Department of Energy Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities

1. Department of Energy Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities Eric A. Rohlfing Director; Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division Office of Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science, Department of Energy Federal Update Webinar October 29, 2012 Washington, D.C.

2. Outline • Department of Energy Overview • Funding Overview and Opportunities • Science and Technology for Innovation and Clean Energy • Other Opportunities for Getting Involved

3. Department of Energy Overview

4. Long-Term, Strategic Planning • Programmatic planning and research priorities across DOE are guided by the 2011 Strategic Plan and the Quadrennial Technology Review. http://energy.gov/downloads/2011-strategic-plan http://energy.gov/quadrennial-technology-review

5. Secretary Steven Chu Deputy Secretary Daniel B. Poneman Under Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator for National Nuclear Security Administration Thomas P. D’Agostino Under Secretary for Science Vacant Under Secretary David Sandalow (A) Office of Science William Brinkman Patricia Dehmer Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy Eric Toone (Dep. Director) Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy David Danielson Naval Reactors Basic Energy Sciences Harriet Kung High Energy Physics James Siegrist Fossil Energy Charles McConnell (A) Counter-terrorism Advanced Scientific Computing Research Dan Hitchcock Nuclear Physics Tim Hallman Nuclear Energy Peter Lyons Defense Nuclear Security Emergency Operations Biological & Environ. Research Sharlene Weatherwax Fusion Energy Sciences Ed Synakowski Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability Pat Hoffman Defense Programs Workforce Develop. for Teachers & Scientists Patricia Dehmer (A) SBIR/STTR Manny Oliver

6. Continuum of Research, Development, and Deployment Technology Maturation & Deployment Applied Research Discovery Research Use-Inspired Basic Research Office of Science Applied Programs ARPA-E* Goal: new knowledge / understanding Focus: phenomena Metric: knowledge generation Goal: practical targets Focus: performance Metric: milestone achievement • Basic research to address fundamental limitations of current theories and descriptions of matter in the energy range important to everyday life – typically energies up to those required to break chemical bonds. • Basic research for fundamental new understanding on materials or systems that may revolutionize or transform today’s energy technologies • Basic research for fundamental new understanding, usually with the goal of addressing scientific showstoppers on real-world applications in the energy technologies • Proof of new, higher-risk concepts • Prototyping of new technology concepts • Explore feasibility of scale-up of demonstrated technology concepts in a “quick-hit” fashion. • Research with the goal of meeting technical milestones, with emphasis on the development, performance, cost reduction, and durability of materials and components or on efficient processes • Scale-up research • Small-scale and at-scale demonstration • Cost reduction • Manufacturing R&D • Deployment support, leading to market adoption • High cost-sharing with industry partners * ARPA-E targets technology gaps, high-risk concepts, aggressive delivery times

7. Funding Overview Office of Science Applied Programs ARPA-E Funding Source Funding Large, Multi-disciplinary Groups [e.g., Hubs] Large-Scale Demonstrations Small Groups [e.g., EFRCs] Facilities Individual Awards Funding Modality Funding Universities National Labs Small Businesses Large Corporations/ Utilities Performer

8. DOE FY 2013 Budget Request http://www.mbe.doe.gov/cf30/budgetmap/budgetmap.html

9. Office of Science Research Underpins Energy Technologies • The Office of Science commands an arsenal of basic science capabilities—major scientific user facilities, national laboratories, and researchers—that we are using to break down the barriers to new energy technologies. • We have focused these capabilities on critical national needs, e.g., through the Bioenergy Research Centers, the Energy Frontier Research Centers, the Combustion Research Facility, the Joint Genome Institute, the five Nanoscience Centers, and the new Energy Innovation Hubs.

10. Office of ScienceScience to Meet the Nation’s Challenges Today and into the 21st Century • The Frontiers of Science • Supporting research that led to over 100 Nobel Prizes during the past 6 decades—more than 20 in the past 10 years • Providing 45% of Federal support of basic research in the physical and energy related sciences and key components of the Nation’s basic research in biology and computing • Supporting over 25,000 Ph.D. scientists, graduate students, undergraduates, engineers, and support staff at more than 300 institutions • 21st Century Tools of Science • Providing the world’s largest collection of scientific user facilities to over 26,500 users each year

11. Science, Innovation, and DOE’s Office of Science • Science is the basis of technology and underpins America’s energy future. • Science of the 20th century brought us the high standard of living we now enjoy. Today, we are laying the foundations for the new technologies of the coming decades. • Progress in science and technology depends on continuing advances in, and replenishment from, basic research, where the federal government—and SC—plays a unique role. • A highly trained work force is required to invent the future—scientists and engineers trained in the most modern science and technologies and with access to the best tools.

12. Funding OpportunitiesOffice of ScienceOther DOE Programs

13. Office of Science Open Solicitation • The Office of Science issues one cross-cutting solicitation that is open year-round: • Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program • The open solicitation is: • an ongoing solicitation that is tied to the federal budget cycle. • for the submission of new, renewal, and supplemental applications. • As with all applications, submission is through Grants.gov. More info at http://science.doe.gov/grants/announcements.asp • Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) can also be focused on a specific topic. The Office of Science issues about 40 FOAs per year.

14. Office of Science Funding Opportunities – Grants & Contracts Website Annual Open Solicitation Specialized FOAs

15. Specific Funding Opportunities on Office of Science Websites

16. Specific Funding Opportunities on Office of Science Websites • Advanced Scientific Computing Research • http://science.energy.gov/ascr/funding-opportunities/ • Basic Energy Sciences • http://science.energy.gov/bes/funding-opportunities/ • Biological and Environmental Research • http://science.energy.gov/ber/funding-opportunities/ • Fusion Energy Sciences • http://science.energy.gov/fes/funding-opportunities/ • High Energy Physics • http://science.energy.gov/hep/funding-opportunities/ • Nuclear Physics • http://science.energy.gov/np/funding-opportunities/ • Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists • http://science.energy.gov/wdts/ • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) • http://science.energy.gov/sbir/funding-opportunities/

17. Office of Science Early Career Research Program • Purpose: To support individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the disciplines supported by the Office of Science • Eligibility: Within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D., either untenured academic assistant professors on the tenure track or full-time DOE national lab employees • Award Size: • University grants $150,000 per year for 5 years to cover summer salary and expenses • National lab awards $500,000 per year for five years to cover full salary and expenses • FY 2013 Application Process: • Funding Opportunity Announcement was issued July 2012. Mandatory pre-applications were due September 6, 2012 and are no longer being accepted. • Full applications from those encouraged to submit are due November 26, 2012. • Program has run for three years with a total of 206 awards distributed broadly across the country in universities and national laboratories. http://science.energy.gov/early-career/

18. Office of Science Merit Review Criteria • The Office of Science peer review follows 10 CFR Part 605 to evaluate applications based on the following four criteria, which are listed in order of decreasing importance: • Scientific and/or technical merit of the project; • Appropriateness of the proposed method or approach; • Competency of the personnel and adequacy of proposed resources; and • Reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed budget. • The criteria for a review may also include other appropriate factors established and announced by the Office of Science. • Proposals are reviewed and award decisions made generally within six months and no longer than twelve months from the date of receipt. • Review criteria for other DOE program offices are similar, often following 10 CFR Part 600 but with specific criteria specified in the funding opportunity announcement.

19. DOE Unsolicited Proposals – Energy Technology • An unsolicited proposal is an application for support of an idea, method, or approach, which is submitted by an individual, business, and organization solely on the proposer's initiative, rather than in response to a DOE solicitation. Funding of unsolicited proposals is considered a noncompetitive action. • The proposal document should persuade the staff of DOE and other qualified members of the scientific and engineering community who review the proposed work, that the project represents a worthwhile approach to the investigation of an important, timely problem. Each proposal should be self-contained and written with clarity and thoroughness. • The proposal must present: • Objectives that show the pertinence of the proposed work to DOE • Rationale of the approach • Methods to be pursued • Qualifications of the investigators and the institution (if applicable) • Level of funding required to attain the objectives More info at: http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/usp/unsol.html

20. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy • The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) accelerates development and facilitates deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and market-based solutions that strengthen U.S. energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality. • Topical areas of interest: • Biomass • Buildings (efficiency) • Geothermal Energy • Fuel Cells • Advanced Manufacturing • Solar Energy • Vehicle Technologies (including electric vehicles) • Wind Power • Water (crosscutting) • Current open solicitations are posted at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/business.html http://www.eere.energy.gov/

21. Office of Nuclear Energy • Nuclear Energy University Programs • Created in 2009 to consolidate university support under one program. • Funds nuclear energy research and equipment upgrades at U.S. colleges and universities, and provides student educational support. • Objectives are to support outstanding, cutting-edge and innovative research at U.S. universities by: • Attracting the brightest students to the nuclear profession and supporting the nation's intellectual capital in nuclear engineering and relevant nuclear science, such as health physics, radiochemistry and applied nuclear physics. • Integrating research and development at universities, national laboratories and industry to revitalize nuclear education. • Improving university and college infrastructures for conducting R&D and educating students. • Facilitating the transfer of knowledge from the aging nuclear workforce to the next generation of workers. www.neup.gov

22. Office of Fossil Energy • University Coal Research Program • Provides grants to U.S. universities to support fundamental research that cuts across the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s research focus areas and improves fossil energy technologies. • Goals are to: • Sustain a national university program of research in energy and environmental science and engineering related to coal that focuses on innovative and fundamental investigations pertinent to coal conversion and utilization. • Provide a future supply of coal scientists and engineers through research exposure to coal technologies while advancing the science of clean energy from coal. • Improve our fundamental scientific and technical understanding of chemical and physical processes involved in the conversion and utilization of coal—one of our nation's most abundant natural resources—and its by-products. • Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCU/OMI) Program • Provides a mechanism for cooperative research among HBCU/OMI institutions, the private sector, and Federal agencies to generate fresh ideas and tap underutilized talent, define applicable fundamental scientific principles, and develop advanced concepts for generating new and improved technologies across the full spectrum of fossil energy R&D programs. http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/advresearch/initiatives/ucr.html http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/advresearch/initiatives/hbcu.html 22

23. Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability • Mission is to lead national efforts to modernize the electric grid; enhance security and reliability of the infrastructure; and facilitate recovery from disruptions to energy supply. • Research and development activities advance smart grid functionality by developing innovative, next-generation technologies and tools in the areas of transmission, distribution, energy storage, power electronics, cybersecurity and the advancement of precise time-synchronized measures of certain parameters of the electric grid. • Priorities include: • Clean Energy Transmission and Reliability • Smart Grid Research and Development • Energy Storage • Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems http://energy.gov/oe/mission/research-and-development-rd

24. Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy • Established in 2009 with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. • ARPA-E is charged with the following objectives: • To focus on creative “out-of-the-box” transformational energy research that industry by itself cannot or will not support due to its high risk but where success would provide dramatic benefits for the nation; • To utilize an ARPA-like organization that is flat, nimble, and sparse, capable of sustaining programs whose promise remains real, while phasing out programs that do not prove to be as promising as anticipated; and • To create a new tool to bridge the gap between basic energy research and development/industrial innovation. • Funding opportunities are generally narrowly focused and initiated with a workshop to discuss the current landscape and unique role for ARPA-E. • There have been two open FOAs to date where any idea in all areas of energy R&D could be submitted for consideration. • ARPA-E does not have continuing awards, e.g., all awards are fully funded for the project period (subject to satisfactory technical progress) and not renewable. http://arpa-e.energy.gov/

25. National Nuclear Security Administration • Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program • Supports grants and cooperative agreements in areas vital to NNSA’s mission success: • Materials under Extreme Conditions • High Energy Density Physics • Low Energy Nuclear Science • Radiochemistry • Objectives are to: • Support the U.S. scientific community by funding research projects at universities that conduct fundamental science and technology research that is of relevance to Stockpile Stewardship; • Provide opportunities for intellectual challenge and collaboration by promoting scientific interactions between the academic community and scientists at the DOE/NNSA laboratories; • Develop and maintain a long-term recruiting pipeline to the NNSA laboratories by increasing the visibility of the NNSA scientific activities to U.S. academic communities. • Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship Program • Provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. http://nnsa.energy.gov/aboutus/ourprograms/defenseprograms/defensescienceuniversityprograms-0

26. Science and Technology for Innovation and Clean Energy

27. Cross-cutting Investments and Coordination • DOE has increasingly emphasized cross-program communications and collaboration to ensure coordination of basic and applied research and effective integration of R&D results. • Technology Teams: working groups focused on specific technologies the meet to coordinate R&D programs across the Department and define new strategic directions • Energy Innovation Hubs: working group to coordinate programmatic oversight and promote commonality across all the Hubs • ARPA-E: ad-hoc groups to identity “white space” where others are not making investments in energy technologies but that would be appropriate for ARPA-E support • Topical items of interest: working groups at the program level established to promote information exchange and coordination or to address current issues (e.g., the Critical Materials Hub).

28. Science for Innovation and Clean Energy • Applications of 21st century science to long-standing barriers in energy technologies: employing nanotechnology, biotechnology, and modeling and simulation. • Materials and chemical processes by design using nanoscale and mesoscale structures for scientific advances and manufacturing innovations in solar energy conversion; clean-energy electricity generation; battery and vehicle transportation; and carbon capture, use, and sequestration. • Biosystems by design targeting the development of synthetic biology tools and technologies and integrative analysis of experimental genomic science datasets for the design and construction of improved biofuels and bioproducts. • Modeling and simulation using the Office of Science’s Leadership Computing Facilities and production computing facilities to advance materials and chemistry by design and to broadly address energy technology challenges.

29. Materials Genome Initiative • The Materials Genome Initiative will create a new era of materials innovation that will serve as a foundation for strengthening domestic industries… and offers a unique opportunity for the United States to discover, develop, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials at least twice as fast as possible today, at a fraction of the cost. • Multiagency Initiative led by the Office of Science and Technology Policy • DOE role: • Software development, building on theory and partnering (BES) • Robust, accurate and multiscale in both size and time • Validation of software and theory • User facilities and broad experimental materials science portfolio • Application specific R&D for manufacturing and to develop lightweight, high-strength alloys for automotive (EERE) • Technical emphasis includes materials for clean energy http://www.whitehouse.gov/mgi

30. Science for Innovation and Clean EnergyMaterials and Chemical Processes by Design Prediction: New battery materials starting from first principles theory • Research to establish design rules to launch an era of predictive modeling, changing the paradigm of materials discovery to rational design. • New software tools and data standards to catalyze a fully integrated approach from material discovery to applications • Discovery of new materials has been the engine driving science frontiers and fueling technology innovations. Research would utilize the powerful suite of tools for materials synthesis, characterization, and simulation at DOE’s world-leading user facilities • Integrated teams to focus on key scientific knowledge gaps to develop new theoretical models • Long-term: realization in reusable and broadly-disseminated software • Collection of validated experimental and modeling data for broader community use Validation: Materials fabrication Test Test http://materialsproject.org/ End Use: Software on-line for general community use 30

31. Science for Innovation and Clean EnergyBiosystems by Design • Research to establish biological design rules will enable the predictive design of innovative natural and hybrid systems for clean energy production. • Discovery and synthetic redesign of plant and microbial systems advances science understanding and paves the way for sustainable production of biofuels and bioproducts. • Research areas of emphasis: • New synthetic biology methods—genome-scale engineering of plants and microbes • New genetic toolkits • Development of functional modules and platform organisms • Predictive integration of components and processes • Verify & validate computer-aided design toolkits • New testbeds to prototype performance and function Modeling Genomic scale models Iterative engineering Genomics and analysis tools Design engineering Implementation Analysis 31

32. Science for Innovation and Clean EnergyModeling and Simulation • The Cray XT5 (Jaguar) at ORNL and the IBM Blue Gene/P (Intrepid) at ANL will provide ~2.3 billion processor hours in FY12 to address science and engineering problems that defy traditional methods of theory and experiment and that require the most advanced computational power. • Peer reviewed projects are chosen to advance science, speed innovation, and strengthen industrial competitiveness. • Among the topics supported in FY11: • Advancing materials for lithium air batteries, solar cells, & superconductors • Exploring carbon sequestration • Improving combustion in fuel-efficient, near-zero-emissions systems • Understanding how turbulence affects the efficiency of aircraft and other transportation systems • Designing next-generation nuclear reactors and fuels and extending the life of aging reactors • Developing fusion energy systems • Understanding the roles of ocean, atmosphere, land, & ice in climate change Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility In FY 2012, the Argonne LCF will be upgraded with a10 petaflop IBM Blue Gene/Q. The Oak Ridge LCF will continue site preparations for a system expected in FY 2013 that will be 5-10 times more capable than the Cray XT-5. Nuclear Reactor Simulation Fusion Plasmas Nanoscale Science Biofuels Energy Storage Materials Turbulence

33. The EV Everywhere Challenge The EV Everywhere Challenge Goal: Enable U.S. companies to produce electric vehicles that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gas-powered vehicles within the next 10 years (by 2022) A Clean Energy Grand Challenge • Invest in breakthrough R&D for advanced batteries, electric drivetrain technologies, lightweight vehicle structure, and fast-charging technology. • Bring together America’s best and brightest scientists, engineers, and businesses to produce electric vehicles at lower cost, with an improved vehicle range and an increased fast-charging ability.

34. EV Everywhere Battery Targets Battery affordability and performance are critical advances that are needed in order to achieve the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge Chevy Volt Nissan Leaf Tesla • ~40 mile electric range • HEV: 32 mpg /300 miles • 16 kWh / 120 kW battery • Battery Cost: ~$8,000 • ~ 250 mile electric range • ≥ 85 kWh / 270 kW battery • Battery Cost: ~$35,000 • ~75 mile electric range • ≥ 24 kWh / 80 kW battery • Battery Cost: ~$12,000

35. SunShot • The DOE-EERE SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national initiative to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade and restore U.S. leadership in the global clean energy race. SunShot Goal

36. DOE Critical Materials Efforts • The Office of Science/BES supports fundamental science relevant to sustainable use of elements and materials across many core research programs: catalysis science, solar photochemistry, biosciences, separations and analysis, heavy element chemistry, condensed matter physics, materials chemistry, etc. • Advanced Research Projects – Energy (ARPA-E) has14 projects (total ~$30M) under the Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Energy Technologies (REACT) program. • The Office of Policy and International Affairs (PI) led the development of the DOE Critical Materials Strategy, first released in 2010 and updated in 2011. • The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) is supporting the Energy Innovation Hub for Critical Materials, which was funded at $20M in the FY 2012 appropriation.

37. DOE Critical Materials Strategy • Examines role of rare earth metals and other materials in the technologies anticipated for the clean energy economy. • Main highlights: • Several current clean energy technologies use materials at risk of supply disruptions in the short term. Risks will decrease in longer term. • Supply challenges of five RE metals (dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium, and yttrium) may affect clean energy technology deployment in coming years. • DOE and other stakeholders have scaled up work in the past year to address challenges. • Building workforce capabilities will help address vulnerabilities. Update of strategy originally released in December, 2010 2011 Critical Materials Strategy is available at: http://energy.gov/node/349057

38. DOE Coordination on Critical Materials • A DOE-wide team consisting of staff from EERE-AMO, SC-BES, ARPA-E, and PI has: • Conducted an open workshop to gather more community input on objectives for the Critical Materials Hub in April, 2012. • Drafted the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); published May 2012; applications received August 2012. • Is overseeing the merit review and award selection process. • Hub Goal: Reduce or eliminate criticality for existing materials and prevent future criticality of materials that are essential to modern and emerging energy technologies. • Emphasis is placed on impacting the entire lifecycle of critical materials, withparticular focus on the elements foundto be most critical in the DOE CriticalMaterials Strategy (2011).

39. Carbon Capture and Storage projects at BES, ARPA-E and FE/NETL are distinct, yet synergistic Bench Scale Applied Research Basic Research Slipstream ARPA-E High risk, high reward new concepts such as phase change technologies Synthesis, measurement, modeling of new materials Successful projects apply to NETL bench-scale or slipstream FOAs Participation at EFRC review meetings Basic Energy Sciences Separation science and subsurface geochemistry & geophysics Joint program reviews and expertise sharing Fossil Energy / NETL Proving technologies on the bench scale and accelerating towards commercialization Foster communication among CCS scientists and engineers Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

40. CCS Coordination Example: Gas Separations Energy Frontier Research Center at University of California, Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory New materials such as metal organic frameworks (MOFs, right) and ionic liquids are the focus of intense basic & applied research metal ion or cluster + organic linker BES / EFRC Basic Science Advances ARPA-E High Throughput Methodology FE / NETL Advanced Development • New MOF chemistry and functionalization of ligands • Computational modeling of new structures and prediction of separation properties • Improved cross-cutting characterization techniques • High throughput (HT) MOF fabrication • HT NMR as a pore size screening technique • HT gas sorption measurements • MOF life-cycle analysis • Industrial process simulations • MOF testing under realistic flue gas conditions • Fabrication of mixed-matrix membranes based on MOFs • MOFs for oxygen separation • Application of chemical informatic models to prediction of ionic liquid properties

41. Science-Based Engine Design An early example Manufacturing/ Commercialization Basic Science Applied R&D BES BES  EERE Cummins and Dodge Sustained support in 2 areas Applications of chemistry and diagnostics to engines Cummins used simulation tools and improved understanding of diesel fuel sprays to design a new diesel engine with reduced development time and cost and improved fuel efficiency. Development of predictive chemistry in model flames Predictive chemical models under realistic conditions Computational kinetics and experiments Advance laser diagnostics applied to model flames ISB 6.7 liter Cummins diesel engine first marketed in the 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck; more than 200,000 sold Laser diagnostics of diesel fuel sprays in engine cylinders Laser-based chemical imaging

42. Pt Pd Platinum Monolayer Electro-Catalysts: Stationary and Automotive Fuel Cells Manufacturing/ Commercialization Basic Science Applied R&D BES BES  EERE CRADA with Industry Two research advances Core-Shell Nanocatalysts Scale-up synthesis: Pt-ML/Pd9Au1/C Excellent fuel Cell durability 200,000 cycles Pt core-shell nano-catalysts: high activity with ultralow Pt mass Active Pt ML shell – Metal/alloy core Core tunes activity & durability of shell Core-shell catalyst Standard catalyst Model and actual image of a Pt Monolayer on Pd nanoparticle Membrane Electrode Assembly >200K cycles Very small Pt diffusion & small Pd diffusion Pt stabilized against corrosion in voltage cycling by Au clusters Pt-mass weighted activity enhanced 20x 3000 hr Fuel Cell Durability Performance Commercial license signed Dec. 2011 42 Science315, 220 (2007)

43. Superconducting Wire: From Science to the Grid Manufacturing/ Commercialization Basic Science Applied R&D Invented single crystal-like flexible templates by the kilometer: Maximize current flow (understand vortex dynamics) • Two companies are now manufacturing kilometers of superconducting cables based on the IBAD and RABiTS processes • These are deployed in three demonstration projects in the grid. Develop segregation& growth mechanisms (new materials) Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD) Rolling Assisted Bi-axially Textured Substrate (RABiTS) Understand “quantum effects” in film growth Albany, NY Modify properties with nanostructures Developed epitaxial buffers: Columbus, OH Long Island, NY

44. Other Opportunities for Getting Involved

45. Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists • Mission: • To help ensure that DOE and the Nation have a sustained pipeline of highly skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers. • Program Goals: • Increase the pipeline of talent pursuing research important to the Office of Science • Leverage the resources of the DOE national laboratories for education and training • Increase participation of under-represented students and faculty in STEM programs • Improve methods of evaluation of effectiveness of programs and impact on STEM workforce • Signature Programs: • Graduate Students: Office of Science Graduate Fellowship • Undergraduates: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, Community College Internships • Teachers: Academies Creating Teacher Scientists, Einstein Fellowship Program • Faculty: Visiting Faculty Program • K-12: National Science Bowl

46. Visiting Faculty Program • Summer research opportunity at DOE national laboratories for a faculty member and up to 2 students from colleges and universities historically underrepresented in the U.S. research community. • Faculty collaborate with DOE laboratory research staff on a research project of mutual interest. • Application opens October each year and the laboratories begin selections in February. • Participating faculty and undergraduates receive stipend, travel, and housing allowance for the 10 week experience. Graduate students are expected to be supported by their home academic institution and hence are eligible for travel and lodging allowance only. • For more info: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/vfp/

47. Supporting and Encouraging Next Generation Scientists The National Science BowlMiddle School and High School Students • Begun in 1991, DOE’s National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students' knowledge in all areas of science. High school and middle school students are quizzed in a fast paced Q&A format similar to Jeopardy. • 22,000 students from 1,500 schools; 6000 volunteers • Office of Science Graduate FellowshipGraduate Students • Begun in 2009 with ARRA funding, the SCGF program provides 3-year fellowship awards totaling $50,500 annually. • The awards provide support towards tuition, a stipend for living expenses, and support for expenses such as travel to conferences and to DOE user facilities. First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu congratulate Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, First Place winner in the 2010 NSB Middle School competition . DOE SCGF Cohort 2010 at the SCGF Annual Meeting at Argonne National Laboratory. http://science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb/ http://scgf.orau.gov/

48. Getting Involved • Read about the core research areas on our websites and contact program managers to discuss whether your ideas fit within their programs. • Volunteer to become a reviewer or participate in a workshop. • Incorporate our large scientific user facilities into your research – apply for time to perform research at a facility. • Develop a collaboration with a Principal Investigator who works at a DOE national laboratory. • Follow federal advisory committee meetings. • Respond to open and topical solicitations.

49. Thank You!