Dear Colleagues, The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2017 Solicitation 2. Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Thursday November 16, 2017.
The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist for a period of 3 to 12 consecutive months-with the goal of preparing graduate students for scientific and technical careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission. The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) topic area is one of the most popular in the SCGSR, and your students are encouraged to consider applying to the new announcement. Priority BER research areas include: (a) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (b) Novel in Situ Imaging and Measurement Technologies for Biological Systems Science (c) Plant Science for Sustainable Bioenergy (d) Soil Microbiology (e) Environmental Systems Science: Process-Level Terrestrial Ecosystem and Biogeochemical Research to Inform Models of the Earth and Environmental System (f) Atmospheric System Research: Coupling Atmospheric Observational Data with Numerical Models (g) Earth System Modeling: Computational Climate Modeling Detailed information about the program, including eligibility requirements and access to the online application system, can be found at: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/. The SCGSR program is open to current Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions, who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science. The program is open to graduate students with Permanent Resident status, in addition to U.S. Citizens, who meet all other eligibility requirements. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students' overall doctoral thesis/dissertation while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories. The supplemental award provides for additional, incremental costs for living and travel expenses directly associated with conducting the SCGSR research project at the DOE host laboratory during the award period. Since its inception in 2014, the SCGSR program has provided support to over 200 graduate awardees from about 90 different universities to conduct thesis research at DOE national laboratories across the nation. The SCGSR program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science's Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS), in collaboration with the six Office of Science research programs offices and the DOE national laboratories, and the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE). For any questions, please contact the SCGSR Program Manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at sc.sc...@science.doe.gov<mailto:sc.sc...@science.doe.gov>. For any questions related to the BER priority research areas, please contact Dr. Roland Hirsch, at roland.hir...@science.doe.gov<mailto:roland.hir...@science.doe.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.
