BES Reports
The Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) directly address the use-inspired basic research needs articulated in a subset of workshop reports sponsored by BES. Each report is written by university, industry, and DOE laboratory experts who attend a workshop to assess the scope of fundamental scientific research that must be considered to address the DOE mission in each topical area. Altogether, these workshops have engaged more than 2,000 participants. The BES Reports named in the EFRC Funding Opportunity Announcements that led to the current EFRC awards are listed below, along with the EFRCs that have self-identified as addressing those reports.
A full list of BES Reports can be found on the BES Community Resources – Reports page.
Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (2009 - 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | G. Malcolm Stocks | Center for Defect Physics in Structural Materials (CDP) |
| 2009-2014 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Michael Nastasi (8/2009 - 11/2011); Amit Misra (12/2011 - 7/2014) |
Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes (CMIME) |
| 2009-2014 | Idaho National Laboratory | Dieter Wolf (9/2009 - 5/2010); Todd Allen (6/2010 - 7/2014) |
Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (CMSNF) |
| 2009-2014 | University of South Carolina | Kenneth Reifsnider | Heterogeneous Functional Materials Center (HeteroFoaM) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Notre Dame | Peter Burns | Materials Science of Actinides (MSA) |
Basic Research Needs for Carbon Capture: Beyond 2020 (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Donald DePaolo | Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2 (NCGC)(8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Center for Nanoscale Controls on Geologic CO2 (NCGC) (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
Basic Research Needs: Catalysis for Energy (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | Louisiana State University | James Spivey | Center for Atomic-Level Catalyst Design (CALCD) |
| 2009-2014 | Arizona State University | Devens Gust | Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production (BISfuel) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Virginia | T. Brent Gunnoe | Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization (CCHF) |
| 2009-2014 | General Electric Global Research | Grigorii Soloveichik | Center for Electrocatalysis, Transport Phenomena and Materials for Innovative Energy Storage (CETM) |
| 2009-2014 | Stanford University | Fritz Prinz and Stacey Bent | Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC) |
| 2009-2014 | Cornell University | Hector D. Abruna | Energy Materials Center at Cornell (emc2) |
| 2009-2014 | Argonne National Laboratory | Christopher L. Marshall | Institute for Atom-Efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Purdue University | Maureen McCann | Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) |
Basic Research Needs for Clean and Efficient Combustion of 21st Century Transportation Fuels (2009 - 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Richard Sayre (8/2009 - 9/2011); Jan Jaworski (10/2011 - 7/2014) |
Center for Advanced Biofuel Systems (CABS) |
| 2009-2014 | Louisiana State University | James Spivey | Center for Atomic-Level Catalyst Design (CALCD) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Virginia | T. Brent Gunnoe | Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization (CCHF) |
| 2009-2014 | Princeton University | Chung K. Law | Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center (CEFRC) |
Basic Research Needs for Electrical Energy Storage (2009 - 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | General Electric Global Research | Grigorii Soloveichik | Center for Electrocatalysis, Transport Phenomena and Materials for Innovative Energy Storage (CETM) |
| 2009-2014 | University of California, Santa Barbara | John Bowers | Center for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM) |
| 2009-2014 | Stanford University | Fritz Prinz and Stacey Bent | Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC) |
| 2009-2014 | Cornell University | Hector D. Abruna | Energy Materials Center at Cornell (emc2) |
| 2009-2014 | University of South Carolina | Kenneth Reifsnider | Heterogeneous Functional Materials Center (HeteroFoaM) |
| 2009-2014 | University of California, Los Angeles | Vidvuds Ozolins | Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Texas, Austin | Paul Barbara (8/2009 - 10/2010); Xiaoyang Zhu (11/2010 - 5/2012); Peter Rossky (6/2012 - 7/2014) |
Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials (CST) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
Basic Research Needs for Environmental Management (2016 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | University of Notre Dame | Peter Burns | Materials Science of Actinides (MSA) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
Basic Research Needs for Geosciences: Facilitating 21st Century Energy Systems (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Donald DePaolo | Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2 (NCGC) (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Center for Nanoscale Controls on Geologic CO2 (NCGC) (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
| 2014-2018 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Robert Finley (8/1/2015 - 4/15/2015); Scott Frailey (4/16/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2) |
Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | Louisiana State University | James Spivey | Center for Atomic-Level Catalyst Design (CALCD) |
| 2009-2014 | Arizona State University | Devens Gust | Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production (BISfuel) |
| 2009-2014 | General Electric | Grigorii Soloveichik | Center for Electrocatalysis, Transport Phenomena and Materials for Innovative Energy Storage (CETM) |
| 2009-2014 | Global Research Cornell University |
Hector D. Abruna | Energy Materials Center at Cornell (emc2) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
Basic Research Needs for Materials under Extreme Environments (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | Arizona State University | Devens Gust | Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production (BISfuel) |
| 2009-2014 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | G. Malcolm Stocks | Center for Defect Physics in Structural Materials (CDP) |
| 2009-2014 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Michael Nastasi (8/2009 - 11/2011); Amit Misra (12/2011 - 7/2014) |
Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes (CMIME) |
| 2009-2014 | Idaho National Laboratory | Dieter Wolf (9/2009 - 5/2010); Todd Allen (6/2010 - 7/2014) |
Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (CMSNF) |
| 2009-2014 | University of South Carolina | Kenneth Reifsnider | Heterogeneous Functional Materials Center (HeteroFoaM) |
| 2009-2014 | Michigan State University | Donald T. Morelli | Revolutionary Materials for Solid State Energy Conversion (RMSSEC) |
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Notre Dame | Peter Burns | Materials Science of Actinides (MSA) |
Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Richard Sayre (8/2009 - 9/2011); Jan Jaworski (10/2011 - 7/2014) |
Center for Advanced Biofuel Systems (CABS) |
| 2009-2014 | Arizona State University | Devens Gust | Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production (BISfuel) |
| 2009-2014 | University of California, Santa Barbara | John Bowers | Center for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Southern California | P. Daniel Dapkus | Center for Energy Nanoscience (CEN) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Arizona | Neal R. Armstrong | Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM) |
| 2009-2014 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Alex Zunger (8/2009 - 5/2011); William Tumas (6/2011 - 7/2014) |
Center for Inverse Design (CID) |
| 2009-2014 | Stanford University | Fritz Prinz and Stacey Bent | Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Michigan | Peter F. Green | Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion (CSTEC) |
| 2009-2014 | Sandia National Laboratories | Jerry Simmons (8/2009 - 10/2011); Michael E. Coltrin (11/2011 - 7/2014) |
EFRC for Solid State Lighting Science (SSLS) |
| 2009-2014 | University of California, Los Angeles | Vidvuds Ozolins | Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Massachusetts | Thomas P. Russell and Paul Lahti | Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy (PHaSE) |
| 2009-2014 | Columbia University | James Yardley | Re-Defining Photovoltaic Efficiency Through Molecule Scale Control (RPEMSC) |
| 2009-2014 | Michigan State University | Donald T. Morelli | Revolutionary Materials for Solid State Energy Conversion (RMSSEC) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Texas, Austin | Paul Barbara (8/2009 - 10/2010); Xiaoyang Zhu (11/2010 - 5/2012); Peter Rossky (6/2012 - 7/2014) |
Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials (CST) |
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Victor Klimov | Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Marc Baldo | Center for Excitonics (CE) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
| 2009-2018 | Purdue University | Maureen McCann | Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) |
| 2009-2018 | Washington University in St. Louis | Robert Blankenship | Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) |
Basic Research Needs for Solid State Lighting (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2014 | University of California, Santa Barbara | John Bowers | Center for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Southern California | P. Daniel Dapkus | Center for Energy Nanoscience (CEN) |
| 2009-2014 | University of Michigan | Peter F. Green | Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion (CSTEC) |
| 2009-2014 | Sandia National Laboratories | Jerry Simmons (8/2009 - 10/2011); Michael E. Coltrin (11/2011 - 7/2014) |
EFRC for Solid State Lighting Science (SSLS) |
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Marc Baldo | Center for Excitonics (CE) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
Basic Research Needs for Superconductivity (2009 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | Seamus Davis (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Peter Johnson (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry: Accelerating Discovery and Innovation through Simulation-Based Engineering and Science (2014 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | Seamus Davis (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Peter Johnson (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES) |
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Donald DePaolo | Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2 (NCGC) (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Center for Nanoscale Controls on Geologic CO2 (NCGC) (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
| 2009-2018 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Victor Klimov | Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Marc Baldo | Center for Excitonics (CE) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Notre Dame | Peter Burns | Materials Science of Actinides (MSA) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
| 2009-2018 | Washington University in St. Louis | Robert Blankenship | Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) |
| 2009-2018 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | Seamus Davis (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Peter Johnson (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES) |
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
From Quanta to Continuum: Mesoscale Science (2014 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | Seamus Davis (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Peter Johnson (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES) |
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Donald DePaolo | Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2 (NCGC)(8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Center for Nanoscale Controls on Geologic CO2 (NCGC) (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
| 2009-2018 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Victor Klimov | Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Marc Baldo | Center for Excitonics (CE) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
| 2009-2018 | Purdue University | Maureen McCann | Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Notre Dame | Peter Burns | Materials Science of Actinides (MSA) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
| 2009-2018 | Washington University in St. Louis | Robert Blankenship | Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) |
| 2014-2018 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Robert Finley (8/1/2015 - 4/15/2015); Scott Frailey (4/16/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2) |
New Science for a Secure and Sustainable Energy Future (2014 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Victor Klimov | Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
| 2009-2018 | Purdue University | Maureen McCann | Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
| 2014-2018 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Robert Finley (8/1/2015 - 4/15/2015); Scott Frailey (4/16/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2) |
Science for Energy Technology: Strengthening the Link between Basic Research and Industry (2014 – 2018)
| Years | Lead Institution | Director(s) | Center Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2018 | California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater (8/1/2009-1/30/2015); Ralph Nuzzo (2/1/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI) |
| 2009-2018 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Ho-kwang Mao (8/1/2009 - 7/31/2014); Russell Hemley (8/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (Efree) |
| 2009-2018 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Victor Klimov | Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP) |
| 2009-2018 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gang Chen | Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) |
| 2009-2018 | Purdue University | Maureen McCann | Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Notre Dame | Peter Burns | Materials Science of Actinides (MSA) |
| 2009-2018 | University of Texas at Austin | Gary Pope (8/1/2009 - 6/30/2013); Steven Bryant (7/1/2013 - 8/30/2014); Larry Lake (9/1/2014 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) |
| 2014-2018 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Robert Finley (8/1/2015 - 4/15/2015); Scott Frailey (4/16/2015 - 7/31/2018) |
Center for Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2) |
