[Neutron] NCNR CALL FOR PROPOSALS

[William Kamitakahara]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the 
NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).

The deadline for new AND continuation proposals is FEBRUARY 7, 2007.

Continuation proposals must be accompanied by an experimental report.

Quick Access Proposals may be submitted at any time, but are held to a 
higher standard

Approved new and continuation proposals will be allocated instrument time 
in the period from April through October 2007

NEW!! -- MAIL-IN SAMPLES FOR POWDER DIFFRACTION
We will accept proposals for experiments on the BT1 powder diffractometer 
on "mail-in" samples. That is, for approved proposals, samples may be 
mailed to NCNR staff, who will execute the data collection. Up to 25% of 
BT1 instrument time may be allocated to such proposals.

Please see our Web pages ( http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/current_call.html) 
for details.

Note: Proposals should be submitted using the proposal form we have been 
using for a number of years.  Only internal beam time requests are to be 
submitted on the new NCNR-IMS system.
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Instruments being offered in the current call for proposals are:

--Instruments supported by the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering

Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) - 30 m (NG3)
Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering (USANS) instrument
Cold Neutron Triple-Axis with Polarized Beam Option (SPINS)
Backscattering Spectrometer
Disk-Chopper Spectrometer
Neutron Spin-Echo Spectrometer

--Other instruments

Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) - 30 m (NG7)
Reflectometer - horizontal geometry
Reflectometer - vertical geometry
AND/R Diffractometer/Reflectometer
Neutron Imaging Facility
High-Resolution Powder diffractometer

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Please submit your proposals by using our Web page proposal form, which 
permits quick and efficient processing of your submission.

Applicants should list publications resulting from use of previously 
allocated instrument time. There is a strict length limit of 8000 
characters for the description of research section. Note the Tips on 
Proposal Writing section in the proposal instructions.

We would appreciate being informed of any papers published or in press 
since January 1, 2006, that have resulted from NCNR instrument time or from 
collaboration with NCNR staff. Please send citation references to 
julie.keyser at nist.gov, including title, authors, affiliations, journal, 
volume, pages, and year of publication.

Additional information:

Monetary assistance is available through an outreach program of the 
University of Maryland, for new NCNR users from U.S. universities (up to a 
maximum of $500). Preference is given to graduate students, postdoctoral 
fellows, and junior faculty. See details at 
<http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html>http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html

Travel support is also available for graduate students not yet committed to 
specific thesis projects. Such students may be supported on a visit to the 
NCNR to observe or participate in an experiment, accompanying a university 
group with a scheduled experiment. See details at 
<http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html>http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html
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William Kamitakahara
100 Bureau Drive, stop 8562
NIST
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8562
wkamitakahara at nist.gov
(301) 975-6878
FAX (301) 921-9847

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REMEMBER: THE DEADLINE FOR NEW AND CONTINUATION PROPOSALS IS Wednesday, 
February 7, 2007.