR
RESPONSE TIME
All experiments, all instruments, all conditions
Deadlines twice a year, spring and autumn
All users from member countries (and non- members via 2/3 rule)
College 8 proposals on D22
Deadlines twice a year, spring and autumn
All users from member countries (and non- members via 2/3 rule)
All experiments, CRG instruments, all conditions
Depends on CRG policy
All users from CRG collabration
Internal peer review
Access to the ILL sample deuteration lab
All year
All users from member countries
Urgent experiments, hot topics, excellent science from non-member countries, all instruments, all conditions
All year
All users
All year
All users from member countries
No peer review
A small amount of beamtime, not a full experiment: must be very simple measurements, all instruments, limited number of configurations
All instruments, for projects over several cycles if it can be demonstrated that they bring extra resources or capabilities that are of benefit to all users
Once a year, autumn round
All users from member countries
Test of sample, equipment, instrument configuration, all instruments
All year
All users from member countries
Proprietary beamtime
All year
Contact the Industrial Liason Office
www.iill.eu