Call for proposals

MAX IV opens Calls for proposals twice per year for the User Science Programme. The calls are named according to their beamtime period (and year), not when the call itself opens. The two calls & beamtime cycles are split approximately like this:

Spring Cycle call for proposals

Call opens: September
Approx. Beamtime period:
March – August

Fall Cycle call for proposals

Call opens: February
Approx. Beamtime period:
September – February


Published call results

In order to increase transparency towards our funders and user community, MAX IV management has decided to publish the Main Proposer’s last name and affiliation, and starting Spring24, the full title of the proposal, for all proposals accepted through the User Science Programme.


Fall24 Cycle call for proposals

If you click the beamline name in the leftmost column, it will take you directly to that beamline page.

Standard AccessBAG access
DUO opens for submission2024-02-142024-02-14
Submission deadline 2024-03-06
14:00 / 2PM CET
2024-03-06
14:00 / 2PM CET
Beamtime periodAug 2024 - March 2025Aug 2024 - Aug 2026
MAX IV aims to communicate
final decisions to users during
Week 23Week 23
BalderStandard
BioMAX & FragMAX StandardBAG
BlochStandard
CoSAXSStandardBAG
DanMAXStandard
FemtoMAXStandard
FinEstBeAMSStandard
FlexPES & ICE EndstationStandard
ForMAXStandard
HIPPIEStandard
MAXPEEMStandard
MicroMAXStandardBAG
NanoMAXStandard
SoftiMAXStandard
SPECIESStandard
VERITASStandard

Please note that while MAX IV tries to follow announced schedules, the need might arise to adjust the scope of upcoming calls due to unforeseeable circumstances.

Page manager: User Office December 13, 2023