Welcome to the Australian Synchrotron Development Plan Homepage!

The Australian Synchrotron has embarked on a process of planning the next major phase of development of Australia’s biggest scientific user facility. Beginning with a series of nationwide workshops, the process will ultimately lead to the production of the Australian Synchrotron Development Plan in early 2010. The aim of the Development Plan is to identify and prioritise major projects (beamlines, ancillaries and development of existing beamlines) that will provide the roadmap for the future of the Australian Synchrotron.

The projects will be developed through an open, consultative process being driven by members of the scientific community in consultation with the AS and its staff.

The ASDP aims are:

• To rationalise and justify future funding for the Australian Synchrotron on a sound scientific basis
• To identify the most effective combination of projects going forward, in order to maximise benefit to, and satisfy identified demand in, the Australian and New Zealand scientific communities
• To identify leading edge projects in which local scientists can become, or continue to be, world leading
• To effectively engage the scientific community in the process of moving forward

Please bookmark this page and visit regularly to see what projects are being proposed and developed and to register your interest in these.

Read more about the ASDP process including how to launch a project on these pages:

• Submission Process View the criteria for submitting a project.
• Projects Look through proposed projects and join the mailing lists to be kept updated.