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Updates & Announcements

September 4 Deadline for General User Proposals—New Proposal Writing Guidelines!

Starting August 14, the User Office will accept new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the 2025-1 (January–July) cycle. The deadline for submissions is September 4, 2024. We will publish new proposal writing guidelines by August 14, so please read the new guidelines before submitting a proposal. Applicants are reminded that they may request joint access to the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience user facility at Berkeley Lab, to support their ALS activities. Read more »

September Call for 2023 and 2024 Publications

All publications resulting from work done in whole, or in part, at the ALS must be recorded by the User Office for the Department of Energy (DOE). Please help ensure our records are complete by reporting your ALS publications, especially those published in 2023 and 2024. Read more »

Vote: ALS Users’ Association Charter Change

The UEC is recommending establishing an ALS Early Career Award, to be presented for the first time at the upcoming User Meeting, to recognize significant scientific contributions from early-career investigators who have performed original and independent research at the ALS. To institute this award, a change must be made to the users’ association charter. Read more »

Save the Date: 2024 ALS User Meeting

Don’t miss the 2024 ALS User Meeting featuring invited speakers, hands-on workshops, tutorials, and a potential collaborative workshop with the ALS and Molecular Foundry. Exciting discussions await, so mark your calendars for August 12–14. Read more »

UEC Special Election

In recognition of a lack of representation for the biosciences on the Users’ Executive Committee, a special election was held in accordance with UEC bylaws, and Grant Shoffner was selected to represent the biosciences community for a one-year term (2024).

Beamline Staff and Partners Continue Science Visioning Discussions

ALS scientific staff and partners held a retreat on January 11 to continue the strategic planning process. Discussions centered around ideas presented at last September’s User Meeting visioning workshops. Stay tuned for the visioning report and ways you can take part in the future of the ALS!

ALS Hosts Facility Directors’ “6-Way” Collaboration Meeting

Last week the ALS hosted directors and staff from the five DOE-BES light sources and, for the first time, the Oak Ridge neutron sources, turning the traditional “5-way” directors’ meeting into a “6-way.” Discussions covered strategic and operational topics of common interest, spanning data and computing, instrumentation, strategic planning, metrics, user processes, and business and administrative practices.