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<div class="WordSection1">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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TRIUMF is starting to prepare its Five-Year Plan 2020-2025, a
report that<br>
will define TRIUMF’s vision and mission, communicate the lab’s
goals and<br>
priorities, and lay out an action plan for the period 2020-2025
and<br>
beyond. Covering the full breadth of activities undertaken by
TRIUMF, the<br>
Five-Year Plan will underpin TRIUMF’s request for operational
funding from<br>
the Government of Canada.<br>
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TRIUMF has published a web page to serve as the primary online
resource for<br>
information about the 2020-2025 Five-Year Plan development
process and the<br>
various consultations with stakeholders. You can access it <a
href="http://www.triumf.ca/FYP2020-25" moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>.<br>
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An integral part of developing TRIUMF’s Five-Year Plan 2020-25
is<br>
understanding and prioritizing any and all activities that might
involve<br>
commitments of the laboratory’s resources and expertise during
the period<br>
covered by the plan. This understanding will help inform
allocation of<br>
resources and future project commitments.<br>
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As a multidisciplinary national centre, TRIUMF would like to
ensure there<br>
are opportunities to provide input into this important part of
the planning<br>
process. We are encouraging the community to put forward
innovative ideas,<br>
and in particular consider initiatives that bridge across
individual<br>
fields of research and take advantage of TRIUMF’s diverse
capabilities. As<br>
such, TRIUMF is requesting proposals for any and all activities
that might<br>
involve commitments of TRIUMF resources and expertise during the
five<br>
years covered by the plan. A short template outlining the
requested<br>
information is available for download <a
href="http://www.triumf.ca/sites/default/files/2017-TRIUMF-PPAC-Input-Template.docx"
moz-do-not-send="true">here</a> and on the 5YP webpage.<br>
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TRIUMF’s <a
href="http://www.triumf.ca/home/about-triumf/governance/external-committees/ppac"
moz-do-not-send="true">Policy and Planning Advisory Committee
(PPAC)</a> will be responsible<br>
for reviewing and analyzing all Five-Year Plan proposals. As
part of this<br>
process, PPAC will prioritize the submissions and offer
recommendations to<br>
the TRIUMF Director. The PPAC review will be completed by early
December<br>
2017.<br>
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For all submissions of new project commitments, the PPAC review<br>
constitutes the Gate 0 review of TRIUMF’s <a
href="http://www.triumf.ca/sites/default/files/InformationSession_Oct2016_0.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">project governance process</a>. In<br>
particular, all initiatives that will involve a proposal to the
next round<br>
of calls by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI),
anticipated for<br>
2018/19, and involve TRIUMF resources, are expected to submit a
proposal to<br>
PPAC. For initiatives that might go forward to future CFI
funding rounds<br>
before 2025 we also expect a proposal submission to PPAC now, if
the<br>
resources requested from TRIUMF (cash and manpower) are near or
above $1M.<br>
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We request that you complete the template and submit the
information to<br>
<a href="mailto:5YPSC@triumf.ca" moz-do-not-send="true">5YPSC@triumf.ca</a>.
The deadline for this is <b>Monday, October 16, 2017</b>.<br>
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We look forward to reviewing your submissions<br>
<br>
Warm regards,<br>
<br>
Reiner Kruecken<br>
TRIUMF Deputy Director<o:p></o:p></div>
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