Education and Strategic Research Collaborations
For more than three decades Los Alamos has maintained a small number of strategic centers, institutes, and education programs chartered to foster high quality, multi-program and multi-division research efforts, specialized recruiting, and strategy development. Their mission is to:
- Foster sustained excellence and enhanced external visibility to address national needs
- Establish and coordinate a broad intellectual communities in support of Laboratory missions
- Develop and facilitate programs that provide staff revitalization, retraining, professional development, and critical skills development
- Foster internal and external strategic partnerships and relationships with research universities, industry, and government agencies
- Provide education and training opportunities to nurture a pipeline of future Laboratory employees