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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Neutron Sciences Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">NEW! </span>Updated Statement of Research Templates available in IPTS.
<span style="color:red">Please use the new template </span>(attached) for your submission.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">NEW!</span> Request for registration of your ORCiD in your IPTS profile. This will be required in the 2017A proposal cycle.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">NEW!</span> Opportunity to request Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) characterization time as part of your neutron proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt">Proposals for beam time at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt">will be accepted via the web-based proposal system until <span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span style="color:red">NOON</span></b><span style="color:red">
</span><span style="color:#44546A"> </span><b><span style="color:red">EASTERN TIME</span></b><span style="color:red">,
<b>Wednesday, April 13, 2016</b>.</span> <b> </b>This call is for experiments anticipated to run July through December 2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Proposals will be reviewed for feasibility, safety, and potential for high-impact science. Users for approved projects must complete access and training requirements prior to beginning
experiments. </span><span style="color:#221E1F">Specific information about this call and about each of the instruments available during this experimental period is included on the ORNL Neutron Sciences web site at </span><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/">http://neutrons.ornl.gov/</a></span><i><span style="color:#221E1F">.</span></i><span style="color:#221E1F">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">To learn more about submitting a proposal for beam time, go to
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/proposals.shtml">http://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/proposals.shtml</a></span></u><span style="color:#44546A"> or
</span>directly to the proposal system at<span style="color:#44546A"> </span><span style="color:#221E1F"> </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.ornl.gov/sci/iums/ipts/">www.ornl.gov/sci/iums/ipts/</a></span></u><span style="color:#221E1F">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#365F91">Laura Morris Edwards, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neutron Sciences User Program Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></p>
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