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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Neutron Sciences Call for Proposals – Oak Ridge National Laboratory</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span style="color:#44546A">  </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Proposal Deadline</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">    
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Wednesday, October 5, 2016</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red"> <b> 11:59 a.m. (EDT)
</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span style="color:#44546A"> </span></b><span style="color:#44546A"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><span style="color:black">This call is for experiments anticipated to run January through June 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><b><span style="color:black">Updates:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Please note that <a href="http://www.orcid.org/">
ORCiD registration</a> </span>is requested when you fill out your <a href="user.ornl.gov">
Guest Portal</a> Profile. Please add your ORCID iD to your profile now<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Our current schedule calls for
<i><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/usernews">reduced time available</a></i> in this cycle at the SNS due to an extended maintenance
</span>outage that will begin at the end of March 2017. Read more about the extended outage in the July issue of
<a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/usernews">ORNL Neutron Times</a>: “4-Month SNS Outage in 2017 will Lead to Major Improvements.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">HFIR will have <i><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/usernews">four cycles scheduled</a></i> during this experimental period</span><span style="color:#44546A">.</span><span style="color:black"> Please
 see articles on these </span>changes in the July issue <span style="color:black">
of </span><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/usernews">ORNL Neutron Times</a></span><span style="color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>You may request <span style="color:black">Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (<a href="https://www.ornl.gov/facility/cnms">CNMS</a>) characterization time as part of your
<a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/users">neutron proposal</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><span style="color:black">Specific
</span><span style="color:#221E1F">information on this call and each of the instruments available during this experimental period is included on the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/">ORNL Neutron Sciences</a></span><span style="color:#221E1F"> website.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></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"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">To learn more about submitting a proposal for beam time, go
</span>to our <span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/proposals.shtml">Neutron Users</a>
</span>page  or<span style="color:#44546A"> </span><span style="color:black">directly to the
</span><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://snsapp1.sns.ornl.gov/xprod/f?p=100:LOGIN_DESKTOP::::::">IPTS proposal system</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#365F91">Laura Morris Edwards, PhD</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Neutron Sciences User Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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