Our 14th proposal round closed last night, with 275 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, 1346 beam days were requested.
Including strong demand from the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 38% of demand was from overseas (China, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, India and 10 other countries in Asia, North America and Europe).
44% of demand was from Australian universities, CSIRO, DSTO and a prominent museum, along with 18% 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 17-18 November 2014.
Approved experiments will be run, starting in January 2015. The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 15 March 2015.
Published: 16/09/2014