The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program Review 2009

The Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is pleased to host the Department of Energy Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program Review on July 20-23, 2009, in Hauppauge, New York. The meeting is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

A primary goal of this meeting is to identify strategic, innovative partnerships to advance the nation as a world leader in research and development. This meeting is open to and encourages the participation of faculty, researchers, staff and students from colleges and universities; researchers and user-facility coordinators from national laboratories; EPSCoR representatives; and policy and industry leaders. Participants will learn tools for implementing successful state-national laboratory collaborative projects and creating student training opportunities. The meeting will span the breadth of EPSCoR research areas—sessions will range from basic energy sciences, to nanoscience, to bioenergy/biofuels, to partnering with the National Laboratories. All efforts are invited to bring poster(s) for display during the poster session.

Principal investigators; state and facility directors; postdoctoral researchers; and undergraduate and graduate students involved with EPSCoR grants are invited to submit one extended abstract per project. Recipients of implementation grants are welcome and encouraged to bring more than one poster. Abstracts for additional poster(s) should be under one page and provide both the title of the grant as well as the poster title, poster PIs, etc.

Meeting Registration Deadline is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, Monday, July 6, 2009

Extended Abstract Deadline is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 6, 2009

All attendees and speakers should register for the workshop.

This year the program review will be co-located at the Long Island Hyatt and at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Lodging for the meeting is available at the Long Island Hyatt. To make reservations, please contact the hotel directly.

Facility Tours

The EPSCoR program includes opportunities to tour the following BNL facilities:

National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) - http://www.nsls.bnl.gov
Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) - http://www.bnl.gov/cfn
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) - http://www.bnl.gov/rhic

The tours will take place on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Please see the posted agenda for exact times.

NOTE: Due to DOE requirements, requests from Foreign Nationals with a citizenship from, a birthplace of, or sponsored or employed by a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism cannot be processed for a tour of the BNL facilities. Please take this into consideration as you plan your visit to BNL. Countries that are State Sponsors of Terrorism: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/c14151.htm (defined by the U.S. Department of State)

ATTENTION FOREIGN NATIONALS
BNL security procedures require that if you are not a United States citizen, you must, in addition to your on-line registration, register in the BNL Guest Information System (GIS) by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on Monday, July 6, 2009:

New BNL guests: https://fsd84.bis.bnl.gov/guest/guest.asp
Returning BNL Guests: https://fsd84.bis.bnl.gov/guest/bnlguest.asp

When prompted, please enter or select the following:
Host: (Ron Pindak)
Experiment/Facility: (NSLS)
Dept./Div. to be assigned: (NSLS Facility Users)

Please contact nslsuser@bnl.gov or call 631-344-8737 if you have any questions or need assistance completing the form.