MMS-EEC Call for Submissions - July 2013

[Science Division]

Dear TRIUMF Users & Experimenters,

For information regarding the Molecular & Materials Science Experiments 
Evaluation Committee (MMS-EEC), please read the attached memo. Please 
note that the MMS-EEC meeting will take place on Monday & Tuesday, July 
15th & 16th, 2013.

Some important points regarding this meeting and future meetings are below:

1) The committee will only accept new or continuation proposals for muSR 
experiments using surface muons or betaNMR. No proposals involving the 
M9B beamline will be accepted until we have a better idea as to its 
availability. The EEC will allocate shifts commensurate with the rate at 
which they are currently being used, specifically 300 muSR shifts and 45 
betaNMR shifts per MMS-EEC meeting.

2) Continuation proposals will only be considered if they are directly 
related to the original proposal. A new experiment number should be 
requested if this is not the case. If you have any questions about 
whether a new experimental number is necessary please discuss the matter 
with the head of the MMS-EEC (Stephen Nagler) and the Scientific 
Secretary (Iain McKenzie).

3) The MMS-EEC would like all experiments performed on the CMMS 
beamlines to be at the forefront of scientific research. In order to 
guarantee this goal the committee has decided to examine muSR 
experiments using surface muons and betaNMR experiments that have shifts 
allocated but that have not been reviewed by the MMS-EEC nor received 
beam time since January 2011.
- Experiments with two shifts or less of allocated beam time will be 
automatically closed.
- Experiments with medium, medium-low and low priority will be 
automatically closed.
- Researchers with high or medium-high priority experiments must submit 
a progress report if they wish to keep the previously allocated shifts. 
The MMS-EEC will evaluate the progress reports and decide to either 
preserve the allocation or close the experiment. If no report is 
received the experiment will be closed.

4) In order to ensure that shifts are used in a timely fashion and to 
maintain a balance between shifts allocated and shifts used we are 
proposing that allocated shifts will automatically disappear 2 years 
after being awarded if they have not been used. Shifts allocated at a 
July MMS-EEC meeting will expire at the end spring/summer schedule two 
years later and shifts allocated at a December MMS-EEC meeting will 
expire at the end of the fall schedule two years later. Shifts allocated 
to already approved experiments will expire at the end of the 
spring/summer schedule in 2015. Previously allocated shifts on the M9B 
beamline will be exempt from the proposed automatic expiry until the 
beamline is fully operational.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Niki Martin 
at sciencediv at triumf.ca.

All the best,
Niki Martin
for Iain McKenzie, MMS-EEC Scientific Secretary

Experimental Program - http://mis.triumf.ca/science/experiment/list.jsf

-- 
Miss Nicole (Niki) Martin
Administrative Assistant, Science Division

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