[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50685-50686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21188]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Science; Office of Science Financial Assistance Program 
Notice 00-17: Advanced Detector Research Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant applications.

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SUMMARY: The Division of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science 
(SC), U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in 
receiving grant applications for support under its Advanced Detector 
Research Program. Applications should be from investigators who are 
currently involved in experimental high energy physics, and should be 
submitted through a U.S. academic institution. The purpose of this 
program is to support the development of the new detector technologies 
needed to perform future high energy physics experiments.

DATES: To permit timely consideration for award in fiscal year 2001, 
formal applications submitted in response to this notice should be 
received before December 5, 2000.
    Applicants are requested to submit a letter of intent by November 
1, 2000, which includes the title of the proposal, the name of the 
principal investigator(s), the requested funding and a one-page 
abstract. Failure to submit a letter of intent will not negatively 
prejudice a responsive formal application submitted

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in a timely manner. Electronic submissions of letters of intent are 
acceptable.

ADDRESSES: Completed formal applications referencing Program Notice 00-
17 should be forwarded to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Science, Grants and Contracts Division, SC-64, 19901 Germantown Road, 
Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, ATTN: Program Notice 00-17. The above 
address must also be used when submitting applications by U.S. Postal 
Service Express Mail, any other commercial mail delivery service, or 
when hand carried by the applicant. An original and seven copies of the 
application must be submitted. Due to the anticipated number of 
reviewers, it would be helpful for each applicant to submit an 
additional four copies of the application.
    Letters of intent referencing Program Notice 00-17 should be 
forwarded to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Division of 
High Energy Physics, SC-221, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 
20874-1290, ATTN: Michael Procario. Letters of intent can also be 
submitted via E-mail at the following E-mail address: 
[email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael Procario, Division of High 
Energy Physics, SC-221 (GTN), U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 
Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290. Telephone: (301) 903-
2890. E-Mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Future high energy physics experiments will 
require higher performance detectors to exploit the higher beam 
energies and intensities of new or upgraded accelerators. Higher 
performance detectors are also needed to probe for new physical 
processes in both accelerator and non-accelerator based experiments. 
Proposed detector research should be driven by the anticipated needs of 
experiments to be built within the foreseeable future, as well as 
upgrades to current experiments. Interesting technologies would include 
but not be limited to charged particle track detectors, calorimeters or 
particle identification detectors that are less sensitive to radiation, 
have higher resolution, are lower in cost, or can be read out faster 
than currently available detectors.
    It is anticipated that in fiscal year 2001 approximately $500,000 
will be awarded in total, subject to availability of appropriated 
funds. The number of awards will be determined by the number of 
excellent applications and the total funds available for this program. 
Multiple year funding of grant awards is possible, with funding 
provided on an annual basis subject to availability of funds. Cost 
sharing is encouraged but not required. It is expected that the final 
development or fabrication of detectors for specific experiments will 
not be funded by this program.
    Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with researchers in other 
institutions, such as universities, industry, non-profit organizations, 
federal laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development 
Centers (FFRDCs), including DOE National Laboratories. In the case of 
collaborative applications submitted from different institutions which 
are directed at a single research activity, each application must have 
a different scope of work and a qualified principal investigator who is 
responsible for the research effort being performed at his or her 
institution. Further information on preparation of collaborative 
proposals may be accessed via the Internet at http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/Colab.html
    Applications will be subjected to scientific merit review (peer 
review) and will be evaluated against the following criteria, which are 
listed in descending order of importance as set forth in 10 CFR 605.10 
(d):
    1. Scientific and/or technical merit of the project;
    2. Appropriateness of the proposed method or approach;
    3. Competency of applicant's personnel and adequacy of proposed 
resources; and
    4. Reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed budget.
    General information about development and submission of 
applications, eligibility, limitations, evaluations and selection 
processes, and other policies and procedures are contained in the 
Application Guide for the Office of Science Financial Assistance 
Program and 10 CFR part 605. Electronic access to the application guide 
and required forms is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this program is 
81.049, and the solicitation control number is ERFAP 10 CFR Part 605.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 9, 2000.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management, Office of 
Science.
[FR Doc. 00-21188 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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