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Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program - 2026 Solicitation 2
What this means for your lab
This award pays a stipend so a PhD student can spend three to twelve months doing thesis research at a DOE national laboratory; it funds the student's time, not new equipment. If the placement involves work on ultra-high-vacuum surface analysis, thin-film growth, or cryogenic measurement systems already installed at the host lab, we are glad to answer instrumentation questions regardless of funding source.
Who can apply
Open to PhD students. Applicant must be a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, enrolled in a PhD program at a US university, conducting thesis research in a topic aligned with one of six DOE Office of Science program areas, and partnered with a host scientist at a participating DOE national laboratory (Ames, Argonne, Brookhaven, Fermilab, LBNL, ORNL, PNNL, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, SLAC, or Jefferson Lab).
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