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Title: Perspectives in Energy Research: How Can We Change the Game? (2011 Summit)

Abstract

Eric Issacs, Director of DOE's Argonne National Laboratory, discussed the role of the EFRC Program and National Laboratories in developing game-changing energy technologies in the EFRC Summit session titled "Leading Perspectives in Energy Research." The 2011 EFRC Summit and Forum brought together the EFRC community and science and policy leaders from universities, national laboratories, industry and government to discuss "Science for our Nation's Energy Future." In August 2009, the Office of Science established 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers. The EFRCs are collaborative research efforts intended to accelerate high-risk, high-reward fundamental research, the scientific basis for transformative energy technologies of the future. These Centers involve universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit firms, singly or in partnerships, selected by scientific peer review. They are funded at $2 to $5 million per year for a total planned DOE commitment of $777 million over the initial five-year award period, pending Congressional appropriations. These integrated, multi-investigator Centers are conducting fundamental research focusing on one or more of several “grand challenges” and use-inspired “basic research needs” recently identified in major strategic planning efforts by the scientific community. The purpose of the EFRCs is to integrate the talents and expertise of leading scientists in a settingmore » designed to accelerate research that transforms the future of energy and the environment.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Office of Science Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1021735
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Resource Relation:
Conference: Science for our Nation's Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit and Forum, Washington D.C., May 25 - May 27, 2011; Related Information: See slides of this presentation at http://www.energyfrontier.us/sites/all/themes/frontiers/pdfs/Isaacs_Presentation.pdf
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ANL; FOCUSING; PLANNING; NATIONAL ENERGY PLANS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; GRAND CHALLENGES; NANOSCIENCE; BATTERIES; HIGH CAPACITY SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRICITY DELIVERY; NANOWIRES

Citation Formats

Isaacs, Eric. Perspectives in Energy Research: How Can We Change the Game? (2011 Summit). United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Isaacs, Eric. Perspectives in Energy Research: How Can We Change the Game? (2011 Summit). United States.
Isaacs, Eric. 2011. "Perspectives in Energy Research: How Can We Change the Game? (2011 Summit)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1021735.
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abstractNote = {Eric Issacs, Director of DOE's Argonne National Laboratory, discussed the role of the EFRC Program and National Laboratories in developing game-changing energy technologies in the EFRC Summit session titled "Leading Perspectives in Energy Research." The 2011 EFRC Summit and Forum brought together the EFRC community and science and policy leaders from universities, national laboratories, industry and government to discuss "Science for our Nation's Energy Future." In August 2009, the Office of Science established 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers. The EFRCs are collaborative research efforts intended to accelerate high-risk, high-reward fundamental research, the scientific basis for transformative energy technologies of the future. These Centers involve universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit firms, singly or in partnerships, selected by scientific peer review. They are funded at $2 to $5 million per year for a total planned DOE commitment of $777 million over the initial five-year award period, pending Congressional appropriations. These integrated, multi-investigator Centers are conducting fundamental research focusing on one or more of several “grand challenges” and use-inspired “basic research needs” recently identified in major strategic planning efforts by the scientific community. The purpose of the EFRCs is to integrate the talents and expertise of leading scientists in a setting designed to accelerate research that transforms the future of energy and the environment.},
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