You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).

The deadline for new AND continuation proposals is November 3, 2008.

NEW PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM
You must have an account, or create one, on the new NCNR Information Management System (NCNR-IMS) to submit a proposal. See our pages at http://www.ncnr.nist.gov ,  http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/current_call.html and http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/howprop.html for details.  Also, please complete the Submit Visitor Registration Form NOW if you have any intention of submitting a proposal and subsequently visiting the NCNR.
Continuation proposals must be accompanied by an experimental report.
Quick Access Proposals may be submitted at any time, but are held to a higher standard
Approved new and continuation proposals will be allocated instrument time in the period from January through July 2009.

<http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/instruments/bt7_new/>BT7 TRIPLE-AXIS SPECTROMETER AVAILABLE TO GENERAL USERS
In this call, we are offering 50% of the time on the new BT7 thermal 3-axis to users through proposals. The instrument features large double-focusing monochromating and analyzing elements, and consequently provides superior signal intensity at a given energy resolution. Polarized beam operation is available through the use of 3He spin filters in the incident and/or scattered beams.

<http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/mail_in_bt1.html>MAIL-IN SAMPLES FOR POWDER DIFFRACTION
We will accept proposals for experiments on the BT1 powder diffractometer on "mail-in" samples. That is, for approved proposals, samples may be mailed to NCNR staff, who will execute the data collection. Up to 25% of BT1 instrument time may be allocated to such proposals.

Please see our Web pages ( http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/current_call.html) for details.

Instruments being offered in the current call for proposals are:

Instruments supported by the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering

Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) - 30 m (NG3)
Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering (USANS) instrument
Cold Neutron Triple-Axis with Polarized Beam Option (SPINS)
Backscattering Spectrometer
Disk-Chopper Spectrometer
Neutron Spin-Echo Spectrometer

Other instruments

Thermal Neutron Triple-Axis with Polarized Beam Option (BT7)
Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) - 30 m (NG7)
Reflectometer - horizontal geometry
Reflectometer - vertical geometry
AND/R Diffractometer/Reflectometer
Neutron Imaging Facility
High-Resolution Powder diffractometer

Applicants should list publications resulting from use of previously allocated instrument time. There is a strict length limit of 8000 characters for the description of research section. Note the Tips on Proposal Writing section in the proposal instructions.

IMPORTANT - Please inform us of any papers published or in press since August 1, 2008, that have resulted from NCNR instrument time or from collaboration with NCNR staff. Please send citation references to [email protected], including title, authors, affiliations, journal, volume, pages, and year of publication.

Additional information:

Monetary assistance is available through an outreach program of the University of Maryland, for new NCNR users from U.S. universities (up to a maximum of $500). Preference is given to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. See details at <http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html>http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html

Travel support is also available for graduate students not yet committed to specific thesis projects. Such students may be supported on a visit to the NCNR to observe or participate in an experiment, accompanying a university group with a scheduled experiment. See details at <http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html>http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html

William Kamitakahara
100 Bureau Drive, stop 8562
NIST
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8562
[email protected]
(301) 975-6878
FAX (301) 921-9847

REMEMBER: THE DEADLINE FOR NEW AND CONTINUATION PROPOSALS IS Monday, November 3, 2008.