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\centerline{\bf \large Preapplication Instructions}

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{\bf General:}

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Each institution can be lead on only one application.

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Center Director must be employed by lead institution.

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Center Director and lead institution cannot change in 
full application.

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Team and partner institutions can change, but not extensively.

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{\bf Deadline February 10, 5:00 pm, EST}

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{\bf Pre-application cover page}

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The pre-application should include a cover page with the following
information:

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Pre-application Title (this is the Center Name)

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Lead Organization

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Lead Principal Investigator Name, Job Title (this is the Center
Director)

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Lead Principal Investigator Phone Number and Email Address

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Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0002253

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This cover page must be signed by an official of the lead organization
who has the
authority to commit institutional/entity support for the application and
by the proposed Center Director.

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{\bf Center Description:}

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This description of the proposed Center may not exceed five pages, with
a minimum text font
size of Times New Roman 12 point and margins no smaller than one inch on
all sides. Figures
and references, if included, must fit within the five-page limit.

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The cover page should be followed by a description of the mission,
goals, and scientific
approaches of the proposed Center, including at least the following
elements:

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$\bullet$  A clear and concise statement of the mission and scope of the proposed
Center and a set
of integrated five-year scientific and technological goals designed to
support that
mission;
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$\bullet$  Justification for the Center-scale investment as an integrated,
synergistic whole;
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$\bullet$  A description of the R\&D methods and approaches that will be used to
achieve the goals
of the Center, and the metrics that will assess the Center’s impact and
accomplishments;
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$\bullet$  An explanation of the importance of the proposed research and
development and its
potential national scientific, technological, and competitiveness
impact;
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$\bullet$ A discussion of how the proposed Center is responsive to the
objectives of this FOA.
Specifically, to be responsive the proposed Center must satisfy the
following:

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Assemble a large, multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary effort with
a domestic
organization designated as the Lead Institution

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Incorporate each of the five Essential Components as described in
Section I

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Address and integrate at least three levels of the QIS S\&T Innovation
Chain

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Include Fundamental Science as one of the levels of the Chain that it
addresses

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Integrate sub-topics from at least two of the Technical Areas of
Interest as
described in Section I

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The pre-application must include the following two Tables and addenda,
if applicable, which will not count toward the five-page limit:

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{\bf Table 1:} Center Members (Center Director, Deputy Center Director, Leads
for Major
Thrust Areas, PI’s and Senior/Key Personnel) on the pre-application and
institutional affiliations

 \begin{table}[h]
 \begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
{\bf Center Members}  &&&   {\bf Institution} \\
\hline
Last Name & First Name &  Title &  Institution Name \\
\hline
Scalettar    & Richard    & Professor    & Univ.~of Ca., Davis    \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
 \end{table}

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Identify any non-domestic institutions in Table 1 and provide an
addendum for each non-
domestic institution demonstrating how the non-domestic institution
possesses skills, resources,
and abilities that do not exist among potential domestic institutions.

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{\bf Table 2:} Collaborators of Center Members

 \begin{table}[h]
 \begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
{\bf Collaborator}  &&&   {\bf Institution} \\
\hline
Last Name & First Name &  Title &  Institution Name \\
\hline
Pickett      & Warren     & Professor    & Univ.~of Ca., Davis    \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
 \end{table}

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For all Center members, Table 2 must include collaborative
co-investigators including co-authors
of the past 48 months, co-editors of the past 24 months, graduate and
postdoctoral
advisors/advisees, and close associations.
Table 2 should exclude all personnel at any of the institutions listed
in Table 1.



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\centerline{\bf \large Cover page}

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{\bf Title:}  Center for the Simulation of Engineered Quantum Materials

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Lead Organization:  University of California, Davis

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Lead Principal Investigator Name:  Richard T.~Scalettar
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Job Title: Distinguished Professor of Physics

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Lead Principal Investigator Phone Number:  530-752-1500

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Email Address: scalettar@physics.ucdavis.edu

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Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0002253

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signature here \\
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Richard T. Scalettar
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Lead Principal Investigator


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signature here \\
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Lead organization official

%% This cover page must be signed by an official of the lead organization
%% who has the
%% authority to commit institutional/entity support for the application and
%% by the proposed Center Director.



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\centerline {\bf \large Five Page Center Description}

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$\bullet$  A clear and concise statement of the mission and scope of the proposed
Center and a set
of integrated five-year scientific and technological goals designed to
support that
mission;
\vskip0.10in \noindent
$\bullet$  Justification for the Center-scale investment as an integrated,
synergistic whole;
\vskip0.10in \noindent
$\bullet$  A description of the R\&D methods and approaches that will be used to
achieve the goals
of the Center, and the metrics that will assess the Center’s impact and
accomplishments;
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$\bullet$  An explanation of the importance of the proposed research and
development and its
potential national scientific, technological, and competitiveness
impact;
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$\bullet$ A discussion of how the proposed Center is responsive to the
objectives of this FOA.
Specifically, to be responsive the proposed Center must satisfy the
following:

\vskip0.10in \noindent
\hskip0.20in $*$
Assemble a large, multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary effort with
a domestic
organization designated as the Lead Institution

\vskip0.10in \noindent
\hskip0.20in $*$
Incorporate each of the five Essential Components as described in
Section I

\vskip0.10in \noindent
\hskip0.20in $*$
Address and integrate at least three levels of the QIS S\&T Innovation
Chain

\vskip0.10in \noindent
\hskip0.20in $*$
Include Fundamental Science as one of the levels of the Chain that it
addresses

\vskip0.10in \noindent
\hskip0.20in $*$
Integrate sub-topics from at least two of the Technical Areas of
Interest as
described in Section I



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The pre-application must include the following two Tables and addenda,
if applicable, which will not count toward the five-page limit:

\vskip0.10in \noindent
{\bf Table 1:} Center Members (Center Director, Deputy Center Director, Leads
for Major
Thrust Areas, PI’s and Senior/Key Personnel) on the pre-application and
institutional affiliations

 \begin{table}[h]
 \begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
{\bf Center Members}  &&&   {\bf Institution} \\
\hline
Last Name & First Name &  Title &  Institution Name \\
\hline
Scalettar    & Richard    & Professor    & Univ.~of Ca., Davis    \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
 \end{table}

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Identify any non-domestic institutions in Table 1 and provide an
addendum for each non-
domestic institution demonstrating how the non-domestic institution
possesses skills, resources,
and abilities that do not exist among potential domestic institutions.



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{\bf Table 2:} Collaborators of Center Members

 \begin{table}[h]
 \begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
{\bf Collaborator}  &&&   {\bf Institution} \\
\hline
Last Name & First Name &  Title &  Institution Name \\
\hline
Pickett      & Warren     & Professor    & Univ.~of Ca., Davis    \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
          &            &        &                   \\
\hline
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
 \end{table}


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