[All_staff] Message from Bob McKeown: Call for EIC Proposals

[Pat Stroop]

/Message sent on behalf of Bob McKeown/

Call for Proposals
Generic Detector R&D for an Electron Ion Collider

Brookhaven National Laboratory is announcing a generic detector R&D 
program to address the
scientific requirements for measurements at a future Electron Ion 
Collider (EIC).  The primary goals of
this program will be to develop detector concepts and technologies that 
have particular importance for
experiments in an EIC environment, and to help ensure that the 
techniques and resources for
implementing these technologies are well established within the EIC user 
community.

This program will be supported through RHIC R&D funds, provided by the 
DOE Office of Nuclear
Physics.  It is not intended to be specific to any proposed EIC site, 
and is open to all segments of the
EIC community.  Proposals should be aimed at optimizing detection 
capability to enhance the
scientific reach of polarized electron-proton and electron-ion 
collisions up to center-of-mass energies
of 100-200 GeV and e-p equivalent luminosities up to a few times 1034 
cm-2s-1.  Funded proposals will
be selected on the basis of peer review by a standing EIC Detector 
Advisory Committee consisting of
internationally recognized experts in detector technology and collider 
physics.  This committee will
meet approximately twice per year, to hear and evaluate new proposals, 
and to monitor progress of
ongoing projects.  The program will be administered by the BNL Physics 
Department.

Funding for this program will begin in FY 2011, at a level of 
approximately $0.5M, rising thereafter to
an annual level of $1.0M - $1.5M, subject to availability of funds from 
DOE NP.  The first meeting of
the Detector Advisory Committee is planned for the spring of 2011. 
*Initial proposals should be
received at BNL by April 4, 2011. *

Proposals should include:
     .  A description of the project, including its relevance for the 
EIC experimental environment and
science program, the expected results of the R&D project, the approach 
that will be taken to
carry it out, and the likely follow-up effort, if applicable.
     .  A description of the necessary resources, the scientific and 
technical personnel who will carry
out the project, and the additional support, if any, to be provided by 
the proposing institutions.
     .  A funding request and budget.  Funds may be requested for a 
period of 1, 2, or 3 years.

Proposals should be submitted to:
     Thomas Ludlam, Physics Chair
     Brookhaven National Laboratory
     P.O. Box 5000
     Upton, NY  11793

Electronic submission is encouraged:  ludlam at bnl.gov


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