Workshops
The UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program (LFRP) supports systemwide workshops to advance innovative research and to cultivate deep and long-lasting partnerships between between the University of California (UC) and the national laboratories (NL).
Jointly led by UC and NL teams, workshops are open to all faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from any UC location, including the 10 campuses, and Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.
Convenings enable potential collaborators across the system to forge new connections and build research teams. Workshops are designed to open opportunities to discuss the state of the field and to identify compelling research directions. They provide a roadmap of research priorities to advance the field, particularly those in which UC-NL collaborations can chart the future.Featured Workshop and funding Opportunity
AI Science at scale
Wednesday, October 16, 2024: UC Riverside
The University of California (UC) system, in partnership with the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, is seeking proposals from University of California researchers for collaborative projects that advance the frontiers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) at scale.
The central goal is to develop scientific AI systems that benefit from computational scale while also harnessing the power of interdisciplinary AI and science expertise. By building robust, interdisciplinary teams, we aim to leverage novel AI techniques, computational resources, and domain expertise to develop scalable solutions that significantly advance key application areas, including Multiphysics Applications, Biological Systems, and Materials Discovery.
Registration is now closed.
Upcoming Workshops
Community-engaged research for clean Energy Solutions
October 24, 2024: UC Berkeley
November 20, 2024: UC Irvine
This two-part workshop series is intended to build partnerships between UC and UC-affiliated national lab researchers to advance clean energy solutions with emphasis on community goals, priorities, and needs. These workshops will inform future systemwide collaborative funding opportunities from the UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program.
The October 24th workshop highlights ongoing community-engaged research for clean energy solutions and will include topics and panels on agrivoltaics in California, the food-water-energy nexus, the Oakland EcoBlock project, and climate resiliency. It will also feature a discussion with funders of community-engaged research for clean energy.
To attend the October 24th workshop, please RSVP by October 16 and contact workshop organizer Tiff Dressen (tddressen@berkeley.edu) with any questions.
The second workshop in the clean energy series will be held on November 20th. Save the date and follow this page where we will be announcing more details soon.
University of California Initiative for Fusion Energy
December 10-11, 2024: San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego
The University of California Initiative for Fusion Energy workshop aims to facilitate opportunities for new partnerships, collaborations, and discussions among three national laboratories scientists and UC faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students on cutting edge science and technology of fusion energy. The conference organizers represent fusion energy expertise from three national laboratories (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and at least five UC campuses (UC San Diego, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, and UC Santa Cruz). The workshop will address important research questions and engineering and design challenges necessary for fusion energy to transition from the laboratory to a commercially viable power plant.
To address and solve these challenges, register here to join the workshop, either in-person or virtually.
Past Workshops
Research Advancing Microelectronics
January 19, 2024: University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC)
January 30, 2024: Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego
Clean, Renewable Energy and DecarbonizATION
May 6, 2021: UC Irvine
For additional information, please visit the workshop website.
FROntiers of Mesoscale Materials and High Energy Density Science
May 3-4, 2021: UC Merced
Pandemic Preparedness and Biosecurity
April 28-29, 2021: UC Davis
For additional information, please visit the workshop's Google Drive for materials and recordings.