The Scientific Committees receive proposals for experiments at CERN. The requests are submitted once they are sufficiently advanced and after an assessment has been made of the financial implications of the project, the time required on one or other of the machines and the necessary experimental equipment and staff. These committees also make recommendations on the facilities offered by the accelerators in their respective fields.
The committees' proposals and recommendations are submitted to the Research Board for final decision concerning the CERN experimental programme and the facilities offered by the accelerators.
The current committees are:
- DRDC - Detector R&D Experiments Committee
- INTC - ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-Flight Experiments Committee
- LHCC - LHC Experiments Committee
- Research Board
- SPSC - SPS and PS Experiments Committee
- REC - Recognized Experiments Committee
- Other Experiment Committees: ISAB-G - IdeaSquare and GRADE Advisory Board.
Former committees:
The CERN Archives website shows information on former committees, as well as the full history of the CERN Experimental Programme since 1950.