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Jefferson Lab Graduate Student Researchers Receive DOE Awards

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Three graduate students have gotten a financial boost from DOE to conduct research at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The students have received supplemental research awards from the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

All three awardees are involved in experiments at Jefferson Lab in pursuit of their Ph.D.s. in nuclear physics. They include:

DOE recently announced 62 new awardees in the Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program from 50 different U.S. universities who are carrying out part of their doctoral dissertation/thesis research in 14 DOE national laboratories/facilities. All of these research projects address scientific challenges central to Office of Science mission areas across its six research programs.

Awardees are eligible to receive a monthly stipend for general living expenses while at the host DOE laboratory/facility during the award period. They may also receive funds for travel between their host DOE facility and home institution.

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DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program

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Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, a joint venture of the Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. and PAE, manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, or Jefferson Lab, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

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