CHESS Deadlines
2024 Winter Run (2024_1) Important Dates
| Call for Proposals and Beam Time Requests (BTRs) Begins | October 9, 2023 |
| Proposal Deadline | November 22, 2023 |
| Peer Review Deadline for Incoming Proposals | December 6, 2023 |
| Beam Time Request (BTR) Deadline | December 6, 2023 |
| Rapid Access Proposal Submission for MacCHESS and MSN-C beamlines ONLY begins* | December 7, 2023 |
| Run Cycle Begins | January 31, 2024 |
| Run Cycle Ends | April 2, 2024 |
* Rapid Access proposals are selectively accepted. Among the beamlines, only MacCHESS beamlines (7A HP BioSAXS & BioSAXS, and 7B2 HPBio MX & FlexX) and MSN-C beamlines (1A3 SMB and 3B FMB) entertain Rapid Access proposals, thus peer review is ongoing for these beamlines.
CHEXS beamlines (2A PIPOXS, 3A FAST, and 4B QM2) do NOT accept Rapid Access proposals.
2024 Spring Run (2024_2) Important Dates
| Call for Proposals and Beam Time Requests (BTRs) Begins | January 10, 2024 |
| Proposal Deadline | February 21, 2024 |
| Peer Review Deadline for Incoming Proposals | March 6, 2024 |
| Beam Time Request (BTR) Deadline | March 6, 2024 |
| Rapid Access Proposal Submission for MacCHESS and MSN-C beamlines ONLY begins* | March 7, 2024 |
| Run Cycle Begins | May 1, 2024 |
| Run Cycle Ends | July 2, 2024 |
* Rapid Access proposals are selectively accepted. Among the beamlines, only MacCHESS beamlines (7A HP BioSAXS & BioSAXS, and 7B2 HPBio MX & FlexX) and MSN-C beamlines (1A3 SMB and 3B FMB) entertain Rapid Access proposals, thus peer review is ongoing for these beamlines.
CHEXS beamlines (2A PIPOXS, 3A FAST, and 4B QM2) do NOT accept Rapid Access proposals.
Information on Beamlines and the proposal process can be found here.
- If you have never submitted a proposal to CHESS please see the Prospective Users Handbook for more information on the process.
- Users who have already submitted a proposal can find information on the CHESS User Guide.
- For further information please send an email to CHESSUserOffice@cornell.edu