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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>CALL FOR PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The deadline for all proposals is September 10, 2012. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You must have an account, or create one, on the new NCNR Information Management System (NCNR-IMS) to submit a proposal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See our pages at http://www.ncnr.nist.gov for details. Our proposal form now REQUIRES you to upload the description of your proposed <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>experiment as a pdf file. Please complete the Submit Visitor Registration Form NOW if you have any intention of submitting a <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>proposal and subsequently visiting the NCNR.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Quick Access Proposals may be submitted at any time, but are held to a higher standard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Approved proposals will be allocated instrument time in the period from December 2012 through June 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see our Web pages ( http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/current_call.html) for details. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Instruments being offered in the current call for proposals are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Instruments supported by the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) - 30 m (NG3)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering (USANS) instrument<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>High-Flux Backscattering Spectrometer(HFBS) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Disk-Chopper Spectrometer(DCS) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Neutron Spin-Echo Spectrometer(NSE)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Multi-Angle Crystal Spectrometer (MACS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Other instruments <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thermal Neutron Triple-Axis with Polarized Beam Option (BT7)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) - 30 m (NG7) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MAGIK Off-Specular Reflectometer (MAGIK) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Polarized Beam Reflectometer (PBR) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Neutron Imaging Facility (NIF) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>High-Resolution Powder diffractometer (BT1) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Applicants should list publications resulting from use of previously allocated instrument time. The description of research <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>section must be uploaded as a pdf file no longer than 4 letter-size pages, nor more than 600 kb in file size. Note the Tips on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Proposal Writing section in the proposal instructions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT - Please inform us of any papers published or in press since January 1, 2011, that have resulted from NCNR instrument <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>time or from collaboration with NCNR staff. Please send citation references to tanya.burke@nist.gov, including title, authors, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>affiliations, journal, volume, pages, and year of publication. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Additional information: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some monetary assistance is available through an outreach program of the University of Maryland, for new NCNR users from U.S. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>universities (up to a maximum of $500). Preference is given to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. See <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>details at http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/outreach.html <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>William Kamitakahara<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>wkamitakahara@nist.gov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(301) 975-6878 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>REMEMBER: THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS Monday, September 10, 2012.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>