<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is excellent news. Congratulations!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Cheers, Abhay<div>---------------------</div><div>Abhay Deshpande</div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">SUNY Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook University </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">EIC Science Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Director, Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:32 AM, Haiyan Gao <haiyan.gao@duke.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Garth: This is great news and congratulations!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best, Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Garth Huber <huberg@uregina.ca><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, June 16, 2023 at 4:12 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>, Paul Souder <souder@physics.syr.edu>, Xiaochao Zheng <xiaochao@jlab.org>, solid_hgc@jlab.org <solid_hgc@jlab.org>, Cynthia Keppel <keppel@jlab.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>CFI IF competition results<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi,<br>
<br>
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://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/solid.jlab.org/cgi-bin/private/ShowDocument?docid=462__;!!OToaGQ!sFs8MiJZ_eW2UBCWP_MxuN4xZ6dFKupazmAYTz7vh35py5sm1s8zVwQf0LfTP_yUZbxUrkPCGg3g8BwOK-w$">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://solid.jlab.org/cgi-bin/private/ShowDocument?docid=462__;!!OToaGQ!sFs8MiJZ_eW2UBCWP_MxuN4xZ6dFKupazmAYTz7vh35py5sm1s8zVwQf0LfTP_yUZbxUrkPCGg3g8BwOK-w$</a>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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