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General User Proposal Scores:
General Sciences

Proposal Study Panel Scoring Results


Scoring

General user proposals are submitted to the ALS for consideration twice yearly. All proposals are reviewed by the Proposal Study Panel and scored on a scale of one to five, where one is the highest score. Beamtime is then assigned based on each proposal's ranking in relation to all other proposals for a given beamline. In cases where requests for a specific beamline exceed available beamtime, a cutoff score is assigned after which no beamtime is allocated. In other cases, all requests for beamtime are generally granted.

Proposal and Beamline Cutoff Scores for Beamtime Cycle January–July 2008

Scores for all the proposals submitted for this cycle:

all bemlines scoring

 

Beamtime Allocation and Cutoff Scores

The table below lists the percentage of requested beamtime that was allocated for each beamline and cutoff scores, where applicable, below which no beamtime was assigned. Go to the individual beamline to view the distribution of proposal scores.

Beamline
% Allocated
Cutoff Score
1.4 (IR)
77
--
4.0.2 (EPU)
32
5.3.2 (Polymers XAFS)
55
6.0.1 (Femtosecond0
63
--
6.1.2 (Soft X-Ray Micrsocopsy)
30
6.3.1 (Materials Sciences)
89
6.3.2 (Calibration and Standards)
66

7.0.1 (XPS, STXM, SXF, SPEM)

23
7.3.1 (PEEM)
100
--
7.3.3 (SAXS)
--
--
8.0.1 (SXF)
40
8.3.2
69
--
9.0.1
100
--
9.0 2 (Chemical Dynamics)
40
9.3.1 (XAMS)
100
--
9.3.2 (APSD/AMC, High-Pressure XPS)
45
10.0.1. (HERS/AMO)
25
10.3.2 (Micro XAFS)
48
11.0.1 (Magnetic Microscopy, Spectromicroscopy; PEEM3)
57
--
11.0.2 (Molecular Evironmental Sciences)
30
11.3.1 (Small Molecule Crystallography)
66
12.0.1 (ARPES)
25
12.2.2 (High Pressure)
41
12.3.2
34
All Beamlines*
54.6
  

*Total number of beamtime shifts, for all beamlines, requested by general users: 6608.
  Total number of beamtime shifts, for all beamlines, allocated to general users: 2917 (44%).