<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Dear Colleagues,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">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 2015 solicitation.<b> Applications
are due <span tabindex="0" class="aBn" data-term="goog_1442643889"><span class="aQJ">5:00pm ET on Tuesday April 14, 2015</span></span>.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">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 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. 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u>The Office of Science
expects to make approximately 100 awards in 2015, for project periods
beginning anytime between October 2015 and September 2016. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The 2014 program
solicitation resulted in awards to 65 graduate students from 50
different universities to conduct thesis research at 15 DOE national
laboratories. Detailed information about the program, including
eligibility requirements and access to the online application system,
can be found at:
<a href="http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/" target="_blank">http://science.energy.gov/<wbr>wdts/scgsr/</a>. <u></u><u></u></p>
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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). <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">For any questions, please contact the SCGSR Program Manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at
<a href="mailto:sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov" target="_blank">sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov</a>. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science</p></body></html>