Foundation investor proposals are available only to applicants whose organisation is a member of one of the Australian Synchrotron's 11 foundation investor consortia. They are intended for applicants who do not want to apply for merit beamtime and are requesting foundation investor beamtime only. Please note that for the majority of applicants it is recommended that an application is submitted for both normal merit beamtime and foundation investor beamtime. 

If you wish to apply for both merit and foundation investor beamtime please submit a proposal through the normal proposal round.

Please click here to see a list of foundation investor member organisations.

Please note that the foundation investor group to which a proposal is sent is determined by the affiliation of the principal scientist ONLY.

All foundation investor proposals must be submitted online via portal.synchrotron.org.au .

Foundation investor consortia do not have access to all beamlines in every proposal round. To see if your consortia has access to the beamline you require in the current round please click here.