Like many organizations, the DOE has a program to develop leaders. The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) is the premier leadership development program of the DOE’s National Laboratory Directors’ Council (NLDC). Created by the NLDC in 2016, the program exposes emerging DOE leaders to the breadth, diversity, and complexity of the national labs […]
DOE Announces Early Career Research Program for FY2022
DOE is now accepting proposals for the Fiscal Year 2022 Office of Science Early Career Research Program (ECRP). This highly prestigious program supports early career researchers at DOE national laboratories with up to $2.5 million over five years to pursue their research. To be eligible for the competition at the Lab, a researcher must be […]
Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Maurice Garcia-Sciveres to Receive DOE Advanced Microelectronics Co-Design Research Funding
For the last few decades, society has enjoyed exponential gains in semiconductor performance, known as Moore’s Law. But this acceleration in computing power may be coming to an end, and further significant progress in semiconductor innovation requires fundamental research. The DOE has recognized that it is time to redesign the innovation process for the microelectronics […]
Picking Nobel Laureates’ Brains at the 2021 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
This last July, three Lab scientists rubbed virtual elbows with Nobel Laureates from around the world at this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Lindsay Bassman (CSA), Marlene Turner (PSA), and Michael Whitaker (EESA), participated in the event from June 27 to July 2, as part of a UC program. They came away with new knowledge […]
Berkeley Lab Collaboration Initiative with UC Davis and other UC Campuses Brings Researchers Together
When our work “with campus” is mentioned, most people think about our strong partnership with the University of California, Berkeley. Our relationship with UC Berkeley is extensive and deep, benefiting greatly from the campus’’s geographic proximity to the Lab and its role in the Lab’s founding and research over our 90 year history. It’s […]
Updated NIH requirements for Funding Applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR)
NIH has updated its funding application and RPPR progress report forms and instructions to provide full transparency and disclosure of all research activities, foreign and domestic. These requirements apply to all funding applications and RPPRs due on or after May 25, 2021. Starting January 2022, applications and reports that do not meet these requirements will […]
Message from Mike Witherell about IPO Leadership Change
Colleagues, Russell Carrington, the Lab’s Chief Technology Transfer Officer and head of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), has decided to leave the Lab effective August 31, 2021, to pursue opportunities in entrepreneurship. In October 2019, Russell became the Lab’s Chief Technology Transfer Officer and led the Intellectual Property Office’s multi-disciplinary team of science, business, and […]
Summer Brings Fellows and Students to the Lab
Cal Energy Corps 2021 participants, clockwise from top left: Namita Chandra, Hunter Ocker, Daniela Paredes Robles, Jin Yu, Nicholas Solan, Abishek Roy With summer getting underway, the Lab is welcoming new fellows and interns to the Lab. The Berkeley Bridge Graduate Summer Fellowship (Bridge Fellowship) is an eight-week graduate student summer program designed to engage top UC […]
COVID-19 Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) to enable and fund partnerships for Lab researchers
CTAP, sponsored by DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), was originally designed to provide technical support funding to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Berkeley Lab has been one of the most active national lab participants in this important effort since last year and has developed innovative new partnerships to combat the pandemic. OTT is now increasing […]
Lab Postdocs to Attend Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany
Congratulations to Lab postdocs Lindsay Bassman (CSA), Marlene Turner (PSA), and research scientist Michael Whittaker (EESA) for being selected as participants in this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, as part of the UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellowship program. They will attend virtual lectures and interactive sessions with 40 Nobel laureates around the world […]
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