The next step is to complete an online EMC Proposal form. Proposals
may be submitted at any time. When received, your proposal will be
routed by the Director of the EMC for a technical and feasibility
review. It will then be sent to the Proposal Review Committee for
peer review. The Proposal Review Committee meets quarterly and will
next meet at the end of February 2009 to review proposals that have
been received by February 18, 2009. Before you start writing the
proposal, you should note the following items:
1. The EMC Proposal Web site will limit you to an access time of 1 hour. A PDF version of the proposal form can be downloaded here so that you may better plan for your online proposal submission. To use your time efficiently, we suggest that you compose your proposal off-line and then cut-and-paste once you are logged in.
2. If you are using a computer that is behind the APS firewall, you will need to configure your browser to access the EMC Proposal form. This link will provide you with the information you need to do that.
3. Please
fill out the form carefully, providing all of the requested
information. Because each research project is unique, potential
users are strongly encouraged to discuss the proposed research with
EMC staff before submitting a proposal
4. The Proposal Review Committee wants
proposers to describe the open scientific question to be solved by
use of the EMC. For more routine confirmation of sample quality,
etc., the open question solved by other analyses being done should be
described in simple terms (but not just "these results will improve
the properties of XYZ"). Renewing/continuing proposals should
include a list of notable scientific achievement(s) during previous
EMC research periods and the role EMC played. This is not a list of
experiments done or papers published (although published papers
should also be listed).
5. Log in to the online EMC Proposal form with username "guest" with no password.
Details on types of access is available 
