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<div class="WordSection1"><big><i>Message from Hugh Montgomery:</i></big><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Jefferson Lab Laboratory
Directed Research & Development (LDRD)</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:right" align="right"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">10/2/2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">This year marks the third year
of Jefferson Lab’s LDRD program. It also marks the completion
of the three projects that initiated the program in FY2014 as
well as two additional projects begun in FY2015. There
continues to be strong interest in LDRD as this year’s
submissions included seven new proposals and a request for the
continuation/conclusion of a project that was initiated last
October and anticipated continuation into FY2016. The review
process has been completed and proposals have been selected to
be funded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">The eight proposals were
reviewed by the JLab LDRD Project Review team supplemented as
appropriate by subject matter experts. In some cases, the
Project Review Team 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. In reviewing the projects, the team considered each
project’s potential impact on the lab, the likelihood that it
would achieve its goals, its prospects for attracting future
funding, its strategic value to the lab, and its level of
innovation. The “continuation” proposal (for a project
started in FY2015) was treated on equal footing with the
proposals for new projects. Ultimately of the eight proposals
considered, the selection committee classified two proposals
as outstanding, one as excellent, and two as good, two as weak
and one as not suitable for LDRD funding. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">We have decided to fund both of
the proposals that were judged to be outstanding and the
proposal judged to be excellent. Included in that group is a
project that began last year on MEIC accelerator physics
issues, a new proposal related to MEIC accelerator physics
issues, and a new proposal related to the science driving
MEIC. The total funding for all three projects essentially
exhausts the funds available for LDRD in FY2016, but the
implications for next year are lower; the two projects that
plan to continue into FY2017 would use less than half the LDRD
funding anticipated to be available in FY2017. This will
allow us to have a robust LDRD program with new projects
within the total funding envelope for the program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">The proposals we will fund this
year are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Proposal #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">Continuation of
Project Begun in FY15</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">2016-LDRD-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">He Zhang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Enhancing Simulation
Capability for Electron Cooling in MEIC Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">New Projects to
be Started in FY16</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span
style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span
style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">2016-LDRD-2a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Riad Suleiman and Matt
Poelker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Generation and
Characterization of Magnetized Bunched Electron Beam
from DC Photogun for MEIC Cooler (Revised)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">2016-LDRD-4a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Christian Weiss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Nuclear gluons with
charm at EIC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">In sum, we are delighted with
the progress that was made on the LDRD projects over the last
two years, and look forward with great interest to the results
of all three of the FY2016 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. <br>
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