Proposal Calls

2025-A General User Proposal Call

The Neutron Sciences General User Proposal Call for 2025-A will close on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Proposals awarded beam time will be scheduled to run at HFIR and SNS from January to June 2025. 

2025-A General User Proposal Call Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: August 28, 2024
  • Award period: January to June 2025
    • HFIR projected run dates: February 18 to June 20, 2025 (fuel cycles 511, 512, and 513)
    • SNS projected run dates: January 28 to May 27, 2025
  • Award notification by October 25, 2024

Researchers should apply directly via the Integrated Proposal Tracking System (IPTS). For more information, contact the User Office.

Users are highly encouraged to discuss proposed research with an instrument scientist for feedback before submitting.

 

New instrument capabilities

CTAX/CG-4C: 11-T vertical-field magnet (base temperature is 1.5K)

HIDRA/HB-2B: Recently HIDRA demonstrated the ability to map samples under high temperatures (up to 1200C), in atmosphere or in an inert gas using the Sample environment Controlled Atmosphere Furnace (CAF). If your work would benefit from this capability, now is a great time to utilize this new sample environment.

Also for HIDRA, a new 20kN capacity uniaxial load frame is slated to be delivered by the end of CY 2024. This frame can rotate about the loading axis for use on MARS, GPSANS, HIDRA and WAND2. The plan is this load frame will be available as a possibility for friendly users in 2025. Please contact the instrument team for more information.

WAND2/HB-2C: In addition to existing sample environments (temperature control from 50mK to 1800K, pressure up to 20 GPa, cryomagnets up to 6T, humidity chamber, etc.), WAND2 is commissioning an in operando battery cell and Z-stage by the end of 2024.

VERITAS/HB-1A, PTAX/HB-1, TAX/HB-3, CTAX/CG-4C, and WAND2/HB-2C – A uniaxial pressure stick capability is now available that can apply a compressive force up to 300 lbs on a single crystal sample. This stick can operate with temperatures between 1.5 and 300 K and magnetic fields between 0 and 6 T.