Reply To: Brain: dualism of consciousness.

[Henning]

Ivy Matt wrote:

Reading the FOA, the following caught my notice:

ARPA-E requires all work under ARPA-E funding agreements to be performed in the United States – i.e., Prime Recipients must expend 100% of the Total Project Cost in the United States. However, Applicants may request a waiver of this requirement where their project would materially benefit from, or otherwise requires, certain work to be performed overseas.

Given that the tungsten cathode is being purchased from and machined in China, I wonder if this would require a waiver. I would think a waiver ought to be granted if there are no facilities in the United States capable of machining it. (Although there may be another way to get a tungsten cathode soon.) Or, if the award only covers work done using the beryllium electrodes, I suppose a waiver would not be necessary.

Stupid idea: Create a company called “LPP Import” that imports all the required stuff. 😉