Rapid Access

Rapid access is available for many of the instruments at Diamond. Rapid access applications can normally be submitted at any time, although some instruments hold a call for rapid access proposals.

There are different flavours of rapid access depending on the instrument required:

• Normal instrument access - you would attend a normal Diamond session for example to carry out a feasibility study or collect additional data for a publication of thesis.
• Fully remote instrument access - you would send your sample to Diamond and carry out you own experiment by logging in remotely to the beamline.
• Sample based access - you would send your sample to Diamond and our beamline science team will analyse it at a time when the instrument is not otherwise being used.

 All proposals should be submitted on line in UAS. 

The workflow for rapid access is simple.

• Submit your proposal
• The Diamond PBS carries out a Peer Review of the proposal and sends out the results.

If successful:

• A session will be scheduled for your access
• Submit your session investigators and Experimental Risk Assessment (ERA)
• Carry out your experiments at Diamond, remotely or Diamond staff will do this
• Complete the session feedback
• Provide an experiment report, highlighting the outcome of your research at Diamond