Dear current and future R&D participants,

it is time to discuss the next steps in our path, i.e., the FY24 projects. We are trying to get the R&D program fully in sync with the FY boundaries.

Proposals

1.	Please submit your proposals and progress reports (where applicable) 
to us by July 7, 2023.  We aspire to have a DAC meeting well in time to prepare for contracts at the beginning of FY24.
2.	We expect progress report from all ongoing projects eRD101 to eRD113. 
What milestones were achieved. How did our understanding improve. What is left to do?
3.	eRD102, eRD103, eRD104, eRD106, eRD107, eRD108, eRD109, eRD110, 
eRD111, eRD112, and eRD113 may submit continuation proposals if and only if technical risk milestones remain.

These new proposals should be relatively straightforward to write. Keep them short and concise. List whatever technical risks remain, the milestones, deliverables, and two money matrices showing cost/item and funding/institution to close those remaining risks. Also list the representatives for each institution. List all participating members and institutions on the front page. Please also give, if applicable, an outlook for the years past FY24.

Be aware that R&D should not be mixed with PED. If you are not sure, talk to us. The proposals should concentrate on detector R&D tasks that mitigate project detector technical, risk.

DAC Review Meeting

With the project detector R&D expected to dwindle down at CD-2, we will limit the meeting to a two-day review meeting in the July-August period. 
The FY24 proposal goals of all continuation projects should be presented as well as a short status report of all FY22/FY23 proposals. More details on this meeting will be announced soon.

Best regards,

Elke, Rolf, and Thomas

P.S. Please distribute this email among your institutional reps/contacts in your project. Thanks!