Detector R&D Committee (DRDC)

The Detector Research and Development Committee (DRDC) receives proposals for new detector R&D experiments, evaluates them and decides whether to recommend approval. After the DRD collaborations are approved, the Committee requests status reports and conduct reviews of their progress.

The DRDC reports to the CERN Director for Research and submits its recommendations to the Research Board.

A first DRDC was set up in July 1990 and held its last meeting in January 1995. The role of reviewing the approved R&D experiments was taken over by the LHCC and the SPSC until end 2023. See the information in the CERN Archives website.

Chairperson: Thomas Bergauer, Marietta Blau Institute, Vienna
Scientific Secretary: Jan Troska, EP Department