
Higher Education Research Experiences at ORNL
(HERE@ORNL)
The goals of the program are to enable students who are interested in science
and technology to perform research which will:
- Broaden their understanding of the way science works.
- Provide experience with a national laboratory’s unique facilities and equipment.
- Provide mentoring relationships with expert staff.
- Encourage and aid the pursuit of studies and careers in areas of interest to the DOE/ORNL mission.
- Develop an appreciation for the purpose and value of the DOE national laboratory system.
- Contribute to the scientific literacy of the U.S. and the future support of research.
- Provide enrichment of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology academic education.
- Contribute to the progress of ORNL research.
- Promote university interactions and collaborations with ORNL.
- Promote diversity in the population of those pursuing technical careers.