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Description
The SRF R&D project was launched in 2023, with the purpose to introduce a more detailed structure, coordination and progress reporting of the SRF R&D activity which is taking place since several years at CERN. More recently, the project was renamed as SRF R&D-R, to distinguish it from the twin SRF R&D-D, which is focused on producing demonstrators for the FCC. The overarching purpose of the SRF R&D-R program is to advance the knowledge, strengthen the know-how, the facilities and in general the capabilities in the field of superconducting RF at CERN, to secure the necessary support to the present accelerators, and to enable design, prototyping and eventually building future machines. This general SRF R&D activity underpins and complements the focussed developments and prototyping work done in the context of the FCC study. In the context of the general SRF R&D, performance targets for SRF cavities are in line with but not limited to the specific needs of the FCC ee machines. The project is structured in 5 work packages, covering SRF methods and studies, cavity fabrication methods, SRF thin films, non-mechanical tuning, and novel cooling methods. In this presentation I will give an overview on these activities, highlight the underlying strategy, discuss the present results, and the next steps
