Awardees will work at National Laboratories to address America’s most pressing energy challenges
May 11, 2026
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A total of 75 PhD students from 55 universities and 27 home states have been selected for the prestigious Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program.
SCGSR prepares doctoral candidates for careers of critical importance to the Office of Science’s mission of transforming our understanding of nature and advancing the energy, economic, and national security of the United States. Participants receive world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities, expertise, and resources at DOE's National Laboratories.
“We are incredibly proud to offer students the opportunity to conduct their cutting-edge thesis research at our world-class national laboratories through the SCGSR program,” said DOE Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil. “This experience will undoubtedly equip them with the skills and knowledge to become future leaders in critical scientific fields.”
Awardees were selected from a wide pool of graduate applicants. Selections were based on scientific merit review by external experts.
SCGSR awardees work on research projects to address critical energy challenges at national and international scales. Projects in this cohort span seven Office of Science research programs, including research in artificial intelligence, quantum information science, fusion energy, and accelerator science. Awards were made through the SCGSR program’s second of two annual solicitation cycles for Fiscal Year 2025.
Graduate students currently pursuing PhD degrees in areas of physics, chemistry, material sciences, biology (non-medical), geology, planetary sciences, mathematics, engineering, computer or computational sciences that are aligned with the mission of the Office of Science are eligible to apply to the SCGSR program. Research projects will advance the graduate awardees’ overall doctoral research and training by providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE National Laboratories.
Find out more about applying for the next cycle at the SCGSR How to Apply | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) (osti.gov) page.
Since 2014, the SCGSR program has provided over 1,400 U.S. graduate awardees from 173 universities with supplemental funds to conduct part of their thesis research at DOE national laboratories in collaboration with DOE National Laboratory scientists.
A list of the 75 awardees for this selection, their institutions, host DOE Laboratory/facility, and priority research areas of projects can be found at the SCGSR Awards and Publications page.