The Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSeN) program aims to develop neutrino detectors with greatly increased performance for detection of neutrinos from sources such as nuclear reactors and nuclear materials. Detectors will make use of neutrino-matter interactions that produce relatively low-energy nuclear recoils and athermal phonons in absorber materials with high neutron numbers at the (multi)-kilogram scale. Potential approaches to measuring small energy transfers could use emerging concepts from quantum computing devices and quantum sensors. These technologies can potentially measure small energy transfer signals from athermal phonons produced by coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CEvNS).
There is no registration fee for the Proposers Day webcast. The registration deadline is November 7 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first. Advance registration is required for webcast attendance. NOTE: All persons wishing to attend the webcast must register (whether viewing alone or as part of a group).
Registrants in excess of the maximum capacity limitation (350 individuals) may be added to a waitlist. Individuals who are unable to register because the deadline has occurred may request to be added to the waitlist. If slots become available due to cancellations, the slots may be filled on a first come, first served basis from the waitlist.
DARPA hosts Proposers Days to: (1) promote teaming arrangements between researchers; (2) provide potential proposers with information on whether and how they might respond to the government’s research and development solicitations; and (3) increase efficiency in proposal preparation and evaluation. Therefore, Proposers Days are only open to registered potential proposers, i.e., the events are closed to the general public and media. For this program, Proposers Day registration is open to potential proposers who are U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and foreign nationals.
All registrants who are not U.S. Citizens must complete and submit either a DARPA Form 60 (U.S. Permanent Resident and Foreign National Visit Request — e.g., industry or academia) or an Official Visit Request (foreign government personnel, only) through their country's Embassy based in Washington, DC, no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Time on November 5, 2024 (note: this is in advance of the registration deadline). Form 60 submission instructions will be provided in the registration confirmation email. Contact your Embassy staff for assistance in submitting the Official Visit Request.
Teaming is optional. DARPA highly encourages any teaming before proposal submission and can help facilitate the formation of teams with the necessary expertise. For teams, we anticipate that there will be one prime performer on each award who will coordinate team members and subcontracts.
Potential proposers may choose to participate in the Proposers Day in either, none, or both of the following options:
Attendees may be afforded the opportunity to give a Lightning Talk (a 5-minute oral presentation) during the webcast outlining their interests and capabilities. The purpose of these presentations is to facilitate teaming discussions among the attendees. Upon registering, attendees may indicate if they would like to give a Lightning Talk. Due to limited availability, DARPA will accept submissions on a first-come, first-served, and space-available basis and does not guarantee that an attendee’s requests to brief will be fulfilled. Submitted briefing materials should use this template, Attachment A, and are limited to a single, PPT-format slide, which should be appropriate for public release, as they will be shared with the session via webcast. The slide must be submitted to QuSeN@darpa.mil by 4:00 p.m. on November 5, 2024. DARPA will contact submitters upon receipt of their slide with additional guidance for the webcast.
There will be an opportunity to meet individually with the Program Manager, Thomas Schenkel. Eight-minute, individual, virtual meetings will be held during Proposers Day between about 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Please request an individual/team session when you register. Requests must be received no later than the registration dead-line date. Individual meetings will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served, and space-available basis and limited to two (2) people per institution.