Science Strategy & Approach

Governance

• Create a world-class Board of Directors led by UChicago President Robert Zimmer and including URA university presidents and national/international science and industry leaders.
• Provide single point accountability and oversight.

Corporate Resources

• Exploit resources from Illinois universities and the 90 URA universities to expand joint appointments, enhance FNAL-related outreach activities, improve business operations, provide education opportunities for staff and their children, and extend the reach of science-education programs.

ILC Capture

• Establish an ILC Program Office to lead ILC R&D and bid-to-host activities.
• Leverage the connections of FRA-affiliated organizations to promote the ILC to the State of Illinois.

World-Class Scientists & Engineers

• Expand joint appointments and FNAL particle physics and astrophysics programs using UChicago resources.
• Increase participation of foreign scientists, including implementation of a new International Fellows program.
• Implement an Organization and Human Asset Plan (OHAP) to ensure that FNAL has optimum workforce/skill combination at all times.
• Expand the Education Program's reach to increase numbers of future scientists.

Communication

• Strengthen partnership and open communication between FNAL and the HEP community.
• Strengthen the InterAction Collaboration; provide a focus for media information about the LHC.

Collaboration

• Create the FNAL-ANL Laboratory Collaboration Council (LCC) to support continuous-improvement initiatives; create LCC R&D and Technology Transfer Working Groups to develop the industrial base for the ILC.
• Establish the FNAL Accelerator Physics Center (APC) and Argonne Accelerator Institute (AAI) to coordinate accelerator research efforts.
• Create a center for data analysis—the LHC Physics Center (LPC)—that leverages FNAL's state-of-the-art Feynman and Grid Computing Centers.
• Elevate the Particle Astrophysics Center (PAC) to a new level in the organization to leverage ties between URA and UChicago and attract world-class leadership.
• Apply capabilities of UChicago/ANL Computation Institute and ANL experts in handling large data sets and Grid software.