Research Frontiers 2020 Research Frontiers 2020 124 SPring-8 calls for public use proposals twice a year, in principle. However, proposals were not called for 2020B because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 being provided by the division's coordinators. Currently, Industrial Application Proposals account for approximately 16%– 18% of the total number of proposals conducted at the public beamlines. There always exist those companies and research institutes that find it difficult to retain specialized staff and to accommodate the need for quick access to SPring-8. To appropriately respond to this circumstance, the SPring-8 Measurement Service has been established. In this framework of service, JASRI staff members perform measurements on behalf of users. It is up to the users whether to come to SPring-8 and be present during the measurements or to simply send their samples to SPring-8. As far as the formalization of the proposal system is concerned, applications for this service are treated as proprietary, and, therefore, are subject to the conditions applied to proprietary beamtime and the user beamtime fee for Time-Designated Proposals (calculated in two- hour increments), as mentioned in the previous section. Currently, the Industrial Application Division of JASRI is carrying out XAFS measurements on behalf of users at BL14B2. Since 2009B, the purview of the SPring-8 Measurement Service has been expanded by including Mail-in Protein Crystallography Data Collection at BL38B1 and Powder X-ray Diffraction at BL19B2. In addition, the Feasibility Study Proposal for Industrial Application was introduced in 2018A. The Feasibility Study Proposal for Industrial Application is designed to provide a simple procedure for beamtime application to SPring-8 for users who are interested in the use of SPring-8 or considering an application to SPring-8. Feasibility Study Proposals for Industrial Applications are considered a form of proprietary proposals and are subject to the proprietary beamtime fee and user fee applicable to “Proprietary Time-Designated Proposals.” All three Engineering Science Research Beamlines (BL14B2, BL19B2 and BL46XU) as well as measurement techniques at these beamlines are available to this proposal. The staff of the Industrial Application Division of the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) will perform measurements at SPring-8 on behalf of users, in common with Measurement Services. Therefore, users can choose whether to come to SPring-8 and be present during the measurements or to simply send their samples to SPring-8. Protein Crystallography Automatic Data Collection was introduced in 2019B; users need only to send samples to SPring-8 to obtain data (no visit required). SPring-8 has been consistently providing ~4,500 h of user beamtime per year. Since the start of its operation in 1997, SPring-8 has succeeded in providing users with 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 ) 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 Industry Creation Proposal New Industial Area Proposal Trial-Use Cross-SR Facility Use Proposal for Industrial Application Industrial Application Proposals Using Advanced Technology PX-BL Automatic Data Collection Feasibility Study Proposals 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 18B 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 19A 19B 20A 2019 2020 for Industry Research Frontiers 2020 Research Frontiers 2020 125 a total beamtime of 91,859 h. 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. 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 fiscal year. Fig. 7. Numbers of users visits by research term. Number of Proposals Research Term 2017B 2017A 2016B 2018B 2018A 2019B 2019A 2020A 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 Contract Beamlines Public Beamlines 0 300 600 900 1200 1500 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 Number of Proposals Aproval Rate (%) Research Term 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 2018A 2018B 2019A 2019B 2020A Submitted Approved Approved/Submitted 0 20 40 60 80 100 Number of Users First time users Repeated users Fiscal Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 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 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B Research Term Public Beamlines Contract Beamlines Users 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Research Frontiers 2020 Research Frontiers 2020 126 Research Term 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B Users University Foreign National and Public Institute Private Sector 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Number of Proposals Research Term 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Foreign Private Sector National and Public Institute University Number of Proposals Research Term 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Life Science Chemical Science Medical Applications Materials Science and Engineering Earth and Planetary Science Others Environmental Science Industrial Applications University Foreign National and Public Institute Private Sector Users Research Term 2013A 2013B 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 Number of Proposals Research Term 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B 0 100 200 300 400 Foreign Private Sector National and Public Institute University Number of Proposals Research Term 2014A 2014B 2015A 2015B 2016A 2016B 2017A 2017B 2018A 2018B 2019A 2020A 2019B 0 100 200 300 400 Life Science Chemical Science Medical Applications Materials Science and Engineering Earth and Planetary Science Others Environmental Science Industrial Applications 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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