Proposals
The LANSCE 2019 Call for Proposals is open till March 8, 2019.
Calls for proposals are issued once a year, for each run cycle of the accelerator.
To submit a fast access proposal please directly contact the LANSCE User Program Coordinator.
Contact
- LANSCE User Office
- Nina Roelofs
- LANSCE User Program Coordinator
- (505) 665-9967
Proposal process
The proposal consists of information about the research team, amount of beam time requested and a description of the proposed experiment. Urgent post-proposal-call beam requests may be addressed through a "Fast Access" proposal process if necessary. Please contact the LANSCE User Office, (505) 665-9967, for more information and help with your proposal.
First-time users
If you are a first-time facility user, we encourage you to contact a flight path scientist to discuss your planned work to help ensure that the most appropriate flight path is chosen. View a list of flight path scientists.
Proposal submission
Every activity on any flight path requires a proposal. Proposals are submitted online into the new LANSCE Experiment Management System. If you have an account in the old LANSCE proposal portal please use the "Forgot your Password?" to reset your password and access your account in the new system.
Contact the LANSCE User Office for any updates to already submitted proposals.
LANSCE accepts proposals for the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Proton Radiography Facility (pRad) and the Weapons Neutron Research Facility (WNR).
Material Science
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Proton Radiography
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Nuclear Physics
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Neutron Radiation Effect Testing
Proprietary ICE House/ICE II proposals will be scheduled after the March 8 deadline. They are NOT part of the PAC scientific merit review. They will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis. Proposals received after the deadline will be scheduled as beam time is available. University and other Laboratory proposals for Radiation Effect Testing will be reviewed by the PAC and need to be submitted through the Nuclear Physics - WNR call for proposals.
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Proposal review
All proposals are reviewed for scientific merit by the Program Advisory Committee (PAC). In the case of proprietary proposals, such as the case for industry, users pay for beam time and no scientific merit review is conducted.
Program Advisory Comittee
The PAC is divided into three subcommittees:
- Basic Science
- Nuclear Technology
- Weapons Neutron Research
The goal of these committees is to select those experiments that are thought to be the most important in a particular field, will have the greatest impact in the particular area of research, and have the greatest chance for success. The PAC rates the proposals and these ratings are used as input to the scheduling process. Users are given an opportunity to present their proposal either in person or by telephone before the pRad committee and to answer questions.
If a proposal is rated highly, it will be scheduled for beam time. Before the experiment is actually run, it must undergo a safety and technical review. If the experiment is "routine" in the sense that it is very similar to experiments that have been done before and does not have any significant safety or compliance issues, it will be approved for beam time. If there are safety, compliance, security, or other concerns, the experiment will be reviewed in more depth by a committee of subject matter experts. The result of the safety review may be additional requirements, procedures, and documentation.
If you have any questions please contact the LANSCE User Office, lansce-user-office.lanl.gov, (505) 667-6797.
