Our 16th proposal round closed last night, with 305 proposals across 6 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, 1471 beam days were requested.
Including strong demand from the National Science Council of Taiwan, roughly 44% of demand was from overseas (China, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, India, the USA, the United Kingdom, Germany and 6 other countries in Europe). 42% of demand was from Australian universities and CSIRO, along with 14% 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 16-17 November 2015. Approved experiments will be run starting in January 2016. The next proposal round is open, with a closing date of 15 March 2016.
Published: 16/09/2015