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EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, is a Department of Energy national user facility that leads molecular-level discoveries that translate to predictive understanding and accelerated solutions for national energy and environmental challenges. We support BER's mission to provide innovative solutions to these challenges in areas such as atmospheric aerosols, feedstocks, global carbon cycling, biogeochemistry, subsurface science, and energy materials. EMSL helps scientists - its users - address challenges in a wide range of research including synthesis, characterization, theory and modeling, dynamic properties, and environmental testing. EMSL Call for FY2017 Proposals Is Now Open This Call offers two opportunities for proposed research projects: * Science Theme Research * JGI-EMSL Collaborative Science. Applicants may apply for either or both, but should be aware of the differences in schedules and respective due dates. Returning applicants are especially advised to carefully review proposal package requirements as they may differ from last year. Award decisions will be made by July 31, and approved proposals will be granted access to EMSL resources beginning October 1, 2016. Science Theme Proposals Accepted until February 29 Proposals for Science Theme research may be submitted at any time via the User Portal (https://eus.emsl.pnl.gov/Portal) until February 29, 2016 at 11:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). Researchers are encouraged to submit proposals for molecular-scale research that address specific selected topics in EMSL's science themes to accelerate results in emerging science areas of interest to EMSL, the Office of Biological and Environmental Research and the Department of Energy. Details regarding this year's focused topics, as well as contact information and links to the review criteria and proposal package guidance for this Call, are available at http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/emslweb/call-fy2017-proposals-science-theme-research. Prospective users are strongly encouraged to contact the relevant Science Theme Lead or Capability Lead<http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/emslweb/leadership> well in advance of the deadline to discuss proposal ideas and possible research collaborations with EMSL and PNNL staff. Prospective users interested in coupling experimental and computational approaches or developing novel computational modeling and informatics methods that support research within the AAS, BDD, or TSE focused topics should contact the Lead Scientist for Multiscale Modeling and High-Performance Computing<http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/emslweb/people/timothy-scheibe> or the Capability Lead for MSC Scientific Consulting<http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/emslweb/people/lee-ann-mccue>. JGI-EMSL Letters of Intent Accepted until April 4 This call is part of the collaboration between user facilities that are stewarded by the Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research. The "Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science" (FICUS) program was established to encourage and enable researchers to more easily integrate the expertise and capabilities of multiple user facilities into their research. The current call between EMSL and the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) begins with Letters of Intent, which may be submitted at any time via the EMSL User Portal (https://eus.emsl.pnl.gov/Portal) until April 4, 2016 at 11:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time). This call represents a unique opportunity for researchers to combine the power of genomics at DOE JGI and molecular characterization at EMSL in one proposed research project. Successful applications will focus on high risk/high payoff projects in the focused topic areas that can be completed on an accelerated timeline as compared to the standard CSP or science theme projects. In addition, they must utilize a broad range of the capabilities of each facility and generate datasets beyond what each of these facilities could generate by itself. Applications follow a proposal package guidance, schedule, and review process that is tailored to meet both EMSL and DOE JGI requirements. Details regarding this year's focused topics, as well as contact information and links to the review criteria and proposal package guidance at https://www.emsl.pnl.gov/emslweb/call-letters-intent-fy2017-jgi-emsl-collaborative-science. Questions regarding EMSL's user program or specifics about either of the Call opportunities may be directed to the User Support Office (509-371-6003, e...@pnnl.gov<mailto:e...@pnnl.gov>). __________________________________________ 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.
