Attachment 1
Contents of LoI

I. LoI for “Full-spec instrument” or “ for Test or development of aninstrument or devices”
Each LoI must contain, at a minimum, the items listed below. The length of LoI
need be 10 pages or less in A4 sheet.
1) Title of the proposal
2) Instrument category((a) Full-spec instrument, or (b) Test or development of an instrument ordevices for test and development)3) Short explanation of the proposal
4) Name of the instrument or devices.
5) Spokesperson(s) and/or Contact Person(s) (name, title, affiliation, address,
telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address).
6) Group constitution and each member’s role7) Outline of proposed research(a) Research plan, Scientific significance, Social significance, innovativenessuniqueness and so on must be described.
8) Short explanation of the proposed instrument.
Anticipated performance, innovativeness, uniqueness, unique use of pulsed
beam
and so on must be described.
9) Specifications of the proposed instrument.
Figures or drawings showing the concept of the instrument must be attached.
Identify needed budget to build the instrument, approximate dimensions andweights of the instrument, the type of the moderator to be used (a coldmoderator, a decoupled poisoned cold moderator or a decoupled coldmoderator), requirements to get license of regulations such as treatment ofhigh pressurized gas etc., possibility of additional construction outside of MLF
building and so on.
10) Desired neutron beam port to set the proposed instrument with reasons.
11) Inevitability of the instrument to be an "exclusive-use neutron beam facility"(for an "exclusive-use neutron beam facility" only)
12) Planned yearly construction schedule of the instrument and yearly researchplan.
13) Possibility of funding for instrument construction and research grant together
with an expected manpower.
14) Desired duration of proposed instrument for its occupation of assigned beam
port and yearly fraction of beam time for proposed program.
15) Other useful information, such as commitments to other proposals, etc.
16) List of research records of proposer and group member such as publications
list.
17) Requests to J-PARC Center

II. LoI for an idea of innovative instruments/devices
Each LoI must contain, at a minimum, the items listed below. Each LoIs must
contain, at a minimum, the items listed below. The length of LoI need be 8 pages orless in A4 sheet.
1) Title of the proposal
2) Instrument category ((c) idea of innovative instruments/devices )3) Short explanation of the proposal
4) Name of the instrument5) Spokesperson(s) and/or Contact Person(s) (name, title, affiliation, address,telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address).
6) Group constitution and each member’s role7) Outline of proposed research(a) Short explanation of ideas of innovative instruments/devices or principle ofneutron spectroscopy, Scientific significance, Social merit, innovativenessuniqueness, necessity of pulsed neutron and so on must be described.
(b) Figures showing ideas are asked to be attached as much as possible. If
possible, identify approximate dimensions and weights of the instrument,
identify the type of the moderator to be used (a cold moderator, adecoupled poisoned cold moderator or a decoupled cold moderator).
requirements to get license of regulations such as treatment of highpressurized gas etc., possibility of additional construction outside of MLF
building and so on.
8) List of research records of proposer and group member such as publications list.
9) Requests to J-PARC Center