FY 2023 Laboratory Directed R&D (LDRD) Proposal Schedule
| Before January 1, 2022 | Director issues Call for Proposals and guidance for FY 2023 LDRD to ALDs, Division Directors, and staff scientists via e-mail and Elements. |
| March 25, 2022 | Principal investigators submit and lock FY 2023 LDRD proposals in the web-based submission system for Division processing. Associate Laboratory Directors (ALDs) initiate review processes of all proposals from their Area. |
| April 22, 2022 | ALDs identify proposals selected for multi-Area and Early Career Development track review. |
| May 9-10, 2022 | Presentation and Review Meetings for FY 2023 ECD, Lab-wide Initiative, multi-Area, and Area/Divisional Priority proposals. |
| July 1, 2022 | Director or Deputy Director for Research notifies ALDs and Division Directors of preliminary FY 2023 awards. |
| September 1, 2022 | LDRD Office notifies successfully awarded FY 2023 PIs. Project concurrence requests are provided to DOE-Berkeley Site Office (BSO). |
| October 1, 2022 | DOE project concurrence is provided, and LDRD projects begin work. |
| December 16, 2022 | Awards announced in Elements after final allocations are made. |