<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">FYI <br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Douglas Higinbotham via Eicug-users-l <eicug-users-l@lists.bnl.gov><br><b>Date:</b> July 2, 2024 at 12:23:36 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> eicug-users-l@lists.bnl.gov<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Eicug-users-l] no FY24 call for proposals for the EIC-related generic R&D program: message from Dave Mack (Chair)</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Douglas Higinbotham <doug@jlab.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Member</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">s<span style="color:black"> of the EIC</span> User<span style="color:black"> Community,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">The Department of Energy and Jefferson Lab have determined there are insufficient funds available this year to support an FY24 call for proposals for the EIC-related
generic detector R&D program. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">This break in the program is deeply regretted.
</span> <span style="color:black">Although funding is year by year and there are no guarantees about the future, the FY25 budget request includes funding for this program. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Proposals from FY22 and FY23, as well as their funding status, can be found at<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.jlab.org-252Fresearch-252Feic-5Frd-5Fprgm-252Freceivedproposals-26data-3D05-257C02-257Csourav.tarafdar-2540vanderbilt.edu-257C132e79eeddc84d28198808dc9ab351c3-257Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad-257C0-257C0-257C638555342164924202-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C0-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3DB2BCXD2OSQRWV0gb56gvLcwn5EAQAiBHH2-252FsDW5LSjU-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=JZYhR0lCz_xm39roSNTTpNruM2GUIEFDYG6ImC8BbL4&m=LE5My_9QxiMbjh9xT5t37jKxs5lmTj6Ya1-mayqWfQN1iuS5dh-qKaLidN59aKG7&s=N4qcfMAH4dp9wPRsQPy0a-HvyDCDaC2RVVraQQ-D1k0&e=" originalsrc="https://www.jlab.org/research/eic_rd_prgm/receivedproposals" shash="vXu5YmSOQ8GIU0iRBt+XKFI8HZksJXWxN07syyug2kui0hFteReIFq3PE4zDfLufiiQtRLoHxGkONMyNP1bzGReckaElitEOW88P5nFdGxTzrVizAbHVosewUciokevL69bihTxR4l5I3bb7la5RojOJxxUJZrNtCcBmVMIAXNg="> https://www.jlab.org/research/eic_rd_prgm/receivedproposals</a> .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">S<span style="color:black">incerely,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Dave Mack (Chair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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