Dear Colleagues,

The Request for Proposals for the 2020 UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program is scheduled for release on April 1, 2019. This year's competition will include funding opportunities for UC Multicampus-National Laboratory Collaborative Research and Training awards (CRTs) in three targeted areas: 1) accelerator research, 2) quantum information science, 3) wildfire-related research.

To support development of proposal ideas and collaborative teams across UC and the national laboratories, one workshop in each targeted area will be held between April and May, 2019. Attendance is open to participants from UC ANR, all UC campuses, the three UC national laboratories, and other eligible collaborators, as well as invited speakers.

Please contact the individuals identified for each workshop to request additional information or to register.  

LFRP 2020 Collaborative Research and Training Awards - Targeted Research Areas:

• Accelerator research: Basic and applied research advancing development of new technologies for next-generation accelerators. Approaches may include, but are not limited to, accelerator physics, materials, engineering, modeling, machine learning, and applications for medicine, among others.

Workshop:

Date: TBD
Location: Livermore Valley Open Campus
For Additional Information: Please contact Paul Dodd (pdodd@ucdavis.edu).
LLNL Contacts: Brian Rusnak and Andrea Schmidt
LANL Contact: Bruce Carlsten

• Quantum information science: Research advancing quantum information theory, experimentation, algorithms, and applications, and development of novel materials and devices.

Workshop:

Date: TBD
Location: Berkeley
For Additional Information: Please contact David Trinkle (dtrinkle@berkeley.edu).
LLNL Contact: Jonathan L Dubois
LANL Contacts: Stephan Eidenbenz and Filip Ronning

•  Wildfire-related research: Research addressing the causes, impacts, prevention, and management of wildfires, including modeling, data science, and risk management; ecological, social science, and policy approaches; development of fire-resistant materials; other multidisciplinary approaches.

Workshop:

Dates: Friday April 12 - Saturday April 13, 2019
Location: Santa Barbara
For Additional Information: Please contact Andrea Stith (astith@ucsb.edu).
LLNL Contacts: Lee Glascoe and Jeff Mirocha
LANL Contact: Rod Linn

Additional information on the funding opportunity will be available April 1, 2019, and you can visit the program website for other updates and information:

https://ucop.edu/research-initiatives/programs/lab-fees/

Thank you.

Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)