Call for Proposals
Proposals at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering and National Deuteration Facility
Deadline 15 March 2021, for beam time between July and December 2021.
ANSTO is open for proposals 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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Koala (Laue 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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Joey (neutron Laue camera) (in conjunction with other neutron-beam instruments)* |
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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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Small-angle X-ray scattering* and X-ray reflectometer* (in conjunction with Quokka, Bilby, Platypus or Spatz) |
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Physical Properties Measurement System (in conjunction with other neutron-beam instruments and only in a collaborative mode with ANSTO staff) |
Other Important Information:
- Spatz neutron reflectometer is now available for user experiments
- Mail-in proposals can be submitted continuously for the following
Proposals must be submitted using our online system, Deadline: 15 March 2021.
- For single visit proposals for neutron and X-ray instruments, select round “2021-2 Neutron”
- For 3-year program proposals for neutron instruments and/or bio- or chemical deuteration, select “2021-2 Neutron & NDF Program”
- For National Deuteration Facility proposals, select round "2021-2 Deuteration”
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
- *The following instruments will not be available for the 2022-1 Round
- Koala & Joey due to the Koala 2.0 upgrade installation
- Small-angle X-ray scattering due to replacement
- X-ray reflectometer due to replacement
- 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.