Proposals
FY25 Call for Proposals
The SLAC LDRD Call for Proposals for FY25 was announced by Lab Director John Sarrao and interim Director of the Office of Strategic Planning Robert Schoenlein on February 13, 2024.
Lead Investigators submit letters of intent (LOIs) to the LDRD program through the online form by March 18, 2024. In late March-early April, Lead Investigators of approved LOIs will be invited to submit full proposals.
Deadlines to submit proposals to ALDs are determined within each Directorate. Directorates submit proposals to the LDRD Program by April 30, 2024.
NOTE: SLAC login required for Call, Stanford SUNet login required for LOI
Application Process
Qualified proposals will be invited for submittal through an initial letter of intent (LOI) review process. ALD concurrence is required for submittal. LOIs must be submitted through the online form (SUNet login required) by March 18, 2024.
Lead Investigators create project proposals with an annually updated proposal template. Following the LOI review and invitation to submit full proposals, LDRD proposals are due April 30, 2024.
Supplemental guidance and overview resource slides for the proposal template are also available during the proposal preparation period.
Proposal template overview resource
For proposal budget preparation, Lead Investigators must contact the directorate’s business office. The directorate's business office has the budgeting instructions. A list of finance contacts is provided below.
SLAC login required for all
All proposals must be submitted as a PDF file via upload to an LDRD proposals folder hosted by the Office of Strategic Planning. The upload folder can be accessed by the SLAC Business Managers and LDRD administration only. Business Managers, please reach out to LDRD administration to authorize delegates. The proposal upload folder is only accessible during the submission window between the LOI deadline and the proposal deadline.
From LDRD Proposals, click the directorate folder to which you want to add a document.
Click Upload to upload the proposal materials, or drag-and-drop materials into the directorate folder.
Process Information Resources
All peer review, project execution, and business processes related to the LDRD Program at SLAC adhere to the SLAC LDRD Program Review & Conflict of Interest (COI) Policy.
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A list of panel members reviewing FY25 LDRD proposals will be updated throughout the process, leading up to the internal panel presentations June 12-13.
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