Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory Conceptual Design

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	05-506
Posted Date:	Oct 13, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications:	Jan 10, 2005
Current Due Date for Applications:	Jan 10, 2005
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Expected Number of Awards:	4
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,500,000.00
Award Ceiling:	$500,000.00
Award Floor:	$0.00
CFDA Number:	47.050 -- Geosciences 47.049 -- Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.041 -- Engineering Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Agency Name

National Science Foundation

Description

This Solicitation invites proposals for candidate sites and for the development of a conceptual design of the infrastructure for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL). The purpose of a DUSEL is to enable the broad range of science and engineering research that requires a deep underground location for reasons such as shielding from cosmic rays or direct access to physical/chemical/biological/engineering processes that occur deep underground. The scientific scope of the multidisciplinary program enabled by such a DUSEL and the resulting infrastructural requirements are the subject of a parallel solicitation (Solicitation-1): "Deep Underground Science and Engineering Program and Technical Requirements." Responses to the present solicitation (Solicitation-2) will propose a specific site or sites and a plan to develop a conceptual design of the
infrastructure necessary to meet the technical requirements being developed in response to Solicitation-1. In addition, the conceptual design will include the identification of an initial suite of experiments that could be installed in the proposed site(s) and the vision for a longer-term (30 year) program. A third solicitation (Solicitation-3) is planned through which detailed technical designs will be developed for the most promising combinations of site and conceptual design resulting from this solicitation.

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NSF Publication 05-506

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