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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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 2024 Solicitation 1.<b> Applications are due 5:00pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Detailed information about the SCGSR program, including eligibility requirements and access to the online application system,
can be found at: <a href="https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/" id="OWA4a3e47a4-b7f0-1c15-4c3d-b4707b42de16" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/</a>. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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. A full list of the research priority areas can be found
<a href="https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/How-to-Apply/Priority-SC-Research-Areas" id="OWAde595cf7-3cf6-3e9c-1fb7-0a5611f88c34" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
here</a>.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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 host 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.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Office of Science expects to make approximately 75 awards in the 2024 Solicitation 1 cycle, for project periods beginning
anytime between November 11, 2023 and March 3, 2025.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Since its inception in 2014, the SCGSR program has provided support to over 1,000 graduate awardees from 161 different U.S. universities
to conduct thesis research at all DOE National Laboratories and User Facilities across the country.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 9pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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 eight Office of Science research and advanced technology program offices and the DOE National Laboratories/Facilities. Program administration support is provided by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For any questions, please contact the SCGSR Program Manager, Dr. Igor I. Slowing, at
<a href="mailto:sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov" id="OWA6980d7a8-1f23-445a-b05d-4e48a38c5a40" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov</a>.</span></p>
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