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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear colleagues,<br>
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the next DEADLINE for the submission of beam time requests for the Swiss spallation neutron source SINQ will be:<br>
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<b>********* 15 January 2026, midnight, C.E.T. *********</b><br>
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This call is open for the following instruments:<br>
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Powder Diffractometer: <b>HRPT</b><br>
Single Crystal Diffractometer: <b>ZEBRA</b><br>
Powder and Single Crystal Diffractometer: <b>DMC</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Small Angle Neutron Scattering:
<b>SANS-I, SANS-LLB </b>(friendly users)</span></p>
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<b>AMOR</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Triple-Axis Spectrometers:
<b>TASP, EIGER</b><br>
Multiplexing Spectrometer: <b>CAMEA</b><br>
Time-of-Flight Spectrometer: <b>FOCUS</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Neutron Imaging Instruments:
<b>ICON, NEUTRA </b>(friendly users)<br>
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<b>PLEASE NOTE:</b></span></p>
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<div role="presentation"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">As a new feature we will accept
<b>long term proposals for main proposers with Swiss affiliation</b> (except PSI) for a duration of two cycles (I-26 and II-26)</span></div>
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<div role="presentation" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">The new small angle scattering facility
<b>SANS-LLB </b>that has been installed in collaboration with our French partners from LLB as well as the instrument
<b>NEUTRA</b> after its upgrade program will <b>both take some friendly users in 2026</b>. If you intend to submit a proposal for one of the two instruments it is expected to contact the respective instrument team first.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">The instruments <b>POLDI and BOA will not be available in cycle I-26</b> because of dedicated upgrade programs</span></p>
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<b>PERIOD:</b><br>
Herewith we call for proposals for the beam time period I-26 between 01 June - 30 September 2026.</span></p>
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<b>PROPOSAL-SUBMISSION:</b><br>
New users are kindly asked to contact the instrument scientists before submitting a proposal to discuss instrumental options and reasonable beam time requests. Please make use of the option to link related previous proposals with their experimental reports
to the new one. A proper mention of previous results will provide a certain 'bonus' during the evaluation process. <br>
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Guidelines for the proposal submission and further useful information can be found on the SINQ webpages:<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/access-to-sinq" title="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/access-to-sinq" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/access-to-sinq</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals" title="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/guidelines" title="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/guidelines" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/guidelines</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Further detailed information about the SINQ instruments can be obtained here:<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/instrumentation" title="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/instrumentation" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/instrumentation</a></span></p>
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environment scientists.<br>
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<b>DIGITAL USER OFFICE, DUO:</b><br>
Proposals can only be submitted electronically via the PSI Digital User Office 'DUO':
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="https://duo.psi.ch/" title="https://duo.psi.ch" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://duo.psi.ch</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<b>CONTACT ADDRESS:</b><br>
Paul Scherrer Institute<br>
User Office<br>
CH-5232 Villigen - PSI <br>
Switzerland </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Phone :
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="tel:+41563104666" title="tel:+41563104666" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">+41-56-310-4666</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
e-mail : </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="mailto:useroffice@psi.ch" title="mailto:useroffice@psi.ch" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">useroffice@psi.ch</a></span></p>
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