Information on data to be provided concerning the scientific use of the ESRF

We inform you that, further to a decision of the ESRF Council, the information listed below will be provided to the Heads of Delegation of the Contracting Parties and Observers from Scientific Associate countries to the Council (the Recipients of Information) with the purpose of allowing them to monitor the scientific use of the ESRF.

The Recipients of Information have signed an agreement with the ESRF whereby they undertake not to provide the information supplied by the ESRF to any third party for a use that could be detrimental to the users' interests. The Recipients of Information will receive information on:

  • the proposal number and title
  • the name and affiliation of the main proposer and co-proposers
  • the requested and assigned beamline(s), and
  • the requested, allocated and (as appropriate) delivered beam time (in number of shifts of eight hours).

The provision of this data applies to both ESRF and CRG proposals for non-proprietary use. It does NOT apply to proposals for proprietary research where all data remain strictly confidential.

Please note that the above mentioned information will be provided once a year, in June, and will refer to the beamtime used in the previous year: in June of year n, information will be provided on the beamtime used between 1st March of year n-1 and end of February of year n.


Additional information for all UK users

Upon request of the UK funding body, ESRF management has agreed to provide additional information concerning the funding source(s) that underpin the research programmes of UK users of the facility.

All UK users, both main and co-proposers, are therefore invited to provide the following information to the ESRF, within two months of each proposal submission:

  • proposal number
  • proposal title
  • funding source of research programme (agency, council, university...)
    • title of the grant (or equivalent)
    • reference number of grant (or equivalent)


This information should be sent to the ESRF by using the following dedicated email address only: uk.esrf@esrf.fr, giving the proposal number as the "Subject Heading" in the format: XX-123.

This information will be provided by ESRF Management to the UK Head of Delegation together with the other data once a year. It will refer to the beamtime used in the previous year: in June of year n, information will be provided on the beamtime used between 1st March of year n-1 and end of February of year n.