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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The DOE Office
of High Energy Physics is pleased to announce the funding
opportunity below. In the initial (2014) cycle of this new
DOE Office of Science program, 11 HEP students received
awards to support part of their graduate thesis research at
DOE national labs. We hope to expand the number of awards to
students in HEP and closely related areas in the 2015
competition and encourage all eligible candidates to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">New to this
year’s competition,</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">
we have expanded the HEP priority research areas to include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1
lfo3">Some types of critical engineering training in the
Advanced Technology priority area <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-list:l1 level1
lfo3">A new priority area for Experimental HEP research
based on the applications we received last year and requests
from the community<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The HEP
priority areas for this program in 2015 still include
Theoretical and Computational Research and Advanced
Technology R&D. Full text of the HEP and other SC
program priority areas can be found here: <a
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href="http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/how-to-apply/priority-sc-research-areas/">http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/how-to-apply/priority-sc-research-areas/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you have any
questions about the SCGSR program, please contact the SC
program manager, Dr. Ping Ge. She can be reached at </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ping.ge@science.doe.gov">ping.ge@science.doe.gov</a>
<span style="color:#1F497D">or </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov">sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Glen Crawford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director,
Research and Technology R&D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">DOE Office of
High Energy Physics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">**</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 5:00pm ET on Tuesday April 14, 2015. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Office of Science expects to make
approximately 100 awards in 2015, for project periods
beginning anytime between October 2015 and September 2016. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/">http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:14.25pt">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). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For any questions, please contact the SCGSR
Program Manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov">sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov</a>.
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