"DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel University Grants Program Subpanel Report" July 22, 2007 (3.2MB pdf)

(reference: http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/ugpsreportfinalJuly22,2007.pdf)

From the subpanel: High Energy Physics is at a unique point in its history: We're only a year from the LHC while continuing to extend our scientific reach into new directions with neutrinos and non-accelerator-based studies–that's exciting. At the same time, we soon leave behind our large national programs: the Tevatron, PEP-II, and CLEO – and that's potentially unsettling.

As a mature discipline, we enjoy a stable, respected presence on our campuses as well as with DOE and NSF. Supporting and promoting our field relies on structures and relationships which were built during a previous era in HEP, one very different from what we face today. Do these traditional relationships with our universities and our funding agencies scale smoothly to the next generation?

We have been asked by HEPAP to review the entire university HEP program with recommendations due by the HEPAP meeting in late spring of 2007. This is a singular opportunity to endorse what works, to constructively criticize what does not, and to make specific recommendations about how we best evolve our field into a new era.

We cannot pretend to do this ourselves, and so we are making an broad appeal to our community for input. Please take a moment to read the subpanel charge and to think about your future: Imagine the U.S. HEP university program over the next generation and how you think it might evolve–and how you think it should evolve. Is everything currently in working order? Are you confident of HEP's future on your campus? Are changes required? How do you expect to prepare for new projects like ILC, neutrino oscillation experiments, LHC upgrades, astrophysics and/or cosmology detectors? We need to hear from you.