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US University Linear Collider Detector R&D Funding Since the FY09 federal budget process is stretched out, the agencies have not yet determined what funding will be possible for US university linear collider detector R&D in FY09. Nevertheless, the LoI groups are developing their R&D plans, which will be submitted as part of the LoI process in March, 2009. We have been considering how to prepare to seek funding that might become available in FY09. We encourage groups that want to propose work for ILC detector R&D to begin now to sketch out their proposals. They might consider funding needs for up to a three year period on a specific topic for a given project proposal. Proponents should prepare to express how a given proposal relates to the R&D plans of the ILC detector letters of intent, and to the efforts in the labs. We will provide a mechanism to collect these proposals, similar to what we have done in past years. We envision a due date for these project proposals around mid-January. However, the submission to the agencies will differ from past years. Based on the collected project proposals from university groups, we will ask the LoI groups to submit proposals to both agencies for support of the work of the appropriate proposals for their LoI. The LoI groups should express the relative priorities of the proposed efforts. We will follow this message with more guidance in the ensuing weeks. The due date for the proposals from the LoI groups could be as early as mid-February. Jim Brau and Mark Oreglia