FOA for FRIB

February 15, 2008 :: Notice: The Department of Energy released a draft Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) regarding the submission of applications for the conceptual design and establishment of a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The draft FOA for public comment is posted on the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS).

January 18, 2008 :: Advance Notice: The Department of Energy is planning to release in February 2008 a draft Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) regarding the submission of applications for the conceptual design and establishment of a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The draft FOA will be posted on the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

REFERENCE MATERIAL:

The Frontiers of Nuclear Science, A Long Range Plan, DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC), December 2007 http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/nsac/nsac.html

J. Symons, E. Blackmore, R. Casten, D. Dean, E. Hartouni, C. Lyneis, B. Meyer, J. Nolen, T. Roser, B. Sherrill, R. Tribble, S. Yennello, Report to NSAC of the Rare-Isotope Beam Task Force, August 20, 2007. http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/nsac/nsac.html

J. F. Ahearne, S. J. Freedman, R. Alarcon, P. Braun-Munzinger, A. S. Burrows, R. F. Casten, Y. Cho, G. T. Garvey, W. C. Haxton, R. L. Jaffe, N. B. Koller, S. B. Libby, S. Nagamiya, W. Nazarewicz, M. Romalis, P. Schmor, M. C.F. Wiescher, S. E. Woosley, Scientific Opportunities with a FRIB in the United States, Rare-Isotope Science Assessment Committee (RISAC), Report of the National Research Council of the National Academies, Prepublication report December 8, 2006. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11796.html and http://www.jinaweb.org/ria/html/docs.html

L. Ahle, J. Beene, G. Bollen, D. Brenner, A. Brown, T. Chupp, J. Cizewski, D. Dean, J. Engel, D. Geesaman, C. K. Gelbke, H. Gould, U. Greife, J. Hardy, E. Hartouni, M. Howard, K. Kemper, M. Kreisler, A. Kronenberg, I.-Y. Lee, K. Lister, P. Mantica, P. McMahan, G. Morris, J. Nolen, E. Ormand, M. Ramsey-Musolf, G. Savard, H. Schatz, J. Schiffer, M. Smith, L. Sobotka, G. Sprouse, M. Stoyer, S. Tabor, M. Thoennessen, F. Timmes, R. Tribble, M. Wiescher, S. Yennello, G. Young, R. Casten, R. Janssens, W. Nazarewicz, and B. Sherrill, The Science of the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA): A Brochure from the RIA Users Community, 2006. http://www.jinaweb.org/ria/html/docs.html

J. Beene, P. Bond, S. Koonin, C. Meyer, J. Sandweiss, J. Symons, M. Wiescher, S. Woosley, Comparison of the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) and the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) Future Facility, February 23, 2004. http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/nsac/nsac.html

Opportunities in Nuclear Science, A Long-Range Plan for the Next Decade, DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC), April 2002. http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/nsac/nsac.html

J. Beene, D. Boyd, R. Casten, C. K. Gelbke, H. Grunder, S. Kowalski, C. Lyneis, J. Marx, J. Nolen, H. Ravn, P. Schmor, B. Sherrill, Isotope-Separator-On-Line (ISOL) Task Force Report to NSAC, November 22, 1999. http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/nsac/nsac.html

FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS