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4 Key Influences on the Development of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Science Program Portfolio
4 Key Influences on the Development of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Science Program Portfolio
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WORKSHOPS AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS BES staff uses workshops and meetings to bring members of the research community together and to communicate the latest results and directions of its research programs in the chemical sciences, geosciences, biosciences, materials sciences and engineering, and scientific user facilities. BES states that the workshops aid in planning program activities and formulating budget requests.
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Approximately 32 percent of the 127 participants were principal investigators funded by the Catalysis Science Program, and 56 percent were principal investigators or others who were not. A number of those outside the Catalysis Science Program had received grants from other BES programs (such as the Solar Photochemistry Program)
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• How do we characterize and control matter away -- especially very far away -- from equilibrium? The BRN workshop reports in ascending order of publication date are as follows: • Basic Research Needs to Assure a Secure Energy Future • Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy • Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization • Basic Research Needs for Superconductivity • Basic Research Needs for Solid-State Lighting • Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems • Basic Research Needs for Clean and Efficient Combustion of 21st Century Transportation Fuels • Basic Research Needs for Geosciences: Facilitating 21st Century En ergy Systems • Basic Research Needs for Electrical Energy Storage • Basic Research Needs: Catalysis for Energy • Basic Research Needs for Materials under Extreme Environments • Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagina tion NOTE: The text of the BRN workshop reports may be found online at http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html.
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In addition, many targeted solicitations in recent years have referred specifically to BRN workshop reports to describe the scientific subjects to be addressed in submitted proposals. The following are examples of grant solicitations that are relevant to the Catalysis Science Program: • 2008: Energy Frontier Research Centers, http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC.html.
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National Labs 120 Number of Grants 100 80 60 40 20 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Fiscal Year FIGURE 4-1 Influence of initiatives and distribution of Catalysis Science Program grants among national laboratories and universities. SOURCE: Original analysis based on grant information from Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Catalysis Science Program.
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CONTRACTOR MEETINGS Unlike the BRN workshops, contractor meetings are organized entirely by individual program managers and are attended primarily by the program's principal investigators. Some recent Catalysis Science Program contractor meetings are as follows:1 • Catalysis Science (2004)
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As shown in Figure 4-2, participants in contractor meetings (in contrast with the 2002 BESAC workshop and the 2007 BRN workshop) are mostly principal investigators funded by the Catalysis Science Program.
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FIGURE 4-2 Distribution of Catalysis Science Program grantees and other attendees at recent contractor meetings (first five bars) , the BESAC Workshop, and the BRN Workshop.
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Chairs of the last five Catalysis Science Program contractor meetings are shown in Table 4-4, and they do not seem to follow any particular pattern. The first two meetings in the list (2004 and 2005)
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TABLE 4-4 Chairs of Recent Catalysis Science Program Contractor Meetings and Catalysis-Related Workshops Meeting Chairs Contractor Meetings Catalysis Science (2004) John Gordon and Raul Miranda, BES Ca talysis Science Program Nanocatalysis Science John Gordon and Raul Miranda, BES Ca (2005)
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. The results of the 2005 COV assessment of the Catalysis Science Program can be summarized in four categories: program quality, the program manager, contractor meetings, and funding mechanisms.
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The committee recommends that the Catalysis Science Program continue to broaden participation in its contractor meetings and other activities. Non-DOE sponsored workshop organizers and grantees funded by other BSE programs should be invited to attend the Catalysis Science Program activities to provide a more diverse influence on the portfolio.
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