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Garth,</div>
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Excellent. Congratulations!</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 16, 2023 4:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Zhiwen zhao <zwzhao@jlab.org>; Haiyan Gao <haiyan.gao@duke.edu>; Klaus Dehmelt <klaus.dehmelt@stonybrook.edu>; Abhay Deshpande <abhay.deshpande@stonybrook.edu>; Aram Teymurazyan <teymuraa@uregina.ca>; Nikos Sparveris <sparveri@temple.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jian-Ping Chen <jpchen@jlab.org>; souder@physics.syr.edu <souder@physics.syr.edu>; Xiaochao Zheng <xiaochao@jlab.org>; solid_hgc@jlab.org <solid_hgc@jlab.org>; Cynthia (Thia) Keppel <keppel@jlab.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] CFI IF competition results</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi,<br>
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As you may recall, we submitted a proposal to the CFI Innovation Fund <br>
competition last July, for the funding of the SoLID HGC pressure vessel.<br>
A copy of that proposal is available on the SoLID DocDB at:<br>
<a href="https://solid.jlab.org/cgi-bin/private/ShowDocument?docid=462">https://solid.jlab.org/cgi-bin/private/ShowDocument?docid=462</a><br>
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I'm pleased to let you know that the CFI application was favorably reviewed (see <br>
attached committee reports) and recommended for full funding at C$509.5k. We <br>
are not allowed to make any public announcement until after CFI has done their <br>
official national announcement on the Innovation Fund competition results, but <br>
the good news may be shared with collaborators, partner organizations, etc. <br>
After Ottawa has made their announcement, we can share the news with the broader <br>
community, if you want.<br>
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The way the program works is that we submitted an application to CFI for 50% of <br>
the funding from the Canadian government, and then we ask the province <br>
(Saskatchewan) to match this request. That process could take up to 6 months, <br>
but could result in total funding of C$1.019M for the HGC vessel.<br>
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After that, presumably there would be a discussion between CFI and DOE on when <br>
to release the funds. You may recall that CFI funded MOLLER electronics before <br>
DOE announced CD1, and the funds were recently released to the University of <br>
Manitoba, and the initial CFI funds for the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay <br>
experiment were handled similarly.<br>
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This is definitely good news for SoLID, and hopefully indicates an eventual <br>
positive decision by DOE.<br>
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Regards, Garth<br>
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Dr. Garth Huber, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Regina, Regina, SK S4S0A2, Canada.<br>
tel: 1-306-585-4240. fax: 1-306-585-5659.<br>
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