Our 13th proposal round closed last night, with 238 proposals across 4 cold- and 6 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, 1314 beam days were requested.
Including strong demand from the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 42% of demand was from overseas (China, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, India, the USA, South Africa and 10 other countries in Asia and Europe).
42% of demand was from Australian universities, CSIRO, a Medical Research Institute and a prominent museum, along with 16% 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 1-2 May 2014.
Approved experiments will be run, starting in July 2014. The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 15 September 2014.
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Published: 16/03/2014