Proposals at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering and National Deuteration Facility
Deadline 15 September 2021, for beam time between January and June 2022.
2021-2 Proposal Round
Outcomes from the 2021-2 Proposal round will be available from mid-June 2021.
The 2022-1 proposal round will open in July 2021 for the following neutron-beam instruments and facilities:
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Echidna (high-resolution powder diffractometer) |
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Wombat (high-intensity powder diffractometer) |
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Kowari (strain scanner) |
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Dingo (neutron radiography/tomography/imaging) |
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Platypus (reflectometer) |
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Spatz (reflectometer) |
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Quokka (pinhole small-angle-neutron scattering) |
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Bilby (TOF small-angle-neutron scattering) |
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Kookaburra (ultra-small-angle neutron scattering) |
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Taipan (thermal-neutron 3-axis spectrometer) |
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Beryllium-filter option on Taipan |
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Sika (cold-neutron 3-axis spectrometer) |
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Pelican (cold-neutron time-of-flight spectrometer) |
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Emu (high-resolution backscattering spectrometer) |
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Biological and Chemical Deuteration (at the National Deuteration Facility) |
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Sample environment equipment available for use on the neutron-beam instruments |
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Physical Properties Measurement System (in conjunction with other neutron-beam instruments and only in a collaborative mode with ANSTO staff) |
The following instruments will not be available for the 2022-1 Round
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Koala (Laue diffractometer) - due to the Koala 2.0 upgrade installation |
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Joey (neutron Laue camera) (in conjunction with other neutron-beam instruments) - due to the Koala 2.0 upgrade installation |
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Small-angle X-ray scattering and X-ray reflectometer (in conjunction with Quokka, Bilby, Platypus or Spatz) - due both X-ray instruments being replaced |
Other Important Information:
- Mail-in proposals can be submitted continuously for the following
Planned user program days:
- 2021-2 Round - July-December 2021
- 126 reactor days - approximately 100 days for user program
- 2022-1 Round - January-June 2022
- 149 reactor days - approximately 100 days for user program
- 149 reactor days - approximately 100 days for user program
- 2021-2 Round - July-December 2022
- 153 reactor days - approximately 100 days for user program
Important notes:
- Applicants should note that the proposal system will not allow a proposal to be submitted if you have outstanding experimental reports.
- Applicants should ensure that any publications resulting from beamtime at ANSTO are entered into the proposal system and linked to the related proposal(s). The peer-review panels will take these into consideration when reviewing the proposals.
- Applicants should ideally discuss their proposal with the appropriate Instrument Scientist before submitting.