@misc{ce968eb112fa406b9d243edaef0d43b1,
title = "Grand challenges in basic energy sciences",
abstract = "A new report compiled for the Office of Science of the Department of Energy emphasizes the advent of control science, poses five specific grand challenges to science and the imagination, and suggests ways in which DOE can lead the effort to solve them. The report had its origin in a request from Raymond Orbach, the director of DOE's Office of Science, to John Hemminger, chair of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC), to hold a workshop to identify and articulate for the broader scientific community the most important scientific questions and science-driven technical challenges facing the disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The request also asked for recommendations on what new theories, instruments, facilities, computational capabilities, and education and workforce development would be needed to address those questions and challenges.",
author = "Fleming, {Graham R.} and Ratner, {Mark A.}",
note = "Funding Information: We envision the DOE energy institute to be modeled after the Howard Hughes Medical Institute{\textquoteright}s investigator awards. Investigators would be supported at a significant level and the funds would be unrestricted, but the projects funded must be long term and broadly related to energy sciences. The goal is to change the prestige and impact of university research supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The energy sciences study group would aim to make its young participants conversant with the scientific and technical dimensions of national energy research and to convey an appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of energy sciences. The DOE fellows program would help improve the training of young scientists via summer energy experiences, grand-challenge workshops, and network energy teams that would allow scientists to customize their training and begin their own collaborative group at an early and significant career stage. ",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1063/1.2963009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "61",
pages = "28--33",
journal = "Physics Today",
issn = "0031-9228",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
}