The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science will send $124 million to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for capital investments and upgrades as part of President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Department of Energy announced Monday that $71.2 million in stimulus funding is coming to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and most of that money will be used for construction of a new Chemical and Materials Science Lab.
Battelle, the managing contractor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 2000, needs to prepare for the "likelihood" that the U.S. Department of Energy will put the contract up for bids before it expires next year.
According to a study for the U.S. Conference of Mayors released last October, the U.S. economy could generate 4.2 million new green jobs in the next 30 years.
Rush Holt, a plasma physicist by training, represents New Jerseys 12th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress. Recently, Laura Sanders talked with him about the state of science and science funding in the United States.
The NIH is expected to receive $10 billion, including $8.5 billion for research and $1.5 billion for university research facilities. The NSF will receive $3 billion, including $2.5 billion for research, $400 million for infrastructure and $100 millio
Battelle, the worlds largest independent research and development organization, has hired Dr. Paul Kirshen from Tufts University to lead an important climate change initiative.