LCLS Run 25 Call for Proposals & Virtual Town Hall Meeting
LCLS Call for Proposals for period: September 2025 – February 2026 (Run 25 Hard X-rays and Soft X-rays)
Submission Deadline: 04 March 2025 (4:00 PM Pacific Time)
We are pleased to announce the call for LCLS Proposals for Run 25. This Run will offer capabilities on the soft X-ray instruments using the beam from the new LCLS-II superconducting high repetition rate accelerator. It also offers a continuation of the existing hard X-ray instruments, with dedicated use of the LCLS copper accelerator.
Full details of the Run 25 proposal call: https://lcls.slac.stanford.edu/proposals/run25-regular
For Run 25, Proposals must be submitted through the Universal Proposal System (UPS) - for information about this new system and to learn more about the features and functionality of this new tool please visit the link below:
Universal Proposal System Information
Virtual Town Hall Meeting
A Virtual LCLS “Town Hall” User Meeting to discuss Run 25 will be held at 9:00 am Pacific Daylight Time on February 06, 2025.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 10:10 am | Plenary Session | Zoom Recording | Download Slides |
| 9:00 am | Current LCLS Status & Plans | Mike Dunne Director, LCLS | |
| 9:15 am | Universal Proposal System | Leilani Conradson / Paul Jones LCLS User Office | |
| 9:23 am | User Executive Committee Update | Silvia Pandolfi LCLS UEC Vice Chair | |
| 9:26 am | Short Proposal Program Update | Sandra Mous LCLS Scientist | |
| 9:31 am | Accelerator Plans for Run 25 | Axel Brachmann / Tim Maxwell Accelerator Dept. Head | |
| 9:40 am | Soft X-ray Instrument Capabilities | James Cryan / Kristjan Kunnus /Georgi Dakovski TMO/chemRIXS/qRIXS Instrument Leads | |
| 9:50 am | Hard X-ray Instrument Capabilities | Sebastien Boutet Experimental Operations Director | |
| 9:55 am | Data systems | Jana Thayer Data Systems Dept. Head | |
| 10:10 am-11:00 am | Breakout Sessions/Office Hours by Instrument | ||
| TMO | James Cryan | Recording | |
| MEC | Eric Galtier | Recording | |
| MFX | Leland Gee / Sebastian Dehe | Recording | |
| qRIXS | Georgi Dakovski | Recording | |
| XCS / XPP | Matthieu Chollet / Takahiro Sato | Recording | |
| chemRIXS | Kristjan Kunnus | Recording | |
| CXI | Meng Liang | Recording | |
Universal Proposal System - Office Hours
To help users with the transition to the new proposal submission tool, we have scheduled open "Office Hours" to provide technical support and assistance for any users learning how to use UPS.
| Date | Time | Zoom details |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2025 | 9:30 am PST | Zoom Link |
| February 19, 2025 | 9:30 am PST | Zoom Link |
| February 26, 2025 | 9:30 am PST | Zoom Link |
| March 3, 2025 | 9:00 am PST | Zoom Link |
| March 3, 2025 | 12:00 pm PST | Zoom Link |
