Our 10th proposal round closed today, with 111 proposals across 5 thermal-neutron instruments, and both Chemical- and Bio-Deuteration at the National Deuteration Facility.
Excluding existing approved programs and the mail-in system on ECHIDNA, 616 beam days were requested across ECHIDNA, WOMBAT, KOALA, KOWARI and TAIPAN. Including strong demand from the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 41% of demand was from overseas (China, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, the USA, and 7 other countries in Asia and Europe).
36% of demand was from Australian universities, and 23% from ANSTO itself. These proposals will now go out for external review by up to 5 referees, with the final recommendations on allocation of beam time, by the Program Advisory Committee in November 2012.
Approved experiments will be run, starting in January 2013 (on TAIPAN) and April 2013 (on the other instruments). The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 15 March 2013.
Published: 15/09/2012