EPSCoR Program Review Workshop Set for July

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will host the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program Review Workshop on July 23-25, 2007, in Golden, Colo.. The workshop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The theme of this workshop is Renewable Energies for a Global Economy. As the global economy grows, so too does the world’s need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Now is the time to mobilize the abundant scientific and technological resources embodied in our national laboratories and universities to perform the fundamental research so critical to the development of renewable energy technologies. A primary goal of this workshop is to identify strategic, innovative partnerships to advance the nation as a world leader in this area of research and development.

The 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. Although the theme is renewable energy, the workshop will span the range of EPSCoR’s interdisciplinary research areas—basic energy sciences, computational science, genomics, and defense programs, for example.

Principal investigators; state and facility directors; postdoctoral researchers; and undergraduate and graduate students involved with EPSCoR grants are invited to submit one abstract per project.

Abstract Deadline: July 16, 2007

All attendees and speakers should register for the workshop.

Lodging for the workshop is available at the Marriott Denver West Hotel in Golden, Colorado. To make reservations, please contact the hotel directly at 1-800-228-9290 and ask for the EPSCoR group rate.

Lodging Reservation (at group rate) Deadline: July 9, 2007

Conference Registration Deadline: July 13, 2007