1. FY18-19 EIC R&D FOA
FY 2018 Research and Development for Next Generation Nuclear Physics Accelerator Facilities
Web site:
Announcement number for DOE National Laboratories: LAB
Announcement number for other institutions: DE-FOA
The rules are somewhat different for the labs and other institutions; this presentation is based on the announcement for the labs
Dates
No letters of intent
No pre-proposals
Full proposals are due on 01/19/2018 at 5 pm EST
Anticipated selection and award dates: “It is anticipated that the award selection will be completed by July 15, It is expected that awards will be made in Fiscal Year 2018.”
Funding
$7M per year over two-year project periods
No award ceiling for national labs
Proposals are for two years FY18 and FY19, there will be no FY19 FOA

2. FOA Topics “R&D … should fall in the following general categories:
Accelerator R&D with the potential for the development of future generation accelerators, i.e., currently not under construction or approved design (e.g., EIC).
Accelerator R&D with the potential for improved performance to existing user facilities that will lead to new capabilities.”
“Priority will be given to potential initiatives identified by the community as compelling, such as in the NSAC LRP for Nuclear Science. Relative to a potential electron-ion collider, community sponsored review panels and workshops have identified a number of areas where focused R&D and prototyping could advance technical feasibility and pre- conceptual design; priority will be given to these areas of study. … Thus, the relevance of proposed electron-ion collider efforts to the R&D priorities established in that [Jones panel] report should be clearly articulated in the application.”

3. Review Criteria “Initial Review Criteria “Merit Review Criteria
the applicant is eligible for the award
the information required by the Program Announcement has been submitted
all mandatory requirements are satisfied
the proposed project is responsive to the objectives of the Program Announcement
the proposed project is not duplicative of programmatic work”
“Merit Review Criteria
Scientific and/or Technical Merit of the Project
Appropriateness of the Proposed Method or Approach
Competency of Applicant’s Personnel and Adequacy of Proposed Resources
Relevance to compelling scientific opportunities identified in the 2015 NSAC Long Range Plan
Relevance of proposed electron-ion collider R&D efforts to the current EIC design concepts and the R&D priorities as identified in the 2017 NP Community EIC R&D panel report
The opportunity for training junior accelerator physicists in accelerator science and technology”

4. Proposals
Multiple proposals can be submitted from a single institutions. Moreover, DoE prefers it if the proposals are separated based on topics and collaborations. Then they don’t have to do it themselves.
“The project narrative must not exceed 16 pages of technical information, including charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and other pictorial presentations, when printed using standard 8.5” by 11” paper with 1 inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right). For collaborative proposals, the project narrative page limit is 24. The font must not be smaller than 11 point.”

5. Proposal Contents
“Budget, entered into PAMS as structured data using the PAMS budget form
Abstract (one page), entered into PAMS as a separate pdf
Budget justification, entered into PAMS as a separate pdf
Proposal, combined into a single pdf containing the following information:
Proposal Cover Page”
Cover page supplement for the lead collaborative proposal only
“Table of Contents
Project Narrative (main technical portion of the proposal, including background/introduction, proposed research and methods, timetable of activities, and responsibilities of key project personnel…)”
Appendices

6. Collaborative Proposals
“Collaborative proposals submitted from different institutions must clearly indicate they are part of a collaborative project/group. Every partner institution must submit an proposal through its own sponsored research office. Each collaborative group can have only one lead institution. Each proposal within the collaborative group, including the narrative and all required appendices and attachments, must be identical with the following exceptions:
Each proposal must contain a correct cover page for the submitting institution only.
Each proposal must contain a unique budget corresponding to the expenditures for that proposal’s submitting institution only.
Each proposal must contain a unique budget justification corresponding to the expenditures for that proposal’s submitting institution only.
Our intent is to create from the various proposals associated with a collaborative group one document for merit review that consists of the common, identical proposal materials combined with a set of detailed budgets from the partner institutions. Thus, it is very important that every proposal in the collaborative group be identical (including the title) with the exception of the budget and budget justification pages.”

7. Go to Clarifications from Manouchehr

8. High-A & High-B EIC R&D Activities from Jones Report
Row #
Concept
Title of R&D Element
Priority 1
All
Crab cavity operation in a hadron ring
High-A 2
High-current single-pass ERL for hadron ring 3
Strong hadron cooling 4
Benchmarking of realistic EIC simulation tools against available data 5
Validation of magnet designs associated with high-acceptance interaction points by prototyping 6
Polarized 3He source 7 LR
High-current polarized and unpolarized electron sources
High-B 8
Completion of the ongoing CeC demonstration (proof-of-principle) experiment 9
High-current multi-pass ERL 10
Concept for 3D hadron CeC beyond proof of principle 11
SRF high-power HOM damping 12 RR
Complete design of an electron lattice … and instability threshold study… 13
High peak-current multi-turn electron linac 14
Necessity to triple the number of and shorten the bunches in the proton / ion ring 15
Beam pipe copper coating with plasma ion bombardment 16
Simulation of the effect of electron bunch removal on the hadron beam 17
JLEIC
Complete and test a full scale suitable superferric magnet 18
Develop a high-current magnetized electron injector 19
High-power fast kickers for high bandwidth (2 ns bunch spacing) feedback 20
Complete the design of the gear change synchronization and assess its impact on beam dynamics 21
Integrated magnetized beam/kicker circulation test using the existing ERL infrastructure 22
Operate the JLab Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility in the JLEIC injector mode

9. Summary of Collaboration Topics with BNL
Strong Hadron cooling options for eRHIC and JLEIC
Study the application of optimized strong hadron cooling techniques for both JLEIC and eRHIC
High Intensity ERL Studies at CBETA
Not for FY18, is it back on the table for FY19?
R&D on High Field Septum Type Interaction Region Quadrupoles
Development and Test of Simulation Tools
Primarily beam-beam
Developing highly damped RF Structures for Strong Hadron Cooling ERL
Experimental Beam Test of Crab Cavities at SPS
Development of a very broad band kicker for the multibunch damper systems
Development of a High Intensity Polarized Electron Source?

10. Go to Proposal Plan