India@DESY user information

How to apply for beamtime at PETRA III?

Indian users who wish to conduct experiments at PETRA III within the context of India@DESY have to submit proposals upon the regular Call for Proposals. The proposals will be reviewed by the India@DESY review panel.
For detailed information on the application procedure and the administrative preparation of your experiment please consult our Users' Guide.

Detailed information

Visa application and Travel reimbursement

Please note the following for your Visa application:

To avoid any delays please start the visa application as soon as possible. Due to changed procedures it may take weeks to months to get an
appointment in the consulate.

Requests for invitation letters are now processed exclusively via DOOR (log in as "General User" and select "Visa - invitation letter" in the section "Preparation of scheduled beamtimes/experiments").

Participants can submit the request as soon as they're registered for the beamtime by the PI of the scheduled proposal.

Travel costs for Indian Users are administrated and reimbursed by the Indian Partner under the DST-DESY project.

Please send detailed information about all participants of a scheduled experiment at PETRA III also to india-desy@jncasr.ac.in.

For support and detailed information on the travel cost reimbursement regulations please contact india-desy@jncasr.ac.in.