Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Applications Due May 16
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 1. Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Tuesday May 16, 2017.
Starting
from 2015 Solicitation 2, the SCGSR program is open to graduate
students with Permanent Resident status, in addition to U.S. Citizens,
who meet all other eligibility requirements. 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 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
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/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.
The
Office of Science expects to make approximately 50 awards in 2017
Solicitation 1, for project periods beginning anytime between October
30, 2017 and February 28, 2018.
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.scgsr@science.doe.gov.