Next deadline for standard proposal submission : 16 September 2024

Proposal submission guidelines - Proposal writing hints - Detailed information

If you are submitting a proposal for the first time please consult our New User page and contact an ILL scientist or the User Office.

Proposals must be submitted via the Electronic Proposal Submission (EPS) system on our User Club. Log with your personal username and password.
In case of problems, support from the User Club team (club@ill.eu).
Please allow sufficient time for any unforeseen computing hitches.

Easy Access requests for short measurements and DDT requests for full experiments to be performed as soon as possible can be submitted at any time.

Beamtime allocation policy: "two-thirds rule"
Proposals from non-member country proposers will only be guaranteed a chance of acceptance if they are part of a collaboration with at least two-thirds of the proposers coming from one of the Associate or Scientific Member Countries of the ILL. ILL scientists listed as co-proposers are not taken into account in the calculation. Not satisfying this rule will not be a blocking condition for proposal submissions: proposals not fulfilling the 2/3 can still be allocated time, but then from Directors discretion time. These proposals should still be reviewed by the subcommittees and they have to be truly world class and addressing hot-topics (judged by the subcommittees and the science director).

Panel meetings: 13-14 November 2024 (Wednesday, Thursday)
Scheduling period: From April 2025
Next deadline: 15 February 2025

News on instruments:

• Commissioning of the LLB CRG instrument SAM started this spring. It will be available as the 4th ILL's SANS instrument.
• D007, D11, PANTHER and SHARPER (the new upgraded SHARP instrument)  will be again available from this round.
• D4 and IN1-Lagrange share the same beamtube, therefore they are operated for 50% of the total available beamtime.
• D19 instrument is not available to the user programme anymore.
• D3, D9 and IN8 will operate for 50% of the time.

Be aware of these new requirements when writing your proposal:

1. Supervisors of PhD students who submit proposals must demonstrate their involvement in the project by being listed as proposers and actively participating in the experiment.
2. In your scientific explanation, it would be helpful to add a brief section outlining the roles and responsibilities of each person participating in the proposal or experiment.
3. We remind you that - for multi-instruments proposals - you should  make sure that the scientific case, experimental plan and time requested is sufficiently detailed for each instrument. If the available space is not enough, consider submitting different proposals for different instruments.

To ensure the best possible outcomes, you are strongly encouraged to reach out to our facility scientist before finalising and submitting your proposal. Engaging with our facility scientist can significantly enhance the clarity and feasibility of your project, especially in cases where technically challenging or complex set-ups are involved. This collaboration will not only refine your proposal but also increase its chances of success.

Giovanna CICOGNANI
Scientific coordinator
Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin (ILL)
71, avenue des Martyrs - CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9 - France
+33 (0)4 76 20 71 79
cicognani@ill.eu
For urgent matters: communication@ill.eu