SPEC-E facilities are open to researchers within ANU, Australia and abroad. We operate a PROJECT based system, whereby you are invited to submit a brief proposal (see link below) of the intended analytical work. For our purposes, a project is a group of activities over a finite time period with specific analytical and research objectives and carried out by an individual or small team of investigators. Projects may include one or more sample types (e.g., different minerals), but they should be complementary and necessary for addressing the research question. Projects may comprise one or several analytical sessions.

It’s important we know your objectives and requirements, so please follow the steps below to initiate a project proposal:

1. Please complete the proposal form. Your entries will be sent to you via email.
2. The Professor King or the lab manager will communicate with you after submission and may ask for clarification. Allow up to a week to get a response. On acceptance, you will be given a project number that is used to track all the information generated. This number will be communications with you.