[All_staff] Correction: Message from Hugh Montgomery: Call for FY16 LDRD Proposals

[Pat Stroop]

/Correction to previous email:  the projects would begin in October 2015 
(not October 2016).


Message sent on behalf of Hugh Montgomery:/

An important element of Jefferson Lab’s Strategic Plan is the 
implementation of a Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) 
program. The lab began such a program in FY14 and is soliciting 
proposals for additional LDRD projects that would begin in October 2016.

A draft calendar for the FY2016 program, which provides deadline 
information and outlines the LDRD evaluation process, is posted on the 
LDRD website (http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/ldrd/). The due date for 
formal proposals is April 30.  If desired, you may submit an optional 
Letter of Intent (LOI) outlining your plans no later than March 2, and 
the lab will provide feedback no later than March 17. In addition to 
the calendar, the LDRD website provides templates and instructions for 
both proposals and LOIs, as well as a budget spreadsheet template and a 
Frequently Asked Questions section. The remainder of this note describes 
the LDRD program briefly. If you have further questions please contact 
either the associate director of your Division or LDRD Program Manager 
Larry Cardman; Cardman at jlab.org <mailto:Cardman at jlab.org>.

The Lab Directed Research and Development at JLab enables the lab to 
respond to timely scientific and technological opportunities that also 
support DOE's research and development mission. This program will be a 
critical tool for directing the lab's forefront scientific research 
capabilities towards vital, excellent and emerging scientific 
challenges. The program provides the resources for JLab scientists to 
make rapid and significant contributions to critical national science 
and technology problems of mission relevance to JLab and the DOE. LDRD 
also can advance the lab's core scientific capability, and permits 
seeding and exploration of exciting new opportunities.

Areas eligible for support will include:

  * Advanced study of new hypotheses, new concepts and innovative
    approaches to scientific or technical problems;
  * Experiments directed towards "proof-of-principle" or early
    determination of the utility of new scientific ideas, technical
    concepts or devices; and
  * Conception and preliminary technical analysis of experimental
    facilities or devices.

Within these eligible research areas, the LDRD program is conducted with 
a scale of effort typically utilizing existing research facilities. The 
projects can be characterized as:

  * Small-scale research and development activities or pilot projects;
  * Bench-scale research projects;
  * Computer modeling, conceptual design and feasibility studies.

Consistent with DOE policy, funding cannot be used for construction 
line-item projects, maintenance projects or general purpose equipment 
acquisition. Projects may not substitute for, or increase the budget of, 
projects or tasks already funded at JLab by DOE or other sponsors.

JLab's LDRD program will provide an opportunity to advance the lab's 
mission as described in the JLab Strategic Plan. Â We are aiming at a 
sustainable program within an overall budget envelope of ~$0.75M 
(including overhead and including continuing support for one of the 
three projects launched in FY15). The exact level will also be subject 
to the realities of the final FY16 budgets. Â Proposals may request a 
single year of funding or up to three years, with an upper bound of 
$0.2M/year in direct funding. Â Proposers are encouraged to consider 
this in developing their proposals and should consult with the cognizant 
AD(s) at a very early stage. Â Proposals that are cross-cutting, 
engaging and leveraging the core capabilities across multiple divisions 
are welcomed, and the relevant ADs each participate in the review of 
such proposals.

- Mont



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