The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is responsible for advising the APS Associate Laboratory Director in the following areas:

• To evaluate the scientific output and facility utilization for all APS sectors.
• To examine performance and recommend appropriate beamtime allocation for existing Collaborative Access Teams (CATs).
• To evaluate Letters of Intent and scientific proposals for new and reconstituted CATs.
• To provide advice to and review decisions by APS management on special operations support for CATs.
• To review Special Program proposals, a new mode of access that will guarantee 10-30% the beam time per year on any sector for a finite period of time.
• To assist the APS with development of policies and other issues as appropriate.