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Is it mandatory?
The submission of an Experiment Report is mandatory for each beamtime session conducted at TARLA that is publicly funded. This requirement applies to all types of TARLA public proposal schemes, including long-term projects (LTP) and in-house research activities.
For commercial beamtime or beamline commissioning (BLC) studies, the submission of an Experiment Report is not required. However, users may submit a report voluntarily if desired.
Content, submission and deadlines
The report template consists of a summary table describing the experimental session, accompanied by a 1.5-page free-text section that briefly outlines the experiment and summarizes the results obtained, clearly indicating the level of success of the experiment.
The Experiment Report must be submitted via the TARLA User Portal no later than 3 months after the end of the experiment. For reports supporting new project proposals, the deadline may be extended to approximately 3 days after the proposal submission deadline. A “preliminary report” may be submitted to support a new proposal; this can later be replaced by the final report within 3 months after the end of the experiment.
Experiment Reports must be uploaded through the TARLA User Portal under the section corresponding to the approved proposal.
Confidentiality?
In accordance with the TARLA Data Policy, Experiment Reports will remain under embargo for 3 years (for publicly funded beamtime). During this period, they will only be accessible via the TARLA User Portal to the Proposal Review Panel, TARLA Management, the User Office, and beamline managers. After the 3-year embargo period, reports will be made publicly available through the landing page of the experiment in the TARLA Data Portal.
Reports and proposal review
Proposal Review Panel members place particular emphasis on the submission and content of Experiment Reports from the applicant team. Each new proposal lists the team’s past beamtime activity at TARLA, along with the submission status of the corresponding Experiment Reports. Applicants may highlight up to three Experiment Reports as “relevant reports” to support their new proposal. Missing reports for experiments completed more than 3 months ago, as well as missing reports for more recent experiments designated as “relevant reports” in the proposal form, will most likely result in the rejection of the new proposal.
Please ensure that you use the most recent template provided below for your Experiment Report and carefully follow the instructions on the first page.