Research in Nuclear Physics at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and the University of Kentucky Accelerator Laboratory (FRIB)

The motivation of the FRIB Experiment Bridge Faculty program (the Bridge program) is to enhance the opportunities for faculty hires at U.S. universities with a focus on experimental research at FRIB or developments relevant for science at FRIB. These positions will be loosely modeled after those created by the FRIB Theory Alliance, with 50% of the cost being covered by FRIB – salary, benefits and travel – administered through the FRIB Experiment Bridge Initiative and 50% by the home institution, over an initial period of up to 6 years or until the faculty member is granted tenure. Bridge Faculty are outstanding junior experimentalists who hold the promise to pursue strong experimental research programs based at FRIB or developments for FRIB. Bridge Faculty are 100% employees of their home institution, with all the associated benefits. Bridge Faculty are expected to build a research group, attract federal funding, and have teaching and other duties, equivalent to the other faculty at their home institution. In addition, Bridge Faculty are expected to contribute significantly to the scientific program at FRIB and be spokespersons for FRIB science, nationally and internationally. They are expected to spend time at FRIB and, for this reason, teaching relief could be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.