[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35231-35232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16696]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science


Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 01-27: 
Advanced Detector Research Program

AGENCY: U.S. 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 (DOE), 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 2002, 
formal applications submitted in response to this notice should be 
received before October 30, 2001.
    Applicants are requested to submit a letter of intent by September 
25, 2001, 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 in a timely manner. 
Electronic submission of letters of intent is both acceptable and 
preferred.

ADDRESSES: Completed formal applications referencing Program Notice 01-
27 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 01-27. 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. In addition, for this 
notice, project descriptions must be 25 pages or less, including tables 
and figures, but excluding attachments. The application must also 
contain an abstract or project summary, letters of intent from all non-
funded collaborators, and short curriculum vitae of all senior 
personnel.
    Letters of intent referencing Program Notice 01-27, 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 2002, 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 welcome 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, such as Fermi 
National Accelerator Laboratory. In the case of collaborative 
applications submitted from different institutions that 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. 
There must be a single technical description of the proposed work, and 
separate face pages and budget pages for each institution. The scope of 
work at

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each institution must be clearly specified. While collaborations with 
researchers at FFRDCs are encouraged, no funds will be provided to 
those organizations under this notice. The procedure for submitting a 
collaborative application can be accessed via the web at http://www.science.doe.gov/production/grants/Colab.html. This section provides 
specific details regarding collaborating institutions and states, ``The 
lead organization must submit their own grant application plus the 
other collaborator's applications to DOE in one package with a cover 
letter, which describes the role to be played by each organization, the 
managerial arrangements, and the advantages of the multi-organizational 
effort.''
    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 part 
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.
    In considering item 1 particular attention will be paid to:
     The importance of the physics that motivates developing 
the proposed detector,
     Whether the proposed research is generic detector research 
that will benefit more than one experiment,
     The magnitude of the potential impact versus the risk of 
failure.
    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 June 26, 2001.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 01-16696 Filed 7-2-01; 8:45 am]
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