Research Frontiers 2017 Research Frontiers 2017 109 SPring-8 calls for public use proposals twice a year, in principle. The submitted proposals are reviewed by the SPring-8 Proposal Review Committee (SPring-8 PRC). Since 1997, SPring-8 has accepted a variety of proposals. For the promotion of research on industrial applications at SPring-8, the Industrial Application Division was established in 2005. With consultation support for industrial users provided by the division's coordinators, currently, Industrial Application Proposals account for approximately 1 6 % – 2 0 % o f t h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f p r o p o s a l s conducted at the public beamlines. In addition, the Measurement Service was introduced in 2007B, wherein the personnel of the Industrial Application Division carries out XAFS measurements on behalf of users at BL14B2. SPring-8 also launched a Protein Crystallography Data Collection Service at BL38B1 and Powder X-ray Diffraction Measurement Service at BL19B2 in 2009B, a Hard X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (HAXPES) Measurement Service, and a Thin Film Analysis (GIXD/XRR) Measurement Service at BL46XU in 2012B, and a Small Angle Scattering (SAXS) Measurement Service at BL19B2 in 2014B. SPring-8 has consistently provided ~4,500h of user beamtime per year. Since the start of its operation in 1997, SPring-8 has succeeded in providing users with a total beamtime of 79,401h. The beamtime available to users, the number of experiments conducted, and the number of user visits at the public and contract beamlines are summarized in Fig. 3. Part of the proposals are for proprietary use, for which refereed reports are not required. Figures 4 to 13 show the information on user programs. IV. User Program and Statistics Fig. 3. Categories of proposals for the public beamlines. Proprietary Proposal (General Proposal, Time-designated Proposal):beamtime Fee Charged Measurement Service Also Available General Proposal, Urgent Proposal Long-term Proposal Budding Researchers Support Proposal (One-year Proposal Also Available) Non-Proprietary Grant-Aided Proposal: Program Fee Charged One-year Proposal(1 Public BL) 4 Public BLs 7 Public BLs Beamtime Reserved for Structual Biology Public BLs PX-BL Operation Medical Bio EX Proposal Medical Bio Trial-Use Proposal Industrial Application Proposal (Trial Use Proposal) Strategic Use Proposal Industrial Application Proposal Nanotechnology Support Proposal Industrial Application Proposal New Industial Area Proposal Trial-Use Cross-SR Facility Use Proposal for Industrial Application Nanotechnology Support Protain 3000 Protain 500 Proposal Green/Life Innovation Proposal SR Smart Innovation Proposal Social Interest Proposal Strategy Proposal JASRI Proposal Power User Proposal Partner User Proposal SPring-8 Epoch-Making Initiatives Project Priority Field Trial-Use 1997 1998 97B 98A 99A 99B 00A 00B 01A 01B 02A 02B 03A 03B 04A 04B 05A 05B 06A 06B 07A 07B 08A 08B 09A 09B 10A 10B 11A 11B 12A 12B 13A 13B 14A 14B 15A 15B 16A 16B 17A 17B 18A 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 for Industry Research Frontiers 2017 Research Frontiers 2017 110 Fig. 4. Numbers of conducted experiments. Fig. 5. Numbers of submitted proposals and approved proposals by research term (public beamlines). Fig. 6. Numbers of users by fical year. Fig. 7. Numbers of users visits by research term. 2017B 2017A 2016B 2016A 2015B 2015A 2014B 2014A 2013B 2013A 2012B 2012A 2011B 2011A 2010B 2010A 2009B 2009A 2008B 2008A 2007B 2007A 2006B 2006A 2005B 2005A 2004B 2004A 2003B 2003A 2002B 2002A 2001B 2001A 2000B 2000A 1999B 1999A 1998A 1997B 0 300 600 900 1200 1500 Number of Proposals Half-year Research Term Number of User Visits 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Users Contract Beamlines Public Beamlines 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 0 20 40 60 80 100 1997B 1998A 1999A 1999B 2000A 2000B 2001A 2001B 2002A 2002B 2003A 2004A 2003B 2004B 2005A 2005B 2006A 2006B 2007A 2007B 2008A 2008B 2009A 2009B 2010A 2010B 2011A 2011B 2012A 2012B 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2017A 2017B 2016B Submitted Approved Approved/Submitted Number of Proposals Aproval Rate (%) Research Term 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Number of Users Fiscal Year First time users Repeated users 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Users 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 2008A 2008B 2009A 2011A 2010B 2013B 2013A 2012B 2014A 2015B 2015A 2014B 2016A 2017B 2017A 2016B Public Beamlines Contract Beamlines Research Frontiers 2017 Research Frontiers 2017 111 Users Year 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 University Foreign National and Public Institute Private Sector 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Number of Proposals Research Term 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B Foreign Private Sector National and Public Institute University 0 200 400 800 600 1000 Number of Proposals Research Term 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B Life Science Chemical Science Medical Application Materials Science and Engineering Earth and Planetary Science Other Environmental Science Industrial Application Users Year 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 University Foreign National and Public Institute Private Sector 0 100 200 300 400 Number of Proposals Research Term 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B Foreign Private Sector National and Public Institute University 0 100 200 300 400 Number of Proposals Research Term 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B Life Science Chemical Science Medical Application Materials Science and Engineering Earth and Planetary Science Other Environmental Science Industrial Application Fig. 8. Numbers of users by affiliation categories (public beamlines). Fig. 10. Numbers of conducted proposals by affiliation (public beamlines). Fig. 12. Numbers of conducted proposals by research area (public beamlines). Fig. 9. Numbers of users by affiliation categories (contract beamlines). Fig. 11. Numbers of conducted proposals by affiliation categories (contract beamlines). Fig. 13. Numbers of conducted proposals by research area (contract beamlines).
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