[Neutron] NCNR CALL FOR PROPOSALS

[wkamitakahara at nist.gov]

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 June 4, 2009.

Note that this is the last call before a long (approx. 10 month) shutdown
starting in the late spring of 2010. The shutdown is related to a major
expansion of facilities at the NCNR.

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

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM      

You must have an account, or create one, on the new NCNR Information
Management System (NCNR-IMS) to submit a proposal. See our pages at
http://www.ncnr.nist.gov for details.  Also, please complete the Submit
Visitor Registration Form NOW if you have any intention of submitting a
proposal and subsequently visiting the NCNR.
  
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 September 2009 through April 2010.
  
BT7 TRIPLE-AXIS SPECTROMETER AVAILABLE TO GENERAL USERS
In this call, we are offering 50% of the time on the new BT7 thermal 3-axis
to users through proposals.

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. (See
http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/instruments/bt1/bt1_mailin.html )

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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

Thermal Neutron Triple-Axis with Polarized Beam Option (BT7)   
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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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.

IMPORTANT - Please inform us of any papers published or in press since
August 1, 2008, that have resulted from NCNR instrument time or from
collaboration with NCNR staff. Please send citation references to
tanya.burke at nist.gov, including title, authors, affiliations, journal,
volume, pages, and year of publication.

Additional information:

Some 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

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William Kamitakahara   
wkamitakahara at nist.gov   
(301) 975-6878      
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REMEMBER: THE DEADLINE FOR NEW AND CONTINUATION PROPOSALS IS Thursday, June
4, 2009.