MRS for detector development at the University of Victoria

这项补助金申请是为了继续支持维多利亚大学的一名高技能人员的工资，他是加拿大亚原子物理学和加速器物理学项目的重要资源。上一笔赠款支持Paul Poffenberger直到2017年12月，并自2017年9月起支持他的继任者Sam de Jong。 两人都是探测器技术专家，他们已经并正在为加拿大亚原子和加速器物理学旗舰项目做出重要贡献，他的专业知识需要与加拿大的亚原子物理学家合作，维护现有的探测器系统并帮助开发新系统。受益于这种支持的研究计划包括阿尔法，ARIEL，ATLAS，贝儿II，T2K和国际线性对撞机。UVic的MRS利用TRIUMF的资源投资作为维多利亚亚原子物理和加速器研究中心（VISPA）的一部分。 该资源由优先级委员会监督，与卡尔顿大学的SAP MRS资源相同。此前，资源包括皇后大学，但他们的MRS补助金在2018年没有更新。该委员会通过审查新的使用请求，为使用MRS设施提供便利。如果资源被超额认购，董事会将根据标准NSERC标准对请求进行排名。研究所的MRS管理人员将使用此排名来分配人力，因为随着正在进行的任务的完成，人力变得可用。董事会每年举行数次会议，并向其提供有关MRS员工正在进行的工作的进展和状况的信息。

This grant request is for the continued salary support of a highly skilled individual based at the University of Victoria who is an essential resource for subatomic physics and accelerator physics projects in Canada. The previous grant supported Paul Poffenberger until December 2017 and his replacement, Sam de Jong since September 2017. Both are detector technologists who have made and are making crucial contributions to flagship Canadian subatomic and accelerator physics projects, and his expertise is needed to maintain existing detector systems and to help develop new systems, in collaboration with subatomic physicists across Canada. Research programs that have benefited from this support include ALPHA, ARIEL, ATLAS, Belle II, T2K, and the International Linear Collider. The MRS at UVic leverages resource investments from TRIUMF as part of the Victoria Subatomic Physics and Accelerator Research Centre (VISPA). The resource is overseen by a prioritization board, in common with the SAP MRS resources at Carleton University. Previously, the resources included Queens University but their MRS grant was not renewed in 2018. The board facilitates access to the MRS facilities by reviewing new requests for their use. Should the resources become oversubscribed, the board would rank the requests based on standard NSERC criteria. The MRS managers at the institutes would use this ranking to assign manpower as it becomes available as on-going tasks are completed. The Board meets several times a year and is given information about the progress and status of on-going work undertaken by the MRS employees.