Call for Proposals

SINQ - call for proposals II-25, proposal submission deadline: 15 May 2025

The Digital User Office will be open for proposal submission approximately 4-5 weeks before the deadline. Of course editing and saving of proposals is possible any time.

  • 16 October - 23 December 2024 (II-24)
  • 02 June - 31 August 2025 (I-25)
  • 01 September - 23 December 2025 (II-25)
The following instruments will be either fully or partially available in 2024 and 2025:
Powder DiffractometerHRPT
Single Crystal DiffractometerZEBRA
Powder and Single Crystal DiffractometerDMC
Small Angle ScatteringSANS-I
ReflectometerAMOR
Triple Axis SpectrometersTASP, EIGER
Multiplexing SpectrometerCAMEA
Time-of-Flight SpectrometerFOCUS
Neutron Imaging and OpticsICON
 MuPAD (experimental option on TASP)
 N-Microscope (experimental option on POLDI, ICON and BOA)


Please note:

  • The instruments POLDI, NEUTRA and BOA will not be available in cycle I-25 because of dedicated upgrade programs
  • The new small angle scattering facility SANS-LLB that is presently being installed in collaboration with our French partners from LLB is expected to take some friendly users soon. For more information please contact the instrument team.
  • The Neutron Microscope is an experimental setup that can be used on the instruments POLDI, ICON and BOA (if those are available, see above). If you intend to use the microscope setup, please submit your proposal for the main instrument (e.g. POLDI) and choose the option "Neutron Microscope" during the proposal submission procedure. Please discuss the choice of the instrument well ahead with the person in charge for the microscope.
  • Finally, beamtime on the instrument MORPHEUS can be allocated by contacting the instrument responsible directly.

PSI launches also a call for joint X-ray and neutron proposals (SLS/MS-Powder beamline and SINQ/HRPT) in the field of powder diffraction, which is presently suspended because of the SLS 2.0 upgrade. More information can be obtained here.

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