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EXPERIMENTAL AND USER PROGRAMME
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User programme
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Neutrons beams and instrument facilities are free of charge
to academic users of accepted proposals. 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 type of access (except DDT) are reserved for users from ILL member countries or for collaborations between non-member and member teams. The stopwatch symbol indicates quick access. Most types of proposals are submitted via the User Club interface https://userclub.ill.eu/userclub/.
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 2019, 32 experiments were sponsored by industry.
TYPE
APPLIES TO
WHEN
WHO FOR
RESPONSE TIME
External peer review
Standard
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)
4 to 8 months after deadline
BAGs
College 8 proposals on D22
Deadlines twice a year, spring and autumn
All users from member countries (and non-members via 2/3 rule)
4 to 8 months after deadline
CRG
All experiments, CRG instruments, all conditions
Depends on CRG policy
All users from CRG collabration
Depends on CRG policy
D–Lab
Access to the ILL sample deuteration lab
All year
All users from member countries
Internal peer review
DDT
Urgent experiments, hot topics, excellent science from non-member countries, all instruments, all conditions
All year
All users
ASAP
EASY
A small amount of beamtime, not a full experiment (must be very simple measurements), all instruments, limited number of configurations
All year
All users from member countries
From one to a few weeks
LTP
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
4 to 8 months after deadline
No peer review
TEST
Test of sample, equipment, instrument configuration, all instruments
All year
All users from member countries
Usually on same day
INDU
Proprietary beamtime
All year
Contact the Industrial Liaison Office
ASAP
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