We wish to inform you that the eleventh Call for proposals is now open for the user period April 01st, 2026, to September 30th, 2026.
The deadline for submitting proposals is November 18th, 2025 at 23:59 (Jordan time).
Proposals must be prepared and submitted through the online portal:
https://sup.sesame.org.jo/pls/vuo/guest.startup
Before preparing your proposal, please carefully check all the information available at the address: https://www.sesame.org.jo/beamlines. We would recommend that you contact the relevant beamline staff to discuss your proposed project.
The SESAME five operational beamlines:
BM02 - IR Infrared spectromicroscopy beamline.
More: https://www.sesame.org.jo/beamlines/ir
BM08 - XAFS/XRF (X-ray Absorption Fine Structure/X-ray Fluorescence) spectroscopy beamline
More: https://www.sesame.org.jo/beamlines/xafs-xrf
ID09 - MS/XPD Materials Science/X-ray Powder Diffraction beamline
More: https://www.sesame.org.jo/beamlines/ms
ID10 - BEATS (BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME) beamline
More: https://www.sesame.org.jo/beamlines/beats
ID11L - HESEB Helmholtz SESAME soft X-ray beamline.
More: https://www.sesame.org.jo/beamlines/heseb
Important Note: Reporting Requirement
Starting from the next Call (open for the user period October 01st, 2026 to March 31st, 2027), SESAME will activate a reporting procedure. Users that have been allocated beamtime in the present call will be required to submit an Experiment Report for each beamtime session that has already been performed. The Experiment Report will need to briefly summarise the experiment and will be accessible to the Proposal Review Committee, SESAME Management, and beamline staff.