Our 6th proposal round closed today, with 172 proposals across 7 neutron beam instruments, and both Chemical and Bio-Deuteration at the National Deuteration Facility.
Including existing approved programs and the mail-in system on ECHIDNA, 969 beam days were requested across ECHIDNA, WOMBAT, KOALA, KOWARI, PLATYPUS, QUOKKA and TAIPAN. Including strong demand from the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 46% of demand was from overseas (USA, China, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, Germany, South Africa, and 4 other countries in Europe).
37% of demand was from Austalian universities, CSIRO and Food Science Australia, and 17% 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 on 3-4 February 2011.
Approved experiments will be run, starting in April 2011. The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 22 May 2011.
Published: 24/10/2010