Energy Frontier Research Centers: Update Dr. Altaf H. Carim Office of Basic Energy Sciences

1. Energy Frontier Research Centers: Update Dr. Altaf H. Carim Office of Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) Meeting March 2, 2010 Bethesda, MD

2. Recovery Act (Stimulus Bill) $277M $100M Omnibus Appropriations Energy Frontier Research Centers Tackling Our Energy Challenges in a New Era of Science • EFRC awards provide the recipients with $2-5 million/year over a five-year award period to pursue collaborative basic research that addresses both energy challenges and science grand challenges in areas including: • Solar Energy Utilization  Geosciences for Waste and CO2 Storage  Combustion • Bio-Fuels  Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems  Superconductivity • Catalysis  Materials Under Extreme Environments  Solid State Lighting • Energy Storage  Hydrogen As stated in the Funding Opportunity Announcement for the EFRCs: “… the research proposed in the EFRC application must: address one or more of the challenges described in the BESAC report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination (http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/files/GC_rpt.pdf), and address one or more of the energy challenges described in the 10 BES workshop reports in the Basic Research Needs series (http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html)” FY 2009 EFRCs Funding: Total EFRCs = $777M over 5 years

3. EFRCs: Addressing energy research challenges described in Basic Research Needs reports In 2001, the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) conducted a far reaching study leading to a comprehensive report, Basic Research Needs to Assure a Secure Energy Future. That report inspired a series of ten follow-on “Basic Research Needs” workshops and corresponding reports over the subsequent years, in coordination with the Department’s technology offices, which together attracted more than 1,500 participants from universities, industry, and DOE laboratories and identified high priority research directions with promise to address the most critical knowledge and energy technology gaps. (see http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html)

4. EFRCs: Addressing the grand science challenges underpinning energy research • Roadblocks to progress and the opportunities for truly transformational new understanding were summarized in a BESAC report, Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination: • How do we control materials processes at the level of electrons? • How do we design and perfect atom- and energy-efficient syntheses of revolutionary new forms of matter with tailored properties? • How do remarkable properties of matter emerge from the complex correlations of atomic or electronic constituents and how can we control these properties? • How can we master energy and information on the nanoscale to create new technologies with capabilities rivaling those of living things? • How do we characterize and control matter away—especially very far away—from equilibrium? • (see http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html)

5. Energy Frontier Research Centers Energy Frontier Research Center Locations ( Leads; Participants) Industry/Nonprofit 1 Energy Storage 2 12 DOE Labs Energy Efficiency 6 20 6 31 Universities Energy Supply 14 Crosscutting Sciences By Lead Institution By Topical Category 46 centers awarded, representing >100 participating institutions in 36 states plus D.C.

6. AAAS Fellow: Robin Hayes Michael Casassa Mary Galvin Tof Carim John Vetrano Mark Pederson EFRC EFRC Management Team

7. EFRCs Management Timeline 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 • Initial Award Period • Periodic Directors’ Meeting(tied to alternate BESAC meetings) • Reverse Site Peer Reviews (Management/Operations focus) • On Site Peer Reviews(Science focus) • EFRCs Science Forum • Energy Frontiers Workshop • BES Topical Contractors Meetings(as appropriate) FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 COMMUNICATION: Establish EFRC Web sites Monthly management conference calls (by topical groups) Periodic Directors’ meetingsInformal site visits by BESEFRCs Science Forum (FY11, 4th Quarter, w/BESAC) Energy Frontiers workshop (FY13, tentatively 3rd Quarter) BES Contractors’ meetings, by topic REVIEW SCHEDULE: Initial reverse site management/operations review – FY10 3rd/4th Quarter Interim science and management review – FY12

8. Web site revised – major update in progress Compilation of two-page EFRC technical summaries made available (with keyword indices) Information on FY 2011 funding for EFRCs Previous page with background, historical information, past solicitation, and funding information still available (link) Comprehensive update in progress

9. Technical summaries book Updated versions of two-page technical summaries provided by EFRCs in summer 2009, now suitable for broad dissemination Includes EFRC contact information and indexing by investigator, institution, basic research needs, grand challenges, topical keywords, and experimental and theoretical methods Available on web (pdf) at:http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/EFRC/files/EFRC_technical_summaries_Jan_2010.pdf Printed versions produced and also available.

10. Single-slide synopsis of each EFRC

11. Monthly teleconferences Teleconferences by EFRC subgroups; these have evolved from largely administrative discussions to having more science content and discussion. Red (John Vetrano) Orange (Michael Casassa) Yellow (Mary Galvin) Blue (Mark Pederson) R. Blankenship - Washington U. M. Bullock - PNNL D. Cosgrove - PSU B. Gunnoe - U. Va. D. Gust - ASU C. Law - Princeton C. Marshall - ANL M. McCann - Purdue T. Meyer - UNCChapel Hill R. Sayre - Danforth Plant Science Center J. Spivey - La. State D. Vlachos - Delaware M. Wasielewski - Northwestern N. Armstrong - Arizona H. Atwater - Cal Tech M. Baldo - MIT P. Barbara - Texas J. Bowers - UCSB G. Chen - MIT D. Dapkus - USC B. Grzybowski - Northwestern V. Klimov - LANL J. Simmons - SNL J. Yardley - Columbia H. Abruña - Cornell P. Burns - Notre Dame C. Grey - Stony Brook H.-K. Mao - Carnegie M. Nastasi - LANL F. Prinz and S. Bent - Stanford K. Reifsnider - South Carolina G. Rubloff - Maryland G. Soloveichik - GE M. Stocks - ORNL M. Thackeray - ANL D. Wolf - INL S. Davis - BNL D. DePaolo - LBNL P. Green - Michigan D. Morelli - MI State V. Ozolins - UCLA G. Pope - UT Austin T. Russell and P. Lahti - U. Mass. B. Smit - UC Berkeley D. Wesolowski – ORNL A. Zunger - NREL Other BES program managers: Gail Mclean Raul Miranda Larry Rahn Wade Sisk Mark Spitler Bob Stack Bonnie Gersten Joe Horton Jeff Krause Mike Markowitz Andy Schwartz Mark Spitler Dick Kelley Helen Kerch Paul Maupin Lester Morss Thiyaga Thiyagarajan Lane Wilson Jim Horwitz Helen Kerch Marvin Singer Nick Woodward Jane Zhu

12. Second EFRC Directors’ Meeting,March 1, 2010 • Morning management discussions: updates, communications issues, upcoming reviews, student/postdoc interactions • Afternoon topical breakout sessions: interactions and information exchange among EFRCs and other offices within DOE. Participants: • EFRC Directors • BES program managers • Representatives from other DOE offices: • Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy • Fossil Energy • Nuclear Energy • SC – Advanced Scientific Computing Research • SC – Biological and Environmental Research • SC – Fusion Energy Sciences

13. EFRC participation in BES topical contractors’ meetings Contractors’ meetings provide a key opportunity for EFRCs to benefit from related work supported in the BES core programs and vice versa. EFRC representatives have already been participating in a number of the ongoing BES contractors’ meetings, including those shown here. BES seeks to balance the benefits and desirability of involvement of EFRCs in such meetings, with the need to avoid overburdening the Centers with such requests.

14. Early-stage Management / Operations Reviews • All to be held in Spring/Summer 2010 • Half-day meeting in greater DC area for each EFRC; participants include key EFRC personnel, BES program managers, and 3-5 external reviewers • Purpose: help each EFRC get the best start possible • Identify best practices to enhance progress toward scientific goals • Identify and address any operational issues which may impede progress • These reviews are not associated with renewal of the center awards • Focus: leadership, management, and operational practices of the centers • Guidance and instructions for preparation of review documents disseminated

15. Management Reference Documents Intended to be compact (1 or 2 page) guidelines for various aspects of EFRC operations and interactions with BES. Three have been distributed so far and others will follow as needed. • Acknowledgements • Covers crediting and delineation in papers, presentations, press releases • Annual Progress Reports • Uniform annual reporting structure, including spreadsheet template for staffing information • Distinct from Review Documents provided for peer reviews • Change Controls • Outlines parameters of EFRC changes requiring notification or concurrence • Process described for concurrence

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