NCNR Sample Environment Equipment Financial Assistance Program

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NCNR Sample Environment Equipment Financial Assistance Program: The National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) is establishing a financial assistance program in the field of Neutron Scattering to develop, design, and construct new "sample environment equipment" that shall be made available for dedicated use by the general scientific user community on any or all of the NCNR neutron beam stations.The primary objectives of this financial assistance program are to develop, design, and construct new, state-of-the-art equipment for dedicated use by the general scientific community on NCNR neutron beam stations that provide specific and well-controlled environments of scientific interest for in-situ studies of the microscopic properties of a broad range of sample materials such as molecular solids, thin films, biomolecules and biological membranes, solid state materials, polymers, and complex fluids, using neutron scattering and imaging techniques. Examples of sample environments include high (and/or pulsed) magnetic fields, high pressures, high (and/or pulsed) electric fields, variable humidity, high or low temperatures, variable shear, and various combinations thereof. A list of all the sample environment equipment at the NCNR that is currently available to the general user community is located at http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/equipment/ancequip.html. Applicants and team members must possess the education, experience, and training, to pursue and advance the field of Neutron Scattering efficiently. In addition, the applicant and team members must possess a demonstrated record of excellence in research involving neutron scattering methods. In some cases one or more scientific staff members may be stationed at the NCNR to work in collaboration with NIST and other visiting scientists to help advance these program objectives. Examples of jointly-pursued activities under previous cooperative agreements include the integration of expert university research and technical staff to assist neutron users at the NCNR in conducting their scientific research on various cold neutron instruments, the design and development of a state-of-the-art double-focusing neutron monochromator for use on MACS (the Multi-Analyzer Crystal Spectrometer), studies of advanced applications of neutron residual stress methods, the design and development of a neutron phase space transformation chopper for use on the HFBS (High-Flux Backscattering Spectrometer), and computer modeling studies of neutron scattering measurements from biomolecular systems.Additional information on the NCNR can be found at: www.ncnr.nist.gov.Proposals will be considered for cooperative agreements with durations of up to three years, subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory progress, and the continuing relevance to the objectives of the NIST Center for Neutron Research. The anticipated level of funding is up to $150,000 per year. One to two awards are likely. NIST will determine whether to fund one award for the full amount; to divide available funds into multiple awards of any size, and negotiate scopes of work and budgets as appropriate; or not to select any proposal for funding, upon completing the selection process described below. Awards are anticipated to contain a start date of September 3, 2007.