SLAC Management Plan

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) is one of 10 Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science laboratories and a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). SLAC is operated by Stanford University (Stanford) on behalf of DOE and, within Stanford, is treated as a unit of Stanford, with the SLAC Laboratory Director reporting jointly to the Stanford President and Stanford Provost.

As a unit of Stanford, SLAC has its own faculty, through its Particle Physics & Astrophysics and Photon Science departments of which the SLAC Laboratory Director is also Dean. In addition, many Stanford faculty in other departments are jointly appointed in SLAC departments. While the faculty are a vital part of SLAC’s scientific endeavors, as discussed, e.g., in the SLAC Faculty Handbook, they do not have a formal role in SLAC laboratory management and are thus not further discussed in this document.

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SLAC Management Plan (PDF)