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Energy Frontier Research Centers:Energy Frontier Research Centers:UpdateUpdate
Dr. Altaf H. CarimDr. Altaf H. Carim
Office of Basic Energy SciencesOffice of Basic Energy SciencesOffice of ScienceOffice of Science
U.S. Department of EnergyU.S. Department of Energy
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) MeetingMarch 2, 2010 Bethesda, MD
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EFRC awards provide the recipients with $2-5 million/year over a five-year award period to pursue collaborative basic research that addresses both energy challenges and science grand challenges in areas including:
Solar Energy Utilization Geosciences for Waste and CO2 Storage Combustion
Bio-Fuels Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Superconductivity Catalysis Materials Under Extreme Environments Solid State Lighting Energy Storage Hydrogen
Energy Frontier Research CentersEnergy Frontier Research CentersTackling Our Energy Challenges in a New Era of ScienceTackling Our Energy Challenges in a New Era of Science
As stated in the Funding Opportunity Announcement for the EFRCs:“… the research proposed in the EFRC application must:1)address one or more of the challenges described in the BESAC report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination (http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/files/GC_rpt.pdf), and2)address one or more of the energy challenges described in the 10 BES workshop reports in the Basic Research Needs series (http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html)”
FY 2009 EFRCs Funding:
Omnibus Appropriations
Recovery Act Recovery Act (Stimulus Bill)(Stimulus Bill)
$277M$277M $100M$100M
Total EFRCs = $777M over 5 years
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EFRCs: Addressing energy research challenges EFRCs: Addressing energy research challenges described in Basic Research Needs reports described in Basic Research Needs reports
In 2001, the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) conducted a far reaching study leading to a comprehensive report, Basic Research Needs to Assure a Secure Energy Future. That report inspired a series of ten follow-on “Basic Research Needs” workshops and corresponding reports over the subsequent years, in coordination with the Department’s technology offices, which together attracted more than 1,500 participants from universities, industry, and DOE laboratories and identified high priority research directions with promise to address the most critical knowledge and energy technology gaps. (see http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html)
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EFRCs: Addressing the grand science EFRCs: Addressing the grand science challenges underpinning energy researchchallenges underpinning energy research
Roadblocks to progress and the opportunities for truly transformational new understanding were summarized in a BESAC report, Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination:
•How do we control materials processes at the level of electrons?
•How do we design and perfect atom- and energy-efficient syntheses of revolutionary new forms of matter with tailored properties?
•How do remarkable properties of matter emerge from the complex correlations of atomic or electronic constituents and how can we control these properties?
•How can we master energy and information on the nanoscale to create new technologies with capabilities rivaling those of living things?
•How do we characterize and control matter away—especially very far away—from equilibrium?(see http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html)
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46 centers awarded, representing >100 participating institutions in 36 states plus D.C.
1212DOE LabsDOE Labs
3131UniversitiesUniversities
2211
Industry/NonprofitIndustry/Nonprofit
By Lead Institution
EnergyEnergySupplySupply
EnergyEnergyEfficiencyEfficiency
Energy StorageEnergy Storage
Crosscutting Crosscutting SciencesSciences
2020
1414
6666
By Topical Category
Energy Frontier Research Center Locations ( Leads; Participants)
Energy Frontier Research CentersEnergy Frontier Research Centers
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Mary Galvin
John VetranoMark Pederson
Michael Casassa
Tof Carim
EFRC
EFRC Management TeamEFRC Management Team
Robin Hayes
AAAS Fellow:
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COMMUNICATION:Establish EFRC Web sitesMonthly management conference calls
(by topical groups)Periodic Directors’ meetingsInformal site visits by BESEFRCs Science Forum
(FY11, 4th Quarter, w/BESAC)Energy Frontiers workshop
(FY13, tentatively 3rd Quarter)BES Contractors’ meetings, by topic
REVIEW SCHEDULE:Initial reverse site management/operations review
– FY10 3rd/4th QuarterInterim science and management review
– FY12
Initial Award Period
Periodic Directors’ Meeting(tied to alternate BESAC meetings)
Reverse Site Peer Reviews (Management/Operations focus)
On Site Peer Reviews(Science focus)
EFRCs Science Forum
Energy Frontiers Workshop
BES Topical Contractors Meetings(as appropriate)
FY09FY09 FY10FY10 FY11FY11 FY12FY12 FY13FY13 FY14FY14 FY15FY1520092009 20102010 20112011 20122012 20132013 20142014
EFRCs Management TimelineEFRCs Management Timeline
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Web site revised – major update in progressWeb site revised – major update in progress
Compilation of two-page EFRC technical summaries made available (with keyword indices)
Information on FY 2011 funding for EFRCs
Previous page with background, historical information, past solicitation, and funding information still available (link)
Comprehensive update in progress
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Technical summaries bookTechnical summaries book
Updated versions of two-page technical summaries provided by EFRCs in summer 2009, now suitable for broad dissemination
Includes EFRC contact information and indexing by investigator, institution, basic research needs, grand challenges, topical keywords, and experimental and theoretical methods
Available on web (pdf) at:http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/EFRC/files/EFRC_technical_summaries_Jan_2010.pdf
Printed versions produced and also available.
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Single-slide synopsis of each EFRCSingle-slide synopsis of each EFRC
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Monthly teleconferencesMonthly teleconferences
Red (John Vetrano) Orange (Michael Casassa) Yellow (Mary Galvin) Blue (Mark Pederson)
H. Abruña - Cornell P. Burns - Notre DameC. Grey - Stony BrookH.-K. Mao - CarnegieM. Nastasi - LANLF. Prinz and S. Bent -
StanfordK. Reifsnider - South
CarolinaG. Rubloff - MarylandG. Soloveichik - GEM. Stocks - ORNLM. Thackeray - ANLD. Wolf - INL
R. Blankenship - Washington U.M. Bullock - PNNLD. Cosgrove - PSUB. Gunnoe - U. Va. D. Gust - ASUC. Law - PrincetonC. Marshall - ANLM. McCann - PurdueT. Meyer - UNC
Chapel HillR. Sayre - Danforth Plant
Science Center J. Spivey - La. StateD. Vlachos - DelawareM. Wasielewski - Northwestern
N. Armstrong - ArizonaH. Atwater - Cal TechM. Baldo - MITP. Barbara - TexasJ. Bowers - UCSBG. Chen - MITD. Dapkus - USCB. Grzybowski -
NorthwesternV. Klimov - LANLJ. Simmons - SNLJ. Yardley - Columbia
S. Davis - BNLD. DePaolo - LBNLP. Green - MichiganD. Morelli - MI StateV. Ozolins - UCLAG. Pope - UT AustinT. Russell and P. Lahti - U.
Mass.B. Smit - UC BerkeleyD. Wesolowski – ORNLA. Zunger - NREL
Dick KelleyHelen KerchPaul MaupinLester MorssThiyaga ThiyagarajanLane Wilson
Gail McleanRaul MirandaLarry RahnWade SiskMark SpitlerBob Stack
Bonnie GerstenJoe HortonJeff KrauseMike MarkowitzAndy SchwartzMark Spitler
Jim HorwitzHelen KerchMarvin SingerNick WoodwardJane Zhu
Other BES program managers:
Teleconferences by EFRC subgroups; these have evolved from largely administrative discussions to having more science content and discussion.
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Morning management discussions: updates, communications issues, upcoming reviews, student/postdoc interactions
Afternoon topical breakout sessions: interactions and information exchange among EFRCs and other offices within DOE. Participants:
• EFRC Directors• BES program managers• Representatives from other DOE offices:
• Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy• Fossil Energy• Nuclear Energy• SC – Advanced Scientific Computing Research• SC – Biological and Environmental Research• SC – Fusion Energy Sciences
Second EFRC Directors’ Meeting,Second EFRC Directors’ Meeting,March 1, 2010March 1, 2010
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EFRC participation in BESEFRC participation in BEStopical contractors’ meetingstopical contractors’ meetings
Contractors’ meetings provide a key opportunity for EFRCs to benefit from related work supported in the BES core programs and vice versa.
EFRC representatives have already been participating in a number of the ongoing BES contractors’ meetings, including those shown here.
BES seeks to balance the benefits and desirability of involvement of EFRCs in such meetings, with the need to avoid overburdening the Centers with such requests.
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Early-stage Management / Operations ReviewsEarly-stage Management / Operations Reviews
All to be held in Spring/Summer 2010
Half-day meeting in greater DC area for each EFRC; participants include key EFRC personnel, BES program managers, and 3-5 external reviewers
Purpose: help each EFRC get the best start possible• Identify best practices to enhance progress toward scientific goals• Identify and address any operational issues which may impede progress• These reviews are not associated with renewal of the center awards
Focus: leadership, management, and operational practices of the centers
Guidance and instructions for preparation of review documents disseminated
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Management Reference DocumentsManagement Reference Documents
Acknowledgements
• Covers crediting and delineation in papers, presentations, press releases
Annual Progress Reports
• Uniform annual reporting structure, including spreadsheet template for staffing information
• Distinct from Review Documents provided for peer reviews
Change Controls
• Outlines parameters of EFRC changes requiring notification or concurrence
• Process described for concurrence
Intended to be compact (1 or 2 page) guidelines for various aspects of EFRC operations and interactions with BES. Three have been distributed so far and others will follow as needed.
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