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<b>Jefferson Lab Laboratory Directed Research & Development
(LDRD)</b><br>
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planned and previously discussed, we will initiate an LDRD program
this year. The review process has been completed and proposals have
been selected to be funded.<br>
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Eighteen proposals were received and reviewed by the Jefferson Lab
LDRD Project Review team supplemented by subject matter experts. In
some cases, they sought advice from people outside the laboratory.
Verbal presentations of the proposals were made and the committee
discussed at length the merits of each proposal. They also
considered the matching of the proposals to the strategic directions
of the divisions and of the laboratory. Ultimately, of the eighteen,
the selection committee classified nine proposals as good, four as
excellent, and three as outstanding. <br>
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We have decided to fund the three outstanding proposals for a first
year with a total of slightly less than $400k including overheads.
Assuming that these FY14 winners would compete well with the second
year proposals for FY15 funding, the level is such as to still allow
us to make new awards next year within an overall envelope of $750k,
thus giving us the prospect of a sustainable level of funding for
the program.<br>
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The proposals we will fund are:<br>
<br>
2013-LDRD-7 Christian Weiss Physics potential of polarized
light ions with EIC@JLab<br>
<br>
2013-LDRD-12 Edward Nissen Development of a Prototype for a
Fast RF Kicker for the MEIC Electron Cooler<br>
<br>
2013-LDRD-15 Jack McKisson Physics, Wireless, Hand-Held Data
Acquisition System for Imaging Detector<br>
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We look forward with great interest to the results of these projects
and the boost they will give to long-term strategic directions of
the laboratory. We would also like to express our appreciation to
all the proponents and those who helped them with the proposals. In
several reviews during the late summer, when the status of the
program was described, we received congratulations on the standards
of the program.<br>
<br>
Hugh Montgomery<br>
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