User Agreements at Berkeley Lab cover the work performed by non-DOE contractor personnel at the DOE-approved National User Facilities and other user facilities and centers listed. Access to the facilities is determined by each specific User Facility after the facility receives a proposal from the user.
- Non-Proprietary User Agreements: For work that is not confidential/does not require data protection and when results are intended to be published in open scientific literature. DOE funds Berkeley Lab’s user facilities, and Berkeley Lab staff may participate in the research.
- Proprietary User Agreements: For work done by the user and when the results of work are confidential. The user may elect title to its own subject inventions. Berkeley Lab staff does not participate in the research work, and the partner is required to fund staff time to set up and oversee the project.
Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Offers a specialized particle accelerator that generates bright beams of x-ray light for scientific research.
Energy Sciences Network (ESNet)
Provides high-bandwidth, reliable connections that link scientists at national laboratories, universities, and other research institutions, enabling them to collaborate on some of the world’s most important scientific challenges, including energy, climate science, and the origins of the universe.
Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
Provides integrated high-throughput sequencing, DNA design and synthesis, metabolomics, and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.
Molecular Foundry
Utilizes seven research facilities and multiple affiliated user programs and research laboratories at Berkeley Lab. Foundry scientists help users address challenges at the nanoscale while also pursuing an internal research program centered on our interdisciplinary research themes.
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Provides one of the largest facilities in the world devoted to providing computational resources and expertise for basic scientific research in combustion, climate modeling, fusion energy, materials science, physics, chemistry, computational biology, and other disciplines.
88-Inch Cyclotron
Supports ongoing research programs in nuclear structure, astrophysics, heavy element studies, and technology R&D by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley. Major instrumentation and facilities at the 88-Inch Cyclotron include the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator (BGS), the Berkeley Accelerator Space Effects (BASE) Facility, and the superconducting Versatile ECR ion source for Nuclear Science (VENUS) ion source, one of the most powerful Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources in the world.
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