Our commitment to our communities

Being the Very Best Neighbor We Can Be

As an institution funded by the American public, Brookhaven Lab is committed to being a good institutional citizen within the many communities in which we operate:

	• THE WORLD: Home to six Nobel Prizes—five in physics and one in chemistry—and countless other scientific and technical discoveries in many fields of research, Brookhaven Lab has been a scientific world leader and national resource for research and development since its birth nearly 60 years ago.
	• THE NATION: As one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s ten national laboratories, Brookhaven Lab is a multi-purpose institution. We are funded to operate one-of-a-kind scientific facilities and to carry out the most advanced basic research in the physical sciences, life sciences, energy and environmental sciences, and national security.
	• THE REGION: The only national laboratory within the Northeast United States, Brookhaven Lab is the fifth largest high-tech employer on Long Island, with a staff of 2,650. Annually, we host some 3,500 visiting scientists, 30 percent of whom come from New York State universities and industry. And, per year, we enhance the science education of some 24,000 kindergarten through 12th-grade Long Island students, and more than 100 undergraduates and 550 teachers from across the country.

To be the very best neighbor we can be, we have dedicated ourselves to operating in a way that protects the environment, ensures public safety and worker health, and respects community values and quality of life. To ensure that we are responsive to the different expectations that our communities have of us, Brookhaven Lab is building an ever-expanding network of relationships with our neighbors to:

• INCREASE community awareness and understanding of our mission and operations • INVITE communities to express their interests and voice their concerns about our mission and operations • INVOLVE community members in decision-making on common issues and concerns.

OUR COMMON GOAL: to develop and carry out a shared vision of how Brookhaven Lab can be the best institutional citizen we can be while being best in science and operations. As a result, our working relationships with our many communities are helping Brookhaven Lab to be a neighborhood asset and resource that enhances each and every community in which we are situated.

Last Modified: June 30, 2008
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One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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