The User Office Project is an international collaboration to build flexible web software to effectively run and organise user programmes at a variety of science facilities.
We have built this software with flexibility in mind - allowing user officers and user programme managers to configure the software to meet the needs of their facility.
- Scientists can submit proposals based on questionnaires and calls defined by user officers
- User officers can define workflows to describe different facility access routes
- Facility science staff can submit technical reviews on each proposal
- Science evaluation panels can be set up to review proposals
The European Spallation Source (ESS) started building this software in 2018 with the vision that it would work for any facility. The ESS has been using the software to run their Deuteration and Macromolecular Crystallisation (DEMAX) facility since 2020.
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) joined the collaboration with the ESS in 2020. The software has been used to accept proposals for facilities at STFC since late 2021 and has been rolled out to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, and the Central Laser Facility.
If you're interested in the software, contact [email protected]
If you're a developer who wants to see what the software can do, you can follow the instructions in
the user-office-core README.
If you're interested in getting your facility involved with the collaboration, contact [email protected]