Announcement of the J-PARC MLF 2021B Call for General Use Proposals (Short-term and One-year) (CLOSED)
The J-PARC MLF is pleased to announce the opening of the Call for General Use Proposals (Short-term and One-year (BL11 only)) from Saturday, April 17, 2021.
Attention:
- Policy amid COVID-19: On-site participation in the experiment
Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, difficulty will be expected to visit J-PARC. MLF asks all proposers to arrange research team member(s) who are able to come to MLF and conduct the proposed experiments (including setup) on-site. Please write the proposal application in accordance with the notes in “2. How to submit” below and indicate the member(s) whose visit to J-PARC is considered to be certain. Please be sure to obtain in advance the consent of the people, including instrument scientists of MLF, whom you intend to include as collaborators. In the case where you cannot secure anyone who will be able to come to J-PARC to conduct the experiment by 30 days before the start of the experiment, your beamtime will be cancelled. - Latest template file for “Research Plan”
From this proposal round, application will not be accepted if the latest template file is not used. Please be sure to use the latest template file (ver. 2021B) designated for the type of your proposal (Short-term, One-year, Industrial application, NUP).
1. Deadline:
17:00 Friday, May 14, 2021 (Japan Standard Time)
* Demand on the Proposal Submission System is typically very high on the closing day. You are strongly recommended to submit your proposal well in advance of the deadline.
2. How to submit
Submission
- Submit via the J-PARC Proposal Submission System
- Please use the latest template file designated for the type of your proposal.(ver. 2021B, ver. 2021B+2022A for One-year)(Downloaded from here.)
Application will not be accepted if the latest template file is not used.
Note
- Please indicate member(s) whose visit to J-PARC is considered to be certain in the proposal application in line with the following instruction.
- Add “OP” (meaning on-site participant) after the job title of the collaborator(s) whose visit to J-PARC is considered to be certain. Such collaborator(s) must especially be included in the case where the proposer’s visit to J-PARC is expected to be difficult.
- Please be sure to obtain in advance the consent of the people, including instrument scientists of MLF, whom you intend to include as collaborators. (The proposal may be rejected if the collaborator’s name is written without his/her consent.)
- It is recommended to consult the instrument scientist prior to proposal submission on the sample environment, experiment condition, etc.
The contact information, sample environment, specs of the instrument, etc. can be found in the page of the instrument. - This call for proposal does not accept application for Ibaraki Neutron Beamlines (BL03，BL20) from proposers belonging to private companies. To apply for Ibaraki Neutron Beamlines for industrial use, please apply for the proposal call conducted by the Ibaraki Prefecture.
【Contact】IQBRC Ibaraki Prefecture Office
Email: info-neutronprefibaraki.lg.jp - Please write the application form in English. (Application written in Japanese is accepted only for P7 Industrial Applications and P9 New User Promotion.)
3. Experiment period and estimation of beam time
Experiment period:
General Use Proposal (Short-term): November 2021-March 2022 (tentative)
General Use Proposal (One-year, BL11 only): November 2021-July 2022 (tentative)
Estimation of beamtime:
Estimate the beamtime with beam power of 600 kW.
4. Eligibility to apply
- Researchers belonging to a university, private company, public research institute, etc.
- Graduate students (masters and PhD students) *
* Instructions for the proposal by a graduate student
- Graduate students intending to make an application as a Principal Investigator are required to contact the instrument scientists before submitting the proposal.
- Enter “Graduate Student” in the field of the applicant’s job title.
- The applicant’s academic supervisor must be registered as a Collaborator. In the field of job title, add “AS” after his/her job title.
- An academic staff member of the applicant’s university, which includes his/her academic supervisor, and research collaborator (not including graduate students) is required to attend and supervise the experiment (experiment supervisor). The experiment supervisor must be included as a Collaborator. In the field of job title, add “ES” after his/her job title.
- If AS and ES are not assigned and written in the form, the application will not be received.
- If the proposal has been approved, the academic supervisor is required to submit the specified pledge for implementing the experiment.
* Export control for experiments by non-residents of Japan
- In principle, experiments implemented by non-residents of Japan are subject to export control (non-resident research team members, sample, obtained data, etc.). Please note that there is a case where the implementation of the experiment will not be permitted depending on the results of the screening of export control even if the experiment has been approved through proposal selection screening. With regard to applicants who belong to the organizations listed in the Foreign End User List of METI or the nationals of non-NPT countries, eligibility to apply is decided in consultation with MEXT etc.
5. Requirement of onsite participation
- It is required that PI or other research team member(s) come to J-PARC MLF to conduct an on-site experiment.
- Please secure, by 30 days before the start of your experiment, a research team member(s) who can come to J-PARC, and if such a member is coming from abroad, be sure that he/she can obtain an appropriate visa. Otherwise, awarded beamtime will be cancelled.
- Please refer to the websites of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japanfor information on necessary procedures, conditions for coming to Japan, etc.
6. Instruments available for General Use Proposal
Please contact the instrument scientist for the specification of the instrument
Instrument available for General Use Proposal (Short-term)
Neutron Instruments
Neutron Diffraction
| BL03 | iBIX - IBARAKI Biological Crystal Diffractometer | IBARAKI |
|---|---|---|
| BL08 | SuperHRPD - Super High-Resolution Powder Diffractometer | KEK |
| BL09 | SPICA - Special Environment Powder Diffractometer | KEK |
| BL11 | PLANET - High-Pressure Neutron Diffractometer | Public Beamline |
| BL18 | SENJU - Extreme Environment Single-Crystal Neutron Diffractometer | Public Beamline |
| BL19 | TAKUMI - Engineering Materials Diffractometer | JAEA |
| BL20 | iMATERIA - IBARAKI Materials Design Diffractometer | IBARAKI |
| BL21 | NOVA - High Intensity Total Diffractometer | KEK |
Inelastic Neutron Scattering
| BL01 | 4SEASONS - 4D-Space Access Neutron Spectrometer | Public Beamline |
|---|---|---|
| BL02 | DNA - Biomolecular Dynamics Spectrometer | Public Beamline |
| BL06 | VIN ROSE - Village of Neutron Resonance Spin Echo Spectrometers * (only MIEZE spectrometer) |
KEK |
| BL12 | HRC - High-Resolution Chopper Spectrometer | KEK |
| BL14 | AMATERAS - Cold-Neutron Disk-Chopper Spectrometer | JAEA |
| BL23 | POLANO – Polarized Neutron Spectrometer * (Only unpolarized neutron use) |
KEK |
SANS and Neutron Reflectometry
| BL15 | TAIKAN – Small and Wide Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument | Public Beamline |
|---|---|---|
| BL16 | SOFIA - Soft Interface Analyzer | KEK |
| BL17 | SHARAKU - Polarized Neutron Reflectometer | Public Beamline |
Other Neutron Instruments
Muon Instruments
Muon Spectroscopy
Instrument available for General Use Proposal (One-year)
Neutron Instrument
| BL11 | PLANET - High-Pressure Neutron Diffractometer | Public Beamline |
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7. Choose the review field
Please choose the appropriate category from the list below. The proposal is reviewed by the subcommittee of the category.
List of keywords for each sub-committee.
Neutron
P1 Structural Science (Crystal, Amorphous and Liquid)
P2 Energy Science and High-Pressure Science
P3 Soft Matter and Biological Matter
P4 Magnetic Material and Strongly Correlated Electron System (Structure)
P5 Magnetic Material and Strongly Correlated Electron System (Dynamics)
P6 Fundamental Physics, Nuclear Physics, Instrumentation, Imaging
P7 Industrial Applications（※1）
P8 Materials Engineering
P9 New User Promotion（※2）
Muon
Q1 Electronic Properties of Matter & Hydrogen in Matter
Q2 General Applications
（※1）Application for P7 “Industrial Applications” is limited to the proposals from PIs belonging to private companies.
（※2）Application for P9 “New User Promotion” is limited to the proposals for which pre-application has been submitted.
8. Evaluation criteria
- Submitted proposals are assessed and selected based on the evaluation criteria.
- The scientific value of the proposal and the appropriateness of the necessary beamtime will be taken into consideration when deciding the beamtime.
9. Please Note
- The use of samples including nuclear fuel materials/elements as a sample is prohibited. Only RI samples permitted by the MLF may be used.
- Be sure to consult the instrument scientist prior to proposal submission if special sample environment (magnet etc.) is required.
- If the sub-committee decided that a different beamline is more suitable for the experiment than the beamline you have chosen, the beamline may be changed.
- Users who intend to bring in electrical equipment whose power output rating is 7.5kW and above/7.5kVA and above or equipment whose current rating is 30A and above must include the detailed equipment specifications in the research plan.
- KEK beamlines (refer to “Instruments available”) cannot accept undergraduate students as Collaborators. However, they can participate in the research as interns. If a graduate student participates as a Collaborator, write “Graduate Student” in the field of the job title.
- Experiment is not allowed to be implemented if it is attended only by students (including graduate students).
- If researchers belonging to a private company want to use a muon instrument, please contact us at the email address indicated at the bottom in advance.
- J-PARC also welcomes Preliminary (P-type) proposals to use the muon instruments at the MLF. For the details, please click here. If submitting a P-type proposal, please designate it as such within the online system when prompted.
10. Element Strategy Initiative and Complementary Use
- Please indicate if your research has some relevance with the Japanese national priority research areas as identified in the Elements Strategy Initiative, or if your proposed research includes, or is likely to include in the future, the complementary use of other major research facilities such as, but not limited to, synchrotron radiation sources (SPring-8, SACLA, PF etc.), supercomputer (HPCI with Fugaku computer etc.), or other quantum beam facilities. If either of the above applies to your proposal, please indicate by marking the relevant check box and adding a brief description as requested. This information will be used only to survey current trends in research proposals at the MLF.
11. Charge for use
- For Non-Proprietary Use, charge for use is exempted by publishing the results.
- Proprietary Use Charge is 2,983,000 JPY (tax included)/ day
12. Publication of results (Non-Proprietary Use)
- The PI of Non-proprietary use experiment is required to submit an Experimental Report within 60 days after the end of the proposal term of your experiment (deadline of report is here). These reports will be open to public on the J-PARC Web site.
- Please publish the results of the experiment within 3 years after the completion of the experiment.
- Submission of the Experiment Reports of the past experiments conducted at the MLF and the publication of the results will be taken into account in the assessment of the submitted proposals.
- When publishing the results, it is recommended to consult with the Instrument scientists in advance about who should be the co-author. It is also important to take into account the support provided by the Instrument scientists and other staffs maintaining and operating the facility when deciding the co-authors. Please also indicate the proposal number and the beamline(s) used for the experiment in the publishment.
13. Disclosure of information
- The information on the approved and completed experiment (Non-proprietary use and Proprietary use) will be made available on the website.
Approved Experiments
Proposal number, PI’s name, Affiliation, Nationality of the PI’s affiliation, Beamline number, Allocated beamtime.
Completed experiments
Title of Proposal, Allocated beamtime
14. Contact Us
J-PARC Center Users' Office
For Non-Proprietary Use:j_proposalmlj-parc.jp
For Proprietary Use: j_proposal_pmlj-parc.jp
For General Questions: jimurisokumlj-parc.jp