Opportunity: Early Career Research Program

The mission of the DOE Office of Science is to deliver the scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States. The Office of Science is the Nation’s largest Federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and the lead Federal agency supporting fundamental scientific research for energy. The Office of Science accomplishes its mission and advances national goals by supporting: • The frontiers of science—discovering nature’s mysteries from the study of subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules that are the building blocks of the materials of our everyday world to the DNA, proteins, and cells that are the building blocks of entire biological systems; each of the programs in the Office of Science supports research to probe the most fundamental questions of its disciplines. • The 21st Century tools of science—providing the Nation’s researchers with 26 state-of-the-art national scientific user facilities, the most advanced tools of modern science, enabling the U.S. to remain at the forefront of science, technology, and innovation. • Science for energy and the environment―advancing a clean energy agenda through fundamental research on energy production, conversion, storage, transmission, and use and through advancing our understanding of the earth and its climate; targeted investments include the three DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs), the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), two Energy Innovation Hubs, and atmospheric process and climate modeling research. Early Career Research Program opportunities exist in the following Office of Science research programs. Additional details about each program, websites, and technical points of contacts are provided in the materials that follow.