Submitting a Proposal and Requests for Additional Time

New proposals and requests for additional time must be submitted using the CFN Online Proposal System. As you prepare to submit a proposal, please refer to the PDF version of the CFN proposal. If you have questions on or difficulties with the submission process, please email cfnuser@bnl.gov, or call CFN User Administration at 631-344-6266.

The deadlines for submitting new proposals and requests for additional time are as follows:

Rapid Access Proposals

Rapid Access Proposals can be submitted via the CFN Online Proposal System and provide a mechanism for a prospective user to have limited access to CFN capabilities outside of the scheduled proposal deadlines for time-critical, high-impact research.

Approval of a Rapid Access Proposal is conditional upon passing the feasibility review, subject to the availability of the requested capability, and at the discretion of CFN Director.

If a Rapid Access Proposal is approved, the project automatically expires no later than the start of the next proposal cycle. It is a one-time privilege and cannot be renewed. To continue the research initiated under an approved Rapid Access Proposal, the user must submit a regular User Proposal for full peer review in the next proposal deadline. The user is encouraged to include relevant results obtained via a Rapid Access Proposal as supporting documentation.

The prospective user must provide compelling justification to establish the time-critical need for CFN capabilities to produce high-impact science. A request to conduct simple measurements, preliminary or exploratory research alone is insufficient justification for rapid access.

Rapid Access Proposals undergo an expedited feasibility and technical review. Approval is at the discretion of the CFN Director. In most cases, a decision is returned to the prospective user within two weeks of application.

If approved, the Rapid Access Project may begin anytime after the User Agreement is executed (if none is in place). The project ends when the next regular cycle starts.

Last Modified: November 10, 2011
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