Proposal Deadlines

Upcoming proposal deadlines:

ReMade-SME call

2025/02/03
till 2026/04/15
All-day event
Location: Europe (various)

ReMade Pre-Proposal Submission

2025/09/01
till 2026/05/15
All-day event
Location: Europe (a variety of locations)

Under the pre-proposal call, scientists can benefit from the support of the ReMade@ARI’s Smart Science Cluster team to develop their preliminary research idea(s) into a full ReMade-TNA proposal.

Rolling Call for ReMade-TNA

2025/09/01
till 2026/05/29
All-day event
Location: Europe (various)

Under the new Rolling Call, proposals can be submitted at any time during the period September 2025 – May 2026, giving scientists more flexibility and time to carefully prepare, develop, and refine their research ideas.

RIANA (Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology) – TNA User Access

2026/02/06
till 2026/12/31
All-day event
Location: Various locations where participating research instruments and synchrotron facilities are located

The RIANA – TNA Access is Now Open.

We accept user proposals based on a “continuous call” concept.

Applications for Pre-proposals are not mandatory but are highly encouraged.

RIANA (Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology) – SME User Access

2026/02/06
till 2026/12/31
All-day event
Location: Various locations where participating research instruments and synchrotron facilities are located

The SME Call for Proposals is Now Open. 

The application is open throughout the project and implemented as a rolling call.

ALBA Call for Proposals

2026/06/01
till 2026/12/31
All-day event
Location: Barcelona, Spain

The Call for Proposals for the 2026-II cycle for beamlines and microscopes is now open.

  • Deadline: March 3rd, 2026, at 14:00 (CEST)

The Call for Proposals for the 2026-II cycle will cover experiments scheduled from end of June to December 2026, except for the MX Beamlines, which will cover the entire year.

  • Information about the specifics of the beamlines can be obtained here
  • Information about the specifics of the microscopes can be obtained here

For those users applying to MSPD, CLAESS and NOTOS: if your proposal goes to the waiting list, it can be moved to another beamline in case enough beamtime is available. Please, indicate your preferred beamline and the second option in the text of the proposal.

Applications for researcher’s access to beamlines and electron microscopes will be submitted the user office portal.

CLS Call for Proposals

2026/07/01
till 2026/12/31
All-day event
Location: Canadian Light Source Inc.
44 Innovation Boulevard
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Twice a year, the CLS opens a Call for Proposals during which time proposals are accepted for peer-reviewed access to beamtime in the upcoming cycle. Each cycle is typically 6 months long. Successful proposals become active projects at the CLS and remain active for 2 years. During an open Call for Proposals, beamtime requests (BTRs) for active projects can also be submitted for consideration in the upcoming cycle.

CycleScheduling PeriodCall OpenCall ClosePRC Meeting
(Week of)
Results Announced
(Week of)
42July-Dec 2026Jan 28, 2026Feb 25, 2026Apr 20, 2026May 4, 2026

BESSY II – call for proposals by 1st March 2026 (CET 11.59 pm)

2026/07/01
till 2026/12/31
All-day event
Location: BESSY II, Berlin, Germany

Round – 2026-II Beamtime period – July 2026 – January 2027

Deadline – 01.03.2026 (CET 11.59 pm)

Diamond call for proposals

2026/10/01
till 2027/03/31
All-day event
Location: Diamond, Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK

The next submission for proposals for AP40 is open. The call for proposals for AP40 (October 2026 – March 2027) is open and proposals must be submitted by Wednesday 25th March 2026 at 17:00hrs UTC/GMT.

For submissions of proposals please see here: Apply for beamtime.

For updates to the XChem BAG submission see: XChem BAG submission 

For MX related proposals please refer to the MX Responsive Beamtime Guide.

BESSY II – call for proposals by 1st September 2026 (CET 11.59 pm)

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All-day event
Location: BESSY II, Berlin, Germany

Round 2027-I Beamtime peroid January 2027 – July 2027

Deadline 01.09.2026 (CET 11.59 pm)