Proposal Calls
2025-B General User Proposal Call
The 2025-B proposal call will close on February 26, 2025. Proposals awarded beam time will be scheduled to run at HFIR and SNS from July to December 2025.
2025-B General User Proposal Call Important Dates
Submission deadline: February 26, 2025 at Noon (12pm) Eastern
Award period: July to December 2025
- SNS: projected to run August to November 2025
- HFIR: projected to run July 5 to December 12, 2025 (HFIR fuel cycles 514 and 515)
Award notification by April 25, 2025
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 PI's may be interested in applying for beamtime through the New User Beamtime (NUBe) program.
Instrument updates:
IMAGINE/CG-4D - IMAGINE will not be available in the 2025-B proposal call in preparation for the IMAGINE-X instrument build.
VENUS/BL-10 - The ORNL Neutron Sciences Directorate is thrilled to announce the SNS VENUS time-of-flight (TOF) imaging beamline will be available through the user program starting 2025-B. Epithermal/thermal TOF and white beam imaging capabilities across a field-of-view of 28 x 28 mm2. We recommend you contact VENUS imaging scientist Hassina Bilheux (bilheuxhn@ornl.gov) to discuss feasibility of your project(s) and to learn more about VENUS. Additional information about VENUS is available on the instrument webpage.
