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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">The deadline for proposals is Wednesday, November 1, 2017.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For details, please see our Web pages:
</span><a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/current_call.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/call/current_call.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To submit a proposal, you must have an account, or create one, on the NCNR Information Management System (NCNR-IMS).
</span><a href="https://www-s.nist.gov/NCNR-IMS/login.do"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www-s.nist.gov/NCNR-IMS/login.do</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The description of research section
<u>must</u> be uploaded as a pdf file no longer than 3 letter-size pages (including references), nor more than 1500 kb in file size.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please complete the
<i>Submit Visitor Registration</i> Form if you submit a proposal and plan to subsequently visit the NCNR.
</span><a href="https://www.ncnr.nist.gov/visitor/index.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.ncnr.nist.gov/visitor/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We encourage users to work with an appropriate instrument scientist when planning experiments and writing proposals. They are happy to assist you and will also help you register and submit your
proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">The new vSANS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">*<span style="color:#C00000"> instrument is now accepting proposals on a limited basis.
Please read the disclaimer near the bottom before applying for beamtime.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Instruments being offered in the current call for proposals are:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--Instruments supported by the
</span><a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/CHRNS/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHRNS Small Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument (SANS) - 30 m (NGB)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHRNS Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument (uSANS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHRNS High-Flux Backscattering Spectrometer (HFBS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHRNS Neutron Spin-Echo Spectrometer (NSE)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHRNS Multi-Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHRNS Very Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (vSANS)<b>*</b><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--Other instruments
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thermal Neutron Triple-Axis with Polarized Beam option (BT7)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Disk-Chopper Spectrometer (DCS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">MAGIK Off-Specular Reflectometer (MAGIK)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Polarized Beam Reflectometer (PBR)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Small Angle Neutron Scattering with Polarized Beam option (SANS) - 30 m (NG7)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Neutron Imaging Facility (NIF)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Powder Diffractometer (BT1)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yamali Hernandez<br>
</span><a href="mailto:yamali@nist.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">yamali@nist.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
(301) 975-5295<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">*</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The brand new vSANS instrument is currently being commissioned. This means that it is not fully
functional. We are still adding and testing features. In this proposal round, we are offering 30 days instead of the eventual 90 days so that sufficient time is available to complete the commissioning and solve problems as they are found. By applying for
this time, you are agreeing to help with commissioning by testing the instrument and providing feedback so that we can ensure reliable service in the future. While not all the instrument’s eventual capabilities will be available, we are reasonably confident
that you will be able to use vSANS as a SANS instrument. In other words, it will cover essentially the same Q-range as our current 30 m SANS instruments. Unlike our other SANS machines, it will have 2 detectors each with about 3 times the area of our current
detectors allowing a wider Q-range in a single measurement. There will also be 3 options for wavelength spread: 3% (λ = 0.475 nm), 13% (variable λ using a velocity selector), and 30% (λ ≈ 0.5 nm). We anticipate that most SANS sample environments will be
available. Any other features should not be expected. Within these constraints, we intend for you to get publishable data and we won’t schedule approved beamtime until we believe that this is likely.
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