JSA Awards $564K for FY2009 Initiatives Fund Program

Washington, DC – Jefferson Sciences Associates recently announced the award of projects totaling $563,950 that will be supported by the Fiscal Year 2009 JSA Initiatives Fund.

JSA owners, the Southeastern Universities Research Association and Computer Sciences Corp., established the Initiatives Fund to support programs, initiatives and activities that further the scientific outreach and promote the science, education and technology missions of Jefferson Lab in ways that complement its basic and applied research focus. The annual commitment is administered by the JSA Programs Committee.

After an evaluation of 28 proposals, the Programs Committee recommended funds for 24 projects:

Director's Discretionary Fund, $125,000
JSA/JLab Graduate Fellowship Program, $110,000
Nathan Isgur Senior Post Doctoral Fellowship, $50,000
Handheld Gamma Camera for Cancer Surgery, $40,600
JSA/JLab Sabbatical/Research Leave Support Program, $36,000
JLab Science Activities for Teachers (JSAT), $32,500
Advanced Concepts for Energy Recovery in an FEL, $30,000
Limits to SRF Cavity Performance, $20,000
Users Group Awards, $13,750
Users Group Junior Scientist Travel Support, $12,500
JLab Patent Awards Program, $10,000
Transverse Parton Structure of Hadrons Meeting Support, $10,000
International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy Support, $10,000
CLAS 12 GeV European Workshop Support, $10,000
JLab Cooperative Education Program, $10,000
Hampton Roads Partnership Membership, $8,000
Users Group Annual Meeting Support, $6,500
JLab Women in Physics Initiatives Workshop, $6,000
Development of an Experiment to Conduct a Precision Measurement of the Weak Mixing Angle in Möller Scattering with a 11 GeV Beam Meeting Support, $5,000
Development of LAS for PVDIS Studies with 11 GeV Beam Meeting Support, $5,000
Users Group Satellite Meeting Support, $4,000
Spin Structure at Long Distance Meeting Support, $3,500
Users Group Graduate Student Activities, $3,000
Users Group Student Tour Program, $2,600

"JSA's support of these very worthwhile and diverse projects and activities benefits the lab's programs and leverages the commitments of others. The awards not only help the laboratory to cultivate support within its traditional user community but also in the broader community in the Hampton Roads area. They permit us to support activities to which we cannot apply program funds," said Hugh Montgomery, JSA president and Jefferson Lab director.

"While not big bucks, it is clear the money is being invested wisely. We're particularly pleased to see a strong focus on students as well as on projects that promote the application of the lab's technical developments." SURA President and CEO Jerry P. Draayer added.

Now in its fourth year, the Initiatives Fund Program has supported more than 33 projects, including several projects that were previously provided by SURA as the predecessor management and operations contractor for Jefferson Lab.

More information about the JSA Initiatives Fund is available at http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFIndex.html.