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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Neutron Sciences Call for </span>
Proposals – Oak Ridge National Laboratory<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#44546A"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Updated Statement of Research Template. Please use the updated template (attached) for your submission.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]> ORCiD registration in your user profile. This is required beginning with the 2017A proposal cycle.
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</span></span></span><![endif]>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)
<span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;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, October 5, 2016</b>.</span> <b> <span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:12.05pt">This call is for experiments anticipated to run January through June 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt">Our current schedule calls for <i>
reduced time available</i> in this cycle at the SNS due to an extended maintenance outage due to begin at the end of March 2017. Also during this experimental period, HFIR will have
<i>four cycles scheduled</i>. Please see articles on these changes in our latest edition of the
<a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/usernews">ORNL Neutron Times</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt">Specific <span style="color:#221E1F">
information about this call and about each of the instruments available during this experimental period is included on the
<a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/">ORNL Neutron Sciences</a> web site.</span><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<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"> </span><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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 IPTS 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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