Our Mission

DOE’s Office of Science has a mission to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States. We are the nation’s largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and are a major supporter of research in such key scientific fields as physics, materials science, computing, and chemistry. We are also the lead federal agency supporting fundamental scientific research related to energy.

To keep America in the forefront of discovery and innovation, we sponsor research at hundreds of universities, national laboratories, and other institutions across the country. We also build and maintain a vitally important array of large-scale scientific facilities at the DOE national laboratories, which are used by thousands of researchers every year.

About the Office of Science

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science is the nation’s largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences, the steward of 10 DOE national laboratories, and the lead federal agency supporting fundamental research for energy production and security. Our job is to keep America at the forefront of discovery. This video is an overview of the Office of Science’s mission, people, and resources.
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Scientists from Stanford University and DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are turning air into fertilizer without leaving a carbon footprint.
Google DeepMind Adds Nearly 400,000 New Compounds to Berkeley Lab’s Materials Project
The contribution grows the open-access resource that scientists use to invent new materials for future technologies.
ORNL Joins Consortium to Tackle Scientific AI's Next Great Milestone
The Trillion Parameter Consortium, or TPC, seeks to grow and improve large-scale generative AI models aimed at tackling complex scientific challenges.
New All About Energy High School Curriculum Sets the Stage for Argonne's Future Outreach and Partnerships
Argonne’s new-and-improved All About Energy program helps promote sustainability outreach across underrepresented Chicago communities.

University and Stakeholder News

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Asatekin Awarded Grant for Energy-Efficient Membrane Research
Tufts University Associate Professor Ayse Asatekin was awarded a grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science for her research.
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Grant Funds Green Fertilizer Research at WashU
Washington University in St. Louis will lead one of 29 new projects under the Department of Energy’s Energy Earthshots Initiative.
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Wang Will Use DOE Career Award to Develop Quantum Materials to Harvest WiFi Energy
University of Wisconsin-Madison's Ying Wang was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for a prestigious Early Career Research Program award.
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HU School of Science Awarded a $1.7M Grant from the Simons Foundation to Help Develop a New Stellarator Experiment Group to Advance Research in Fusion Plasma Science
The funding will support the design and construction of a stellarator experiment, STAR_Lite, in partnership with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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Dept. of Energy Office of Science delivers scientific discoveries, tools for the nation via programs in Advanced Scientific Computing Research; Basic Energy Sciences; Biological & Environmental Research; Fusion Energy Sciences; High Energy Physics; Nuclear Physics. Also supports Accelerator Research; Isotope Research; Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer; 5 national quantum centers; 2 energy innovation hubs. Stewards 10 DOE national labs. 100-plus Nobel Prizes, $8.1 billion budget.

The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

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