EEC Committees

Description:

Three Experiments Evaluation Committees (EECs) are in place at TRIUMF: the 'Subatomic Physics EEC' and the 'Molecular & Materials Science EEC' meet biannualy at TRIUMF in July and December, and the 'Life Sciences Projects EEC' meets once a year in January. The purpose of these committees is to review new research proposals which are presented at the biannual and annual meetings and advise TRIUMF's management on the feasibility of such research proposals and the allocation of beam time in appropriate priority sequence. They also review the progress of ongoing experiments. The committee members are selected based on their expertise in areas such as nuclear and particle physics, nuclear astrophysics, and application of the muon spin rotation to condested matter physics and to chemistry and life sciences. The committees are comprised of eight or nine members from both national and international scientific communities and each member serves for a period of three years.

Two months prior to each scheduled meeting, TRIUMF sends out a call for proposals, with a deadline set for submission, to all TRIUMF users representing national and international scientists in Japan, Germany, Scotland, England, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, France and Australia. Each applicant must forward a proposal containing a concise summary of the scientific problem under investigation, with appropriate literature references; clear justification for the proposed experiment; the names of collaborators; support required from TRIUMF; a description of the experimental techniques to be used, naming the facility required; an analysis of beam time requirements including, for example, a prioritized list of samples; safety considerations, and an indication of start-up dates for preparation and start of data acquisition. Each proposal is then assigned for a detailed review to two committee members with relevant expertise and the proposals are evaluated solely on their scientific merit. All accepted proposals and reports are distributed to the TRIUMF Library, Publications Office and Operations department, as well as to various laboratories and university libraries. Ther are available on line in the TRIUMF Experiments Database.

The three EECs are: