Adding a project to a CAP (CAP Principal Investigator)
Once a CAP Principal Investigator has been added to the CAP proposal they must associate one or more CAP Project proposals with the CAP proposal. The simplest way to do this is by following the link send in the email notifying the CAP Principal Investigator of their addition to a CAP.
Alternative, the Principal Investigator can navigate to ‘View’ their proposals from the Dashboard:
Locate the appropriate CAP proposal that has been created by the CAP Program Leader and click the ‘Add a Project to this CAP’ symbol on the right-hand side:
Add the title of the Project; the instrument and round should be selected automatically. Confirm that the ‘Parent Proposal’ listed is the correct CAP proposal:
Click ‘Next’ and create the proposal. You will be taken to the ‘Experiment’ tab of the proposal:
Adding CAP Staff Members to your Project
On the ‘Researchers’ tab click the ‘Add Co-Proposal Scientist’ button to add your group/team members (as appropriate). Enter a family name or an email address to search for the co-proposer in the Portal. When you have identified the correct researcher, click ‘use’ to add them to the proposal, ensuring that the appropriate user role is selected from the dropdown.Complete all of the questions on the ‘Experiment’ tab.
Please note that there can only be a single CAP Principal Investigator per Project proposal.
Enter the Shift Requests for your Project
Enter your MX1 and MX2 shift requests on the ‘Beamline’ tab:
Click the MX*(MX1) or MX*(MX2) tabs and select a shift request from the dropdown:
Please note that this shift request is for 12 months.
Enter your Samples and Figures
Enter your samples and upload any supporting figures on the ‘Samples’ and ‘Figures’ tabs, respectively.
Finalising the CAP Project Proposal
Once you are satisfied that all aspects of the CAP Project Proposal are correct, you can finalise the proposal. Please note that, once finalised, the CAP Program Leader will still be able to edit your proposal. Upon finalisaiton the CAP Principal IN