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Canadian researchers are invited to apply now for preferential access to neutron beam time and travel support for up to two researchers per experiment.

The Canadian neutron beam user community gathered in February 2024 to define priorities and establish a path forward for Canada to invest in materials research with neutrons beams.

Neutrons Canada organized a packed-out fishbowl session on the funding framework for Major Research Facilities (MRF's) at the 2023 Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa. This session, titled "The Impact of Major Research Facilities as National Assets: Responding to the Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System," brought together over 100…

A new collaborative agreement between ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and Neutrons Canada will open doors for the Canadian research community by providing enhanced access to UK neutron infrastructure. Canadian researchers have been without access to neutron beams since 2018, when the National Research Universal reactor at Chalk River closed and Canada’s only agreement with…

On July 21, 2023, Neutrons Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS), which is a not-for-profit, voluntary organization that represents the Canadian scientific community of neutron beam users and promotes scientific research using neutron beams. Incorporated in October 2022, Neutrons Canada is in a start-up mode, laying…

John Barrett, Chair of the Board of Directors of Neutrons Canada, published a commentary through the Canadian Science Policy Centre in response to the Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System. The Report called for a new paradigm in decision-making regarding investing in Canadian Major Research Facilities. The current state of research that relies on national…