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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/our-facilities/australian-centre-for-neutron-scattering/call-for-proposals"><b>Call for Proposals</b></a><b><span style="color:black"> at ANSTO’s
</span></b></span><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/acns/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> (ACNS) and
</span></b><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ndf"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Deuteration Facility</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> (NDF) – Round 2022-1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">UPDATE: The ACNS & NDF 2022-1 proposal round deadline has been extended to 15 February 2022 (for instrument time from July 2022) due to the significant experimental backlog that has been created as result
of the COVID lockdown in Sydney.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Submission Deadline</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">:
<span style="color:#ED7D31">15 February 2022, for instrument time between July and December 2022</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposals must be submitted on-line at:
</span></b><a href="http://portal.ansto.gov.au/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://portal.ansto.gov.au/
</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Important Changes:</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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The user portal has been transitioned to the <a href="https://portal.ansto.gov.au/" target="_blank">
ANSTO Research Portal (ARP)</a> and you will need to create a new account in the ARP if you do not already have an account in the ARP. Please refer to the
<a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/media/4451/download/">ACNS & NDF ARP user guide</a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="color:black">ANSTO is undertaking an </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/anonymised-review">Anonymised Review Trial</a></span> which requires users to comply with the requirements outlined on the
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/anonymised-review">Anonymised Review Trial</a></span> webpage. We encourage you to participate in one of the information sessions which will be run every Wednesday up to the proposal deadline (see
the <a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/anonymised-review">Anonymised Review Trial</a> webpage for full details).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ACNS</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> is open</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> for proposals</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> for the following neutron-beam instruments
and facilities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/echidna">Echidna</a> (high-resolution powder diffractometer)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/wombat">Wombat</a> (high-intensity diffractometer)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/koala">Koala</a> (Laue diffractometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/joey">Joey</a> (neutron Laue camera)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/kowari">Kowari</a> (strain scanner)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/dingo">Dingo</a> (neutron radiography/tomography/imaging)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/platypus">Platypus</a> (reflectometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/spatz">Spatz</a> (reflectometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/quokka">Quokka</a> (pinhole small-angle-neutron scattering)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/bilby">Bilby</a> (TOF small-angle-neutron scattering)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/kookaburra">Kookaburra</a> (ultra-small-angle neutron scattering)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/taipan">Taipan</a> (thermal-neutron 3-axis spectrometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:27.0pt">
<a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/user-access/instruments/neutron-scattering-instruments/taipan/technical-information">Beryllium-filter option</a> on Taipan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/sika">Sika</a> (cold-neutron 3-axis spectrometer)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/pelican">Pelican</a> (cold-neutron time-of-flight spectrometer)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/emu">Emu</a> (high-resolution backscattering spectrometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/user-access/instruments/other-instruments-and-services/small-angle-x-ray-scattering-instruments" target="_blank">Small-angle X-ray scattering</a> and
<a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/user-access/instruments/other-instruments-and-services/small-angle-x-ray-scattering-instruments/x" target="_blank">
X-ray reflectometer</a> (in conjunction with <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/quokka" target="_blank">Quokka</a>, <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/bilby" target="_blank">Bilby</a>,
<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/platypus" target="_blank">Platypus</a> or <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/spatz" target="_blank">
Spatz</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/user-access/instruments/other-instruments-and-services/sample-environments">Sample environment equipment</a> available for use on the neutron-beam instruments (<a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/media/4447/download">Sample
environment equipment handbook</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/physical-properties-measurement-system">Physical Properties Measurement System</a><span style="color:black"> (only in collaborative mode with ANSTO staff)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NDF</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> is open</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b>for proposals</b> for </span><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/our-facilities/national-deuteration-facility/instruments/biodeuteration"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#033160">Biological</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">and<b><span style="color:#7F7F7F"> </span>
</b></span><a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/user-access/instruments/deuteration/chemical-deuteration"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#033160">Chemical</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Deuteration<b><span style="color:#5B9BD5"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Enquiries can be emailed to:<b>
</b></span><a href="mailto:ndf-enquiries@ansto.gov.au"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ndf-enquiries@ansto.gov.au</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#5B9BD5">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#5B9BD5"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For NDF users who wish to receive their deuterated or isotopically labelled molecules in the first half of 2022 (January-June) for experiments which can be performed during this period, please contact NDF
via <a href="mailto:ndf-enquiries@ansto.gov.au">ndf-enquiries@ansto.gov.au</a> to discuss further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Proposal Types – “ACNS & NDF 2022-1” Round<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ACNS <o:p>
</o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">For single visit proposals for ACNS neutron instruments, select “Normal”
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="color:black">For 3-year program proposals for ACNS neutron instruments, select “Program Proposal – Neutron”
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">NDF<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:middle">
For proposals for NDF deuteration and/or multiple isotopic labelling capabilities (for non-neutron applications or overseas neutron experiments), select “Deuteration”
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="color:black">For 3-year program proposals for </span>NDF deuteration and/or multiple isotopic labelling capabilities (for non-neutron applications or overseas neutron experiments)<span style="color:black"> select “Program Proposal - Deuteration”
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Combined ACNS & NDF<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:middle">
For single visit proposals for ACNS neutron instruments which require synthesis of deuterated molecules by the NDF for the proposed experiments, select “Deuteration / Neutron”
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="color:black">For 3-year program proposals for ACNS neutron instruments and NDF deuteration capabilities, select “Program Proposal – Deuteration / Neutron”
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Other Important Information:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="color:black">It is probable that </span><a href="https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions">international travel restrictions</a><span style="color:black"> to visit Australia will remain in place until Mid-2022, which will restrict
international users from participating in approved experiments. ANSTO will consider running ACNS experiments in mail-in mode (where feasible) or alternatively Australian collaborators could attend ANSTO and run your experiment for you. Where experiments are
undertaken as mail-in, costs including sample mailing and importation fees will be charged back to users.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
Applicants should ideally discuss their proposal with the appropriate ACNS Instrument Scientist and/or NDF scientist before submitting.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="color:black">Mail-in proposals can be submitted continuously using the Legacy ACNS Portal (<a href="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/">https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/</a>) for the following ACNS capabilities:</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/user-access/instruments/neutron-scattering-instruments/echidna/services-echidna">Powder Diffraction on Echidna</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;vertical-align:middle">
<a href="https://www.ansto.gov.au/research/user-office/instruments/neutron-scattering-instruments/quokka/services">Small-Angle Neutron Scattering on Quokka</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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