This call is for “Xpress" access to the CLF Octopus, Ultra or Artemis facilities. Xpress is a limited access mechanism (1-2 days per applicant per period) and the call is open all year round until the allocation of days is used up. Please see the main call pages for Octopus & Ultra and Artemis for details of the regular access mechanisms.
To justify Xpress access, your proposal must meet one of the following justification criteria:
- Obtaining supporting information for a proposal prior to submission to the Facility Access Panel (FAP). This will typically follow a recommendation from the FAP regarding a previously unsuccessful proposal that was submitted through either the standard FAP route or an EU call.
- Additional data collection to support the publication of data from a previous access. The previous access will have been approved either through the standard FAP route or an EU call.
NOTE: Only UK travel and subsistence expenses will be funded.The duration of access is limited (1-2 days) and depends on staff and instrument set-up schedules. At present each facility has a limited allocation of days for Xpress access, so please be aware that your application may be declined once this allocation is used.
Applications are reviewed swiftly by the relevant group leaders and division head.
Eligibility
The main applicant eligibility criteria are:- Applicants must hold an academic position, which includes postdoctoral researcher positions
- The academic position must last for the duration of the scheduling period
- PhD students can be co-investigators, but not the main applicant
GuidelinesPlease contact a facility staff member or Andy Ward to discuss timescales and feasibility before writing a proposal. See the web pages for Octopus staff and techniques, Ultra staff and techniques, and Artemis staff and technical specifications to find an appropriate contact for your proposal.
Please use the 
Xpress access template for your science case.
Submission
Please submit all applications to LSF Xpress Access. If it is the first time you've used the online submission system, you may find it useful to read the documentation
here.
For any queries about using the proposal system that are not answered by the documentation above, contact fase-support@stfc.ac.uk.
