Team selected for the proposed design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory

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NSF has made an award to a team headed by Kevin Lesko of the University of California at Berkeley to develop a technical design for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory or DUSEL. Credit: Zina Deretsky National Science Foundation
NSF has made an award to a team headed by Kevin Lesko of the University of California at Berkeley to develop a technical design for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, or DUSEL. Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced selection of a University of California-Berkeley proposal to produce a technical design for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the former Homestake gold mine near Lead, S.D. The Homestake team, headed by Kevin Lesko, could receive up to $5 million per year for up to three years.


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