= LhARA Executive Board 01Jun22; 10:00 GMT =

**Present:** AG, TG, DK, KL, JPar, YP, CW

== Notes ==

1. [wiki:Research/DesignStudy/PMO/Meetings/2022-05-18 Notes] and actions: All \\
 - Status of actions:
  * **KL** contact Leo Cancer Care
   * **Stands.**
  * **JPar** will organise a meeting with WP5 managers to thrash out the Gantt chart and final project management details.
   * **Done.**
  * **PP** will revise the "route to clinic" section.
   * **Done.**

2. Status of preparation of the proposal and discussion: All \\
 - Only known issue now is the alignment of WP1 and WP6 milestones and deliverable milestones.  CW and J.Pasternak are now resolving the remaining issues.
 - When these issues are addressed we freeze and move on to initiating the review and developing the programme.

3. LhARA and the ITRF: alignment discussion progress: All \\
 - When proposal is done, need to complete "Working methods" document and then negotiate the codicil that specifies the deliverables provided by the funding from the ITRF line.
 - Need now to initiate the preparation of the JeS submissions.  This implies generation of the "master Jes" (**action KL**), iteration with institutes on the costings etc.  Action here is to contact Director PPD and the relevant programme manager in the Programmes Directorate of STFC (**action KL**).
 - Need instrumentation expertise from Liverpool for preparation of the CDR.
 
4. Raising the resources for the initiative: All
 - YP summarised the proposal she is preparing for an "International Research Project" grant from CNRS.  This would provide 50k-75k Euros mainly for travel and would be used to support work on the LhARA end-station specification, development of the SmartPhantom etc, and some experimental work.
 - Paul Instrument Fund is a potential vehicle to target for the ion-acoustic development.
 - **KL** will organise a meeting with AG, JPar, and YP to find a set of targets for proposals from verious UK funding agencies and the EU.
  - We discussed teh possibility of an ITN application, for this we should seek to involve C.Welsch who has a track record of success in this area.
 - **KL** will follow up with Wellcome to ask for a response to our letter of introduction.

5. Outreach: All
 - Need to progress seminar series and other outreach activities when work resumes next week.

7. DONM
 - 15Jun22; 16:00 BST

8. AoB
 - None.

=== Summary of actions ===

 * **KL** contact Leo Cancer Care
 * **KL** initiate creation of "master JeS"
 * **KL** contact Director PPD and the relevant programme manager in the Programmes Directorate of STFC.
 * **KL** will organise a meeting with AG, JPar, and YP to find a set of targets for proposals from verious UK funding agencies and the EU.
 * **KL** will follow up with Wellcome to ask for a response to our letter of introduction.

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