Brookhaven National Laboratory - Association for Women in Science

National Laboratories and
University Collaborations:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Triveni Rao
Outline
 BNL Facilities
 Recruitment and Retention
• Feeding the pipeline
• Enrichment programs
 Collaboration
• Scientific collaboration
• Establishing networks
2014 NSF ADVANCE Workshop
About Brookhaven National Laboratory
Established in 1947 on Long Island, Upton, New York,
Brookhaven is a multi-program national laboratory operated by
Brookhaven Science Associates for the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE).
Brookhaven has a staff of approximately 3,000 scientists,
engineers, technicians and support staff and over 4,000 guest
researchers annually.
MAJOR FACILITIES:
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
Photon Sciences (NSLS/NSLS II)
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS)
Laser-Electron Accelerator Facility (LEAF)
New York Blue
Interdisciplinary Support Building (ISB)
Solar Farm
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Workforce Development Pathway
BNL Programs
• GRIP
BNL Programs
• Contest
• Discovery Activities
• Exploration Labs
• OSSP
• SPSI
• InSynC
• HSRP
K-12
Undergraduate
DOE Programs
• CCI
• SULI
• VFP
Brookhaven Science Associates
U.S. Department of Energy
Partnerships
• INCREASE
• NSF
• LIMSAT
• STEM Hub
• Universities
• NYS-APACS
• BSA Board Institutions
Graduate
BNL Programs
• CCRP
• SURP
• CRTP
• BPST
• BTFP
• CSTEP
Post Doc
BNL Programs
• AGEP-T
• ASAP
• YRS
• Diversity pgm.
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Partnerships
•BWIS
Seminars
•CARE
•Mentorship
•Training
•Targeted
recruitment
SULI & CCI
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
 DoE Program at National Laboratories across the country
 10 Weeks summer, 16 weeks Fall & Spring Semesters
 Paid internship, housing made available
 Open to all undergraduate students
http://www.bnl.gov/education/program.asp?q=116
http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
Community College Internship
 DoE Office of Science program
 Places students in paid internships in STEM fields at BNL
http://www.bnl.gov/education/program.asp?q=109
http://science.energy.gov/wdts/cci/
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AGEP-T
Alliance For Graduate Education and ProfessoriateTransformational
 Funded by NSF- SBU-BNL collaborative effort
 For US Under-represented minority grad. Students and postdocs
 2 year Support 14 Post-doctoral fellows
http://www.bnl.gov/education/program.asp?q=204
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2014 NSF
Post Doctoral Fellows funded by Diversity
Office
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Enrichment Activities
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Association of Students and Post-Docs (ASAP)
• Annual Young researchers’ symposium
– Presentation of research program
– Discussions on career options
• Periodic Social Events
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Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS)
• Seminars by Prominent women scientists
• Scholarships
• Quality of life initiatives
– Child care & Credit union on site, paternity leave
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CARE Workshops
Career Advancement in Research Environment
Funded through Advance - Forward to Professorship program
Series of three workshops
• Over view workshop covering Tenure Process, Grants Writing,
Mentorship and Work-Life balance
• Focused on Grants Writing
– Training session on Grants writing
– Topical groups: Interaction with funding agencies, program managers, experts in the
field
• Focused on Grants Writing, progress with Focus Groups and Mentorship
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Fine tune research ideas developed in previous workshop
Learn about existing focus groups
Establish new focus group
Exchange of ideas on mentorship program
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Faculty and Student Teams (FaST)
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Cooperative effort between DoE Office of Science and NSF since
2000
Comprises of
• 1 BNL researcher
• 1 faculty from a college or University
• 2-3 students
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Focuses on institutions with limited research facilities, underrepresented groups in STEM fields
Summer program
Leads to
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• Joint proposals and publications
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– Proposals for $ 68 M submitted, $ 38 M funded
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• Expand research labs at home institutions
• Reform curriculum
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Years
2007
2008
2009
No. of Teams
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No. of Participants
60
INCREASE
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Research and Educational
Access in Science and Engineering
 Utilization of National User facilities by Minority serving
Institutions
 Facilitate education and research training of members of
minority groups in STEM fields
 Consortium made up of 11 core institutions in US, Puerto Rico
and Virgin Islands
 > 50 members to submit research proposal in energy storage
studies at BNL’s NSLS and CFN
 Workshops on light sources, Spallation neutron source and
High Flux Isotope reactor
http://www.increaseonline.org/
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Collaboration with Universities
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Teaching Opportunities
• Adjunct Professor
• Joint appointment
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Funding opportunities
• Joint proposals
• Seed Grants w/SBU
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Research opportunities
• Joint research programs
• Students
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Networking opportunities
• Joint Seminars
• BWIS-WISE joint sessions
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Retention
Year
Sc. %
Prof. %
2006
9.3
15.5
2007
10.23
16
2008
10
14.6
2011
17
26
2013
14.9
23.3
2014
9.2
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