U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
The goal of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories. The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory/facility in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission. 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/facilities.
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 6 Office of Science research programs and the DOE national laboratories/facilities. Online application and awards administration support is provided by Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) under Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).
Priority Research Areas for 2018:
Advanced Scientific Computing Research
Basic Energy Sciences
Biological and Environmental Research
Fusion Energy Sciences
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Physics
3 months to 1 year
- Up to $3,000 stipend per month while at the host DOE laboratory.
- Up to $2,000 total reimbursement for in-bound and out-bound travel expenses to the host DOE laboratory only (i.e. not other relocation costs) if greater than 50 miles from their university.
Applicants must:
- Be U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens at the time of application and be at least 18 years of age at the time of applying.
- Be enrolled full-time in a qualified graduate program with the Ph.D. as their degree objective.
- Have obtained the Ph.D. candidacy at their home institution at the time of application and must have established a defined graduate thesis project and graduate thesis advisor.
- Be pursuing a Ph.D. in physics, chemistry, material sciences, biology (non-medical), mathematics, engineering, computer or computational sciences, or select areas of environmental sciences at an accredited college or university in the United States or its territories.
- Demonstrate that their graduate thesis research is significantly well aligned with an Office of Science research program in one or more of the DOE Office of Science Priority Research Areas identified for the 2018 SCGSR Solicitation.
- Propose to do part of their thesis research in collaboration with a DOE national laboratory scientist in a priority research area.
- See web site for additional criteria and restrictions.