Meeting Proceedings are now viewable http://www.orau.gov/epscor2007/proceedings.htm. All presentation files may be viewed here.

The full Meeting Report may be downloaded here: 2007 EPSCoR Meeting Report  

CDs or hard copy of the report are available on request only from the DOE Program Manager.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was pleased to host the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program Review Workshop on July 23-25, 2007, in Golden, Colorado. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The theme of this workshop was Renewable Energies for a Global Economy. As the global economy grows, so too does the world’s need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Now is the time to mobilize the abundant scientific and technological resources embodied in our national laboratories and universities to perform the fundamental research so critical to the development of renewable energy technologies. A primary goal of this workshop was to identify strategic, innovative partnerships to advance the nation as a world leader in this area of research and development. This meeting was open to and encourages the participation of faculty, researchers, staff and students from colleges and universities; researchers and user-facility coordinators from national laboratories; EPSCoR representatives; and policy and industry leaders. Participants learned tools for implementing successful state-national laboratory collaborative projects and creating student training opportunities. Although the theme was renewable energy, the workshop spaned the range of EPSCoR’s interdisciplinary research areas—basic energy sciences, computational science.