[Solid_hgc] [EXTERNAL] Re: CFI IF competition results

[Aram Teymurazyan]

Congratulations!

Aram Teymurazyan
Associate Professor
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Regina, Regina, SK S4S0A2, Canada
On 2023-06-16 05:25, Abhay Deshpande wrote:

> This is excellent news. Congratulations!
>
> Cheers, Abhay
> ---------------------
> Abhay Deshpande
> SUNY Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook University
> EIC Science Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory
> Director, Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science
>
>> On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:32 AM, Haiyan Gao <haiyan.gao at duke.edu> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Dear Garth: This is great news and congratulations!
>>
>> Best, Haiyan
>>
>> *From: *Garth Huber <huberg at uregina.ca>
>> *Date: *Friday, June 16, 2023 at 4:12 AM
>> *To: *Zhiwen Zhao <zwzhao at jlab.org>, Haiyan Gao 
>> <haiyan.gao at duke.edu>, Klaus Dehmelt <klaus.dehmelt at stonybrook.edu>, 
>> Abhay Deshpande <abhay.deshpande at stonybrook.edu>, Aram Teymurazyan 
>> <teymuraa at uregina.ca>, Nikos Sparveris <sparveri at temple.edu>
>> *Cc: *Jian-Ping Chen <jpchen at jlab.org>, Paul Souder 
>> <souder at physics.syr.edu>, Xiaochao Zheng <xiaochao at jlab.org>, 
>> solid_hgc at jlab.org <solid_hgc at jlab.org>, Cynthia Keppel <keppel at jlab.org>
>> *Subject: *CFI IF competition results
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As you may recall, we submitted a proposal to the CFI Innovation Fund
>> competition last July, for the funding of the SoLID HGC pressure vessel.
>> A copy of that proposal is available on the SoLID DocDB at:
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://solid.jlab.org/cgi-bin/private/ShowDocument?docid=462__;!!OToaGQ!sFs8MiJZ_eW2UBCWP_MxuN4xZ6dFKupazmAYTz7vh35py5sm1s8zVwQf0LfTP_yUZbxUrkPCGg3g8BwOK-w$ 
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/solid.jlab.org/cgi-bin/private/ShowDocument?docid=462__;!!OToaGQ!sFs8MiJZ_eW2UBCWP_MxuN4xZ6dFKupazmAYTz7vh35py5sm1s8zVwQf0LfTP_yUZbxUrkPCGg3g8BwOK-w$> 
>>
>>
>> I'm pleased to let you know that the CFI application was favorably 
>> reviewed (see
>> attached committee reports) and recommended for full funding at 
>> C$509.5k.  We
>> are not allowed to make any public announcement until after CFI has 
>> done their
>> official national announcement on the Innovation Fund competition 
>> results, but
>> the good news may be shared with collaborators, partner 
>> organizations, etc.
>> After Ottawa has made their announcement, we can share the news with 
>> the broader
>> community, if you want.
>>
>> The way the program works is that we submitted an application to CFI 
>> for 50% of
>> the funding from the Canadian government, and then we ask the province
>> (Saskatchewan) to match this request.  That process could take up to 
>> 6 months,
>> but could result in total funding of C$1.019M for the HGC vessel.
>>
>> After that, presumably there would be a discussion between CFI and 
>> DOE on when
>> to release the funds.  You may recall that CFI funded MOLLER 
>> electronics before
>> DOE announced CD1, and the funds were recently released to the 
>> University of
>> Manitoba, and the initial CFI funds for the nEXO neutrinoless double 
>> beta decay
>> experiment were handled similarly.
>>
>> This is definitely good news for SoLID, and hopefully indicates an 
>> eventual
>> positive decision by DOE.
>>
>> Regards, Garth
>>
>> -- 
>> Dr. Garth Huber, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Regina, Regina, SK 
>> S4S0A2, Canada.
>> tel: 1-306-585-4240. fax: 1-306-585-5659.
>>
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