<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The next DEADLINE for the submission of beam time requests for the Swiss</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">spallation neutron source 'SINQ' </span><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq</a><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> has been extended to:</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> </span><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> ********* May 19, 2014, midnight *********</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">_____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">PERIOD:</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Herewith we call for proposals for the beam time period II/14 between</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">01/10/2014 and 22/12/2014.</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">_____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">PROPOSAL-SUBMISSION:</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">New users are kindly asked to contact the instrument responsibles </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">before submitting a proposal to discuss instrumental options and </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">reasonable beam time requests. </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Please make use of the option to link related previous proposals with their </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">experimental reports to the new one. A proper mention of previous results</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">will provide a certain 'bonus' during the evaluation process. </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Guidelines for the proposal submission and further useful information can be</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">found on the SINQ webpages:</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/access-to-sinq" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/access-to-sinq</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/call-for-proposals</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/guidelines" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/guidelines</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">_____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">INSTRUMENTS:</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The following instruments will be open for new proposals in cycle II/14:</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Powder Diffractometers : HRPT, DMC</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Single Crystal Diffractometer : TriCS</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Strain Scanner : POLDI</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Small Angle Scattering : SANS-I, SANS-II</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Reflectometer : AMOR</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Triple Axis Spectrometers : TASP, RITA-II, EIGER(*)</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Time-of-Flight Spectrometer : FOCUS</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Radiography, Imaging : NEUTRA, ICON</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">(*): The new thermal triple-axis spectrometer EIGER is available for user operation </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">and is ready to receive proposals. Interested users are kindly requested to contact </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">the instrument responsible in advance of submitting a proposal to discuss the </span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">feasibility of the planned experiments: </span><a href="mailto:uwe.stuhr@psi.ch" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">uwe.stuhr@psi.ch</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Further detailed information about the SINQ instruments can be obtained here:</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/sinq/instrumentation" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">http://www.psi.ch/sinq/instrumentation</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Please note, the feasibility of complex experiments should always be discussed</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">in advance with the instrument and sample environment responsibles.</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">_____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">DIGITAL USER OFFICE, DUO:</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Proposals should solely be submitted electronically via the</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">PSI Digital User Office 'DUO': </span><a href="https://duo.psi.ch/" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">https://duo.psi.ch</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">_____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">SWISS NEUTRONS FOR EUROPE:</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">SINQ is part of the 'NMI3-Access Program' of the European Commission.</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Users from eligible countries might be supported by reimbursement of travel</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">and accommodation costs. For further info please have a look at:</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.psi.ch/useroffice/sinqss-nmi3" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">http://www.psi.ch/useroffice/sinqss-nmi3</a><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">_____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><b style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">CONTACT ADDRESS:</b><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Paul Scherrer Institute</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">User Office Phone : +41-56-310-4666</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">CH-5232 Villigen - PSI Fax : +41-56-310-3294</span><br style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Switzerland e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:useroffice@psi.ch" style="font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">useroffice@psi.ch</a><br><br></body></html>