DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program

The SCGSR Program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory, in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist. A graduate student’s SCGSR research project must be conducted in an area that addresses scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission and aligned with one or more of the SCGSR Priority Research Areas. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate student’s overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories.

The application deadline is Sept. 24, 2014.

One or more of the following circumstances must apply with respect to the applicant’s graduate thesis research to be considered eligible for a SCGSR award:

-- Applicant is a graduate student in the university group of a faculty member who is currently a Principal Investigator (PI) on an Office of Science research award, and proposes to do part of thesis research in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist in a priority research area.

-- Applicant is a graduate student in the university group of a faculty member who is currently funded by an Office of Science research award, but may not be the PI on that award, and proposes to do part of thesis research in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist in a priority research area.

-- Applicant is a graduate student pursuing thesis research that is significantly well aligned with an Office of Science research program in one or more of the SCGSR Priority Research Areas, but not currently in a university group funded by the Office of Science, and proposes to do part of thesis research in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist in a priority research area.

Supplemental awards are intended to cover 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. Award periods may range from 3 to 12 consecutive months, based on the applicant’s proposed research project. Award recipients must remain enrolled full-time in a qualified Ph.D. program at their home academic institution during the award period. The applicant, their academic institution, and their primary thesis advisor are responsible for ensuring that graduate support required for maintaining the full-time graduate enrollment status is provided (tuition, fees, etc.).

-- Graduate student applicants must meet the eligibility requirements and provide the required application materials through the online application system.

-- The application requirements include an SCGSR research proposal to be developed jointly with the applicant’s primary graduate thesis advisor and the collaborating DOE laboratory research scientist from the proposed host DOE laboratory.

-- The application also requires two individual letters of support, one from the primary graduate thesis advisor and one from the collaborating DOE laboratory.

-- In order for the application to be considered complete, the SCGSR research proposal and two individual letters of support must be submitted electronically in the online system before the deadline.

For additional information, please go to: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/information-for-collaborating-doe-laboratory-scientists-and-thesis-advisors/