Our 8th proposal round closed today, with 149 proposals across 5 thermal- and one cold-neutron instruments, and both Chemical and Bio-Deuteration at the National Deuteration Facility.
Including existing approved programs and the mail-in system on ECHIDNA, 971 beam days were requested across ECHIDNA, WOMBAT, KOALA, KOWARI, TAIPAN and PLATYPUS.
Including strong demand from the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 31% of demand was from overseas (China, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, the UK, the USA, South Africa, Canada and 5 other countries in Asia and Europe).
46% of demand was from Austalian universities and CSIRO, 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 2011.
Approved experiments will be run, starting in January 2012. The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 15 March 2012.
Published: 15/09/2011