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148 IV. User Program and Statistics SPring-8 calls for public use proposals principally twice a year. The submitted proposals are reviewed by the Proposal Review Committee (PRC). As for General Proposals, 466 proposals out of the 694 submitted proposals were approved in the research term 2011B, and 471 out of the 618 submitted proposals were approved in 2012A. Since the start of the Long-term Program in 2000B, 38 Long-term Proposals have been implemented, that is, 15 and 14 proposals were carried out in 2011B and 2012A, which include 3 and 1 proposals newly approved. As for Priority Field Proposals, Nanotechnology Support Proposals, Green/Life Innovation Proposals and Industrial Application Proposals were called for in 2011B, while Green/Life Innovation Proposals and Industry Creation Proposals were called for in 2012A. Out of the 249 submitted proposals, 148 proposals were approved in 2011B, and 44 out of the 72 submitted proposals were approved in 2012A. The proposal statistics are shown in Table IV for the period from 1997B to 2012A; Power User Proposals and JASRI Proposals are excluded. During the period from 2003B to 2012A, 18 user groups were designated as Power User groups (PUs), which include 7 PUs active in 2012A. To date, a total of 4710 shifts have been used by PUs, 588 shifts of which were spent from 2011B to 2012A. In particular, 3 proposals were approved as the “Affected Facilities Support Proposal” in 2011B. SPring-8 consistently provided 1,927 hours of user beamtime in 2011B and 1,971 hours in 2012A. Since the start of operation in 1997, SPring-8 has succeeded in providing users with a total beamtime of 57,112 hours. In 2011B, 1,049 experiments were conducted by 7,345 users at public and contract beamlines, and 922 experiments by 6,996 users in 2012A. From the start of operation in 1997 to 2012A, a total of 21,411 experiments were conducted by 146,473 users. The beamtime available to the users, the number of experiments conducted, and the number of user visits at the public and contract beamlines are summarized in Table V and in Fig. 3. Figure 4 shows the breakdown of the approved proposals sorted by user affiliation and of the number of experiments conducted at the public beamlines from 1997B to 2012A. The percentages of experiments conducted by users from abroad were 5.6% in 2011B and 5.8% in 2012A. For the promotion of Industrial Application at SPring-8, the Industrial Application Division was established in 2005. With consultation support for industrial users given by the division’s coordinators, currently, Industrial Application Proposals account for Research Term Beamtime (shifts) Deadline Submitted proposals Approved proposals Notes 1997B-2006B: The number of proposals are indicated as of submission deadline. After 2007A: The total number of proposals are indicated. The number of longterm proposals are counted by beamline, that is, if the project leader uses 2 beamlines, it is counted as 2 proposals. 168 204 250 140 204 156 238 190 226 190 228 202 211 203 188 182 220 159 246 216 225 189 195 210 201 210 215 195 201 198 305 392 431 424 582 502 619 643 751 733 938 772 886 878 973 916 867 1099 1007 1009 1163 979 1076 919 1022 1024 1077 816 134 229 258 246 326 380 409 457 520 472 563 621 595 562 547 624 699 555 761 721 749 659 654 709 665 728 731 724 621 1997.1.10 1998.1.6 1998.7.12 1999.6.19 1999.10.16 2000.6.17 2000.10.21 2001.5.26 2001.10.27 2002.6.3 2002.10.28 2003.6.16 2003.11.4 2004.6.9 2005.1.5 2005.6.7 2005.11.15 2006.5.25 2006.11.16 2007.6.7 2007.12.13 2008.6.26 2008.12.11 2009.6.25 2009.12.17 2010.7.1 2010.12.9 2011.6.30 2011.12.8 1997B: 1997.10 - 1998.03 1998A: 1998.04 - 1998.10 1999A: 1998.11 - 1999.06 1999B: 1999.09 - 1999.12 2000A: 2000.02 - 2000.06 2000B: 2000.10 - 2001.01 2001A: 2001.02 - 2001.06 2001B: 2001.09 - 2002.02 2002A: 2002.02 - 2002.07 2002B: 2002.09 - 2003.02 2003A: 2003.02 - 2003.07 2003B: 2003.09 - 2004.02 2004A: 2004.02 - 2004.07 2004B: 2004.09 - 2004.12 2005A: 2005.04 - 2005.08 2005B: 2005.09 - 2005.12 2006A: 2006.03 - 2006.07 2006B: 2006.09 - 2006.12 2007A: 2007.03 - 2007.07 2007B: 2007.09 - 2008.02 2008A: 2008.04 - 2008.07 2008B: 2008.10 - 2009.03 2009A: 2009.04 - 2009.07 2009B: 2009.10 - 2010.02 2010A: 2010.04 - 2010.07 2010B: 2010.10 - 2011.02 2011A: 2011.04 - 2011.07 2011B: 2011.10 - 2012.02 2012A: 2012.04 - 2012.07 Table IV. Numbers of submitted proposals and approved proposals by research term Table V. Numbers of experiments and users at public and contract beamlines by research term Experiments Experiments Users Users User time (hours) Public BL Contract BL Research Term Notes The number of longterm proposals are counted by beamline, that is, if two beamlines were used for one experiment, those are counted as two experiments. 1997B: 1997.10 - 1998.03 1998A: 1998.04 - 1998.10 1999A: 1998.11 - 1999.06 1999B: 1999.09 - 1999.12 2000A: 2000.02 - 2000.06 2000B: 2000.10 - 2001.01 2001A: 2001.02 - 2001.06 2001B: 2001.09 - 2002.02 2002A: 2002.02 - 2002.07 2002B: 2002.09 - 2003.02 2003A: 2003.02 - 2003.07 2003B: 2003.09 - 2004.02 2004A: 2004.02 - 2004.07 2004B: 2004.09 - 2004.12 2005A: 2005.04 - 2005.08 2005B: 2005.09 - 2005.12 2006A: 2006.03 - 2006.07 2006B: 2006.09 - 2006.12 2007A: 2007.03 - 2007.07 2007B: 2007.09 - 2008.02 2008A: 2008.04 - 2008.07 2008B: 2008.10 - 2009.03 2009A: 2009.04 - 2009.07 2009B: 2009.10 - 2010.02 2010A: 2010.04 - 2010.07 2010B: 2010.10 - 2011.02 2011A: 2011.04 - 2011.07 2011B: 2011.10 - 2012.02 2012A: 2012.04 - 2012.07 1,286 1,702 2,585 1,371 2,051 1,522 2,313 1,867 2,093 1,867 2,246 1,844 2,095 1,971 1,880 1,818 2,202 1,587 2,448 2,140 2,231 1,879 1,927 2,087 1,977 2,094 2,131 1,927 1,971 57,112 94 234 274 242 365 383 474 488 545 540 634 549 569 555 560 620 724 550 781 739 769 672 669 722 685 744 740 730 637 16,288 681 1,252 1,542 1,631 2,486 2,370 2,915 3,277 3,246 3,508 3,777 3,428 3,756 3,546 3,741 4,032 4,809 3,513 4,999 4,814 4,840 4,325 4,240 4,793 4,329 4,872 4,640 4,576 4,304 104,242 – 7 33 65 100 88 102 114 110 142 164 154 161 146 146 187 226 199 260 226 232 217 238 275 293 325 309 319 285 5,123 – – 467 427 794 620 766 977 1,043 1,046 1,347 1,264 1,269 1,154 1,185 1,379 1,831 1,487 2,282 1,938 1,891 1,630 1,761 2,144 2,483 2,812 2,773 2,769 2,692 42,231 149 approximately 20% of the total number of proposals conducted at the public beamlines. In addition, the Measurement Service has been introduced since 2007B, in which the personnel of the Industrial Application Division carry out XAFS measurements on behalf of users at BL14B2. SPring-8 has also launched the Mail-in Protein Crystallography Data Collection Service at BL38B1 and the Powder X-ray Diffraction Measurement Service at BL19B2 since 2009B. 241 307 307 465 471 576 655 602 682 798 703 730 701 706 807 950 749 1041 965 997 978 1049 922 1001 889 907 Half-year Research Term 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1997B 1998A 1999A 1999B 2000A 2000B 2001A 2001B 2002A 2002B 2003A 2003B 2004A 2004B 2005A 2005B 2006A 2006B 2007A 2007B Number of Experiments 2009B 2010A 2012A 2011B 2008A 2008B 2009A 1000 0 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Number of User Visits 681 681 1 681 1252 1252 2009 2009 2058 2058 328 328 3280 0 0 3280 299 2990 0 0 2990 368 3681 1 3681 4254 4254 4289 4289 4554 4554 5124 5124 4692 4692 4 4692 5025 5025 4700 4700 4926 4926 4926 5411 5411 664 6640 0 6640 5000 5000 7281 7281 6752 6752 673 6731 1 6731 595 5955 5 5955 600 600 6001 1 1 6001 6937 6937 6812 6812 7684 7684 7413 7413 7345 7345 699 6996 6 6996 94 234 234 7 7 274 274 33 33 242 242 65 65 365 365 100 100 383 383 88 88 474 474 102 102 488 488 114 114 545 545 110 110 540 540 142 142 634 634 164 164 549 549 154 154 569 569 161 161 555 555 146 146 560 560 146 146 620 620 187 187 724 724 226 226 550 550 199 199 781 781 260 260 739 739 226 226 722 722 275 275 685 685 293 293 730 730 319 319 637 637 285 285 1069 1049 2011A 2010B 744 744 325 325 740 740 309 309 769 769 232 232 672 672 217 217 669 669 238 238 Contract BL Experiments Public BL Experiments Users Fig. 3. Numbers of user visits and conducted experiments. Fig. 4. Number of approved proposals by affiliation of applicants (public beamlines). Number of Approved Proposals 100 0 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Half-year Research Term 1997B 1998A 1999A 1999B 2000A 2000B 2001A 2001B 2002A 2002B 2003A 2003B 2004A 2004B 2005A 2005B 2006A 2006B 2007A 2007B 2009B 2010A 2012A 2011B 2011A 2010B 2008A 2008B 2009A Foreign Private Sector National or Public Research Institute University or Other Educational Institute