The US Department of Energy is pleased to announce the Office of Science's is now accepting applications for the new Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program for the 2015. The SCGSR program will support supplemental awards to graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory for a period of 3 to 12 consecutive months. The goal of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories. The 2014 program solicitation resulted in awards to 65 graduate students from 50 different universities to conduct thesis research at 15 DOE national laboratories.
The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students' overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories. Priority research areas for the 2015 SCGSR competition were identified to help address important workforce needs in support of Office of Science mission. The applicant's proposed SCGSR research project to be conducted at a DOE laboratory must address stated aims in at least one of the priority areas listed below. The priority research areas for the 2015 SCGSR competition can be viewed at: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/how-to-apply/priority-sc-research-areas/. Specific details and information on eligibility and how to apply can be found at the program website: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/. If you have any questions, please contact the SCGSR program manager, Dr. Ping Ge. She can be reached at ping...@science.doe.gov<mailto:ping...@science.doe.gov> or sc.sc...@science.doe.gov<mailto:sc.sc...@science.doe.gov>. We would very much appreciate your assistance in sharing this information with your colleagues, collaborators at universities and national laboratories who are conducting research in the priority research areas of the 2015 solicitation, by forwarding the program announcement below to them. Dan Stover __________________________________________ Daniel B. Stover, PhD Program Manager, Terrestrial Ecosystem Sciences Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Office of Biological and Environmental Research SC-23.1 / Germantown Building U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585 tel. 301-903-0289 fax. 301-903-8519 email: daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov http://science.energy.gov/ber/research/cesd/ http://tes.science.energy.gov/ BER advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific facilities for DOE missions in energy, environment, and basic research.
