Template Guidelines
• This presentation is to be used as a template to create
your LDRD presentation.
• The presentation and question/answer period are limited
to 25 minutes. Ensure your presentation fits the time
frame and allows sufficient time for panel Q&A.
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FY16 LDRD Proposal Presentation
Proposal Title
Lead Scientist:
Directorate:
Division:
Presentation Date:
Project Overview
• This is your “elevator pitch” slide
You are presenting to a review panel of scientists who are
not necessarily experts in your topic. In one slide, you are
asked to explain the concept, what you are planning to
achieve and the impact of the potential outcomes for the
field and for SLAC’s strategic vision.
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Project Overview: Strategic Alignment
• Describe the relation of the proposed work to the SLAC
Strategic Plan
 How does this project align with SLAC’s strategic vision (four pillars)?
 Does this work significantly enhance a SLAC core capability?
How does this work fit within the SLAC strategic initiatives?
• How does this proposal meet the DOE LDRD program
objectives i.e. to promote innovative scientific and
technological excellence?
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Project Description: Background
• Describe the project’s scientific or
technological concepts
• Describe work that is being performed
Example
graphic
already at SLAC and elsewhere on the
topic, indicating the current state-of-the
art.
(Use as many slides as necessary)
Physics
Chemistry
Biological and life sciences
Materials science
Engineering
Environmental science
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Photon Science
Astrophysics and Cosmology
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Project Description: Objectives
• Describe the project’s objectives
• Explain the breakthroughs expected
from this work and how these will
advance the current state-of-the-art
described earlier.
(Use as many slides as necessary)
Example
graphic
Physics
Chemistry
Biological and life sciences
Materials science
Engineering
Environmental science
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Photon Science
Astrophysics and Cosmology
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Project Description: Approach
• Describe the research approach/method
• Describe any risks or challenges and your
assessment/mitigation to them
Example
graphic
(Use as many slides as necessary)
Physics
Chemistry
Biological and life sciences
Materials science
Engineering
Environmental science
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Photon Science
Astrophysics and Cosmology
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Project Description: Anticipated results/deliverables
• Provide a brief
description of the
anticipated results or
deliverables of the
project.
• Provide supporting
information on your
anticipated results by
showing examples of
prior work, simulations
etc.
(Use as many slides as
necessary)
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Project Description: Budget brief and resources
Please provide a table that contains the following information:
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Total FY16 funding request
Total FY17 funding request, if needed
Total FY18 funding request, if needed
Total LDRD project request
Budget break-down per FY:
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Percent of lead scientist’s salary
# of Postdocs/staff/engineers (% of funding for salary for each person)
% of funding for M&S
% of funding for Travel
% of funding for Other?
Please describe any other resources necessary for your
project e.g. access to laboratories, large-scale computing, etc.
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Future opportunities: roadmap beyond the LDRD period
• Provide a 5yr roadmap of activities
and possible outcomes from the
proposed topic.
• Explain your vision beyond the scope
of this LDRD. How will this piece of
work motivate further scientific or
technological efforts beyond the LDRD
timeline?
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Future opportunities: funding alignment with
agencies/initiatives
• Identify future funding opportunities (DOE, other federal or
private agencies, industry) that align with this science or
technology. (You may wish to browse the Stanford Dean of
Research website for an overview of relevant current/future
funding opportunities- https://doresearch.stanford.edu/funding or
investigate the funding opportunities fitting your research profile
by signing up to http://pivot.cos.com/ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
• Be specific in terms of: funding agency, targeted program area,
and why you think this is the right fit
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