Submit Proposal
To gain access to scientific resources at SSRL, all users need to register as a user and submit a proposal by the posted deadlines.
At SSRL, users can submit research proposals that cover many beam lines and techniques. In addition to Standard General User Proposals, Rapid Access and Letter of Intent (LOI) proposals may provide mechanisms for quick access to a small amount of beam time to test the feasibility of new ideas.
Peer Review
SSRL proposals are peer reviewed by the SSRL Proposal Review Panel (PRP) who provide a numeric rating as well as a recommended beam time allocation for the lifetime of the proposal. Successful proposals may be awarded beam time on SSRL beam lines, with priority given to the highest rated proposals and those which demonstrate efficient and productive use of beam time. Proposals rated better than 1.4 are most likely to receive their optimal number of shifts on their first choice beam line; other requests are accommodated as beam time is available.
Research teams are discouraged from submitting multiple proposals. Multiple proposals from members of the same research team will be flagged during the peer review process and may be combined, limited in lifetime and/or beam time allocations, or rejected.