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I would like to begin by wishing you a very happy and
successful New Year. I hope 2026 will be a productive and
inspiring year for your research<br>
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The next deadline for standard proposal submission will be
<b>Monday 16 February (midnight central European time)</b>. <br>
<a
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year round.<br>
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Read the detailed information and instrument availability:
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attention to the section<b> Beamtime allocation policy:
"two-thirds rule"</b></span><br>
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
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experts! <br>
</b>We strongly recommend to engage with facility staff or
experienced users to refine the proposal and increase its
strength.<br>
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News on instruments<br>
</b>Find the latest updates in the “Latest Instrumentation
Developments” section on the webpage linked above.<br>
In particular, please note that following the recent
recommendation of the Scientific Council, ILL management
has decided to <b>restore IN8 to 100% operational status.</b> <br>
In contrast, <b>D3 and D9 will remain at 50% operational
time</b>, as per the current strategic and scientific
priorities.</span></p>
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April 2026 <br>
<b>Scheduling period: </b></span><span
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2026 call deadline:</b> 15 September 2026<br>
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excellence is the primary evaluation criterion. However,
providing complete and detailed information at the time of
submission is highly beneficial, as additional
factors—such as industrial relevance, the presence or
absence of experimental reports, the proposer’s
publication track record, or links to PhD projects—may
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<p>Once again, the ILL is offering a way for accessing beam
time for projects that require a particular extended
preparation period and request instrument beam time of a
reactor cycle or longer. <strong>This type of access is
for the moment open only for PF1B, PF2 and FIPPS
instruments.<br>
</strong><br>
Proposals must be submitted to the ILL <strong>by Monday
16 March 2026</strong>, via email to <a
data-cke-saved-href="mailto:user-office@ill.eu"
href="mailto:user-office@ill.eu">User Office</a> and
meet certain conditions, specified in the <a
href="https://www.ill.eu/for-ill-users/applying-for-beamtime/type-of-beamtime-access/ebta-proposals">dedicated
webpage</a>.<br>
<b>You should equally fill in the attached
EBTA-Exp_template and join it to your proposal.</b></p>
<p>EBTA calls are organised on a <strong data-end="1540"
data-start="1524">yearly basis</strong> for the
instruments listed above. For the <strong data-end="1603"
data-start="1584">2026 transition</strong>, a <strong
data-end="1671" data-start="1607">single EBTA call is
planned for the spring round</strong>. <br>
From 2027 onwards, the scheme is expected to follow a
regular annual rhythm.<br>
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