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[Usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l] Next NSF allocation

From: Gustaaf Brooijmans <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>
To: "Usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l AT lists.bnl.gov" <Usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l AT lists.bnl.gov>, Jim Cochran <cochran61 AT gmail.com>, Chris Bee <Christopher.Bee AT stonybrook.edu>
Subject: [Usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l] Next NSF allocation
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:43:30 +0200

Hello NSF L2s,

Please distribute this to your L3s and ICs.

As we near the pre-MREFC endgame, we have decided that the next allocation will be for half the budgeted cost of the work scheduled in the rest of the pre-MREFC period, i.e. 10/1/19-3/31/20. This will give us the ability to direct the final pre-MREFC funds where they will be most needed/useful.

In addition, some institutions are carrying substantial cost variances, in a number of cases larger than the budgeted cost for the work scheduled for 10/1/19-3/31/20. So, the algorithm used to calculate the next allocation is:

1) If current cost variance > 0.5 x BCWS for rest of pre-MREFC => $0
2) else allocation = 0.5 x BCWS for rest of pre-MREFC

The L4 items where funding will be 0 are:

LAr: SBU, SMU, UT Austin
Tile: Chicago, MSU, UT Arlington
Muon: BU, Michigan (CSM part)
Trigger: Indiana

It could very well be that the cost variances are incorrect. In that case, people should get in touch.

Best,

Gustaaf

[Usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l] Next NSF allocation, Gustaaf Brooijmans, 09/20/2019