BES Reports Addressed by EFRCs
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.


- Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems (AMEWS)
- Alliance for Molecular PhotoElectrode Design for Solar Fuels (AMPED)
- Bioinspired Light-Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC)
- Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis Center (BETCy)
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)
- Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)
- Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)
- Center for Complex Materials from First Principles (CCM)
- Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE)
- Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
- Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF)
- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME)
- Center for Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables (SCALAR)
- Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)
- Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center (ICDC)
- Integrated Mesoscale Architectures For Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC)

- Center for Mechanistic Control of Water-Hydrocarbon-Rock Interactions in Unconventional and Tight Oil Formations (CMC-UF)
- Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
- Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE)

- Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems (AMEWS)
- Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)
- Center for Complex Materials from First Principles (CCM)
- Center for Gas Separations (CGS)
- Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF)
- Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems (M-WET)
- Center for Mechanistic Control of Water-Hydrocarbon-Rock Interactions in Unconventional and Tight Oil Formations (CMC-UF)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD)
- Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)
- Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center (FIRST)
- Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
- Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE)
- The Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport (CENT)

- Center for Actinide Science & Technology (CAST)
- Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials (CHWM)
- Center for Performance and Design of Nuclear Waste Forms and Containers (WastePD)
- Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)

- Center for Actinide Science & Technology (CAST)
- Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI)
- Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE)
- Fundamental Understanding of Transport Under Reactor Extremes (FUTURE)
- Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
- Molten Salts in Extreme Environments (MSEE)

- Center for Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy)
- Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)
- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design: Incorporating Metastability (CNGMD)

- Breakthrough Electrolytes for Energy Storage (BEES)
- Center for Electrochemical Energy Science (CEES)
- Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2mt)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD)
- Center for Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables (SCALAR)
- Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center (FIRST)
- Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES)
- NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES)

- Center for Complex Materials from First Principles (CCM)
- Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE)
- Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials (M2QM)
- Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials (NPQC)
- Center for the Advancement of Topological Semimetals (CATS)
- Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM)
- Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits (PTL)
- Programmable Quantum Materials (Pro-QM)
- Quantum Materials for Energy Efficient Neuromorphic Computing (Q-MEEN-C)
- Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)
Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization
- Alliance for Molecular PhotoElectrode Design for Solar Fuels (AMPED)
- Bioinspired Light-Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC)
- Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis Center (BETCy)
- Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE)
- Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
- Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD)
- Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits (PTL)
Basic Research Needs for Solid-State Lighting
- Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD)
- Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits (PTL)
Basic Research Needs for Synthesis Science
- A Next Generation Synthesis Center (GENESIS)
- Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems (AMEWS)
- Bioinspired Light-Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC)
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)
- Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)
- Center for Complex Materials from First Principles (CCM)
- Center for Gas Separations (CGS)
- Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE)
- Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
- Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF)
- Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2mt)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD)
- Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials (NPQC)
- Center for Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables (SCALAR)
- Center for the Advancement of Topological Semimetals (CATS)
- Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)
- Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE)
- Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center (ICDC)
- Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM)
- Integrated Mesoscale Architectures For Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC)
- Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
- Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE)
- Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES)
- Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits (PTL)
- Quantum Materials for Energy Efficient Neuromorphic Computing (Q-MEEN-C)
- Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)
- The Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS)

Basic Research Needs for Innovation and Discovery of Transformative Experimental Tools
- A Next Generation Synthesis Center (GENESIS)
- Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis Center (BETCy)
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)
- Center for Actinide Science & Technology (CAST)
- Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)
- Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
- Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF)
- Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2mt)
- Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD)
- Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials (NPQC)
- Center for Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables (SCALAR)
- Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI)
- Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)
- Fundamental Understanding of Transport Under Reactor Extremes (FUTURE)
- Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM)
- Integrated Mesoscale Architectures For Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC)
- Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE)
- Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits (PTL)
- Programmable Quantum Materials (Pro-QM)
- Quantum Materials for Energy Efficient Neuromorphic Computing (Q-MEEN-C)
- The Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport (CENT)
- The Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS)