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Program
Offices
The Department of Energy's Office of
Science is the single largest supporter of basic
research in the physical sciences in the United
States. It oversees and is the principal Federal
funding agency of the Nation's research programs
in high energy physics, nuclear physics, and
fusion energy sciences.
The Office of Science sponsors fundamental
research programs in basic energy sciences,
biological and environmental sciences, and computational
science. In addition, the Office of Science
is the Federal Government's largest single funder
of materials and chemical sciences, and it supports
unique and vital parts of U.S. research in climate
change, genomics, life sciences, and science
education.
The Office of Science manages this research
portfolio through the following interdisciplinary
program offices, with these goals and areas
of research:
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Advanced
Scientific Computing Research
Deliver
Computing for the Frontiers of Science
· Computer science and software research
· Extending science through computation
and
collaboration
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Supercomputing technologies for science
· Computational and network infrastructure
and
tools |
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Basic
Energy Sciences
Advance
the Basic Sciences for Energy Independence
· Materials sciences
and engineering research
· Chemical
sciences, geosciences, and physical
biosciences research
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Nanoscale science, engineering, and
technology research
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Scientific user facilities to understand
materials and perform nanoscale
science |
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Biological
and Environmental Research
Harness
the Power of Our Living World
· Genomics and low dose radiation
research
· Climate change research
· Environmental remediation sciences
· Medical sciences |
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Fusion
Energy Sciences
Bring
the Power of the Stars to Earth
· Harnessing fusion energy through
basic
research in plasma and
fusion sciences
· ITER, the international
burning plasma
experiment |
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High
Energy Physics
Explore
the Fundamental Interactions of Energy,
Matter, Time, and Space
· Explore unification of the forces
and particles
of nature
· Understand the cosmos and the destiny
of the
universe
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Develop the tools for scientific revolutions
to
come |
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Nuclear
Physics
Explore
Nuclear Matter – from Quarks to Stars
· Studies of hot, dense nuclear matter
· The quark structure of matter
· Nuclear structure/astrophysics,
fundamental
symmetries, and
neutrinos |
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Workforce
Development for
Teachers and Scientists
Train
the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers
to Maintain U.S. Scientific and Technological
Leadership
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Student internships at national laboratories
· Fellowships for distinguished science,
technology, engineering, and
mathematics
educators
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The DOE National Science Bowl for high
school students and the National
Middle School Science Bowl |
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