Our 5th proposal round closed today, with 195 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, 1062 beam days were requested across ECHIDNA, WOMBAT, KOALA, KOWARI, PLATYPUS, QUOKKA and TAIPAN.
Including strong demand through the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 27% of demand was from overseas (China, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA, Canada, and 9 other countries in Asia and Europe). 53% of demand was from Austalian universities, DSTO and CSIRO, and 20% 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 27-28 July 2010. Approved experiments will be run, starting in October 2010.
The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 24th October 2010.
Published: 30/05/2010