Author: Michelle Prichard

  • DOE Undergraduate Intern and Visiting Faculty Programs Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2024

    Students and faculty will conduct research and technical projects at national laboratories Applications are currently being accepted for the summer 2024 term of three programs offered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program, the Community College Internships (CCI) program, and the Visiting Faculty Program (VFP).…

  • Spread the Word About Your 2023 AGU Presentations!

    For those of you presenting at the 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, one of the best ways to draw attendees to your sessions is to be highlighted on the ARM and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) websites. If you or one of your team members will present a talk or poster at the AGU…

  • DOE Announces Funding for Climate Resilience Centers

    CRCs will strengthen the security and resilience of critical infrastructure The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $5 million in funding for six Climate Resilience Center (CRC) projects. The goal is to improve the resilience of communities by empowering local universities to use DOE climate science to help tackle the problems posed by a…

  • DOE Announces $70 Million to Help Build a Diverse STEM Workforce

    RENEW initiative supports training opportunities at 40 Minority-Serving Institutions The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $70 million in funding to support research by historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and to diversify scientific leadership. Through DOE’s Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative (BER-RENEW – FOA-0002929), the funding…

  • Dorothy Koch Named Associate Director of DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research Program

    Dorothy Koch has been named Associate Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. Most recently, Koch was with NOAA, serving as the Weather Program Office (WPO) director. In this position, she led the WPO, including eight integrated programs, to fund research most essential for NOAA to meet its…

  • August UAS Flights a Success; ArcticShark Call Opens

    Webinar on ARM uncrewed aerial system data a hit with user community The skies above northern Oklahoma buzzed once again as the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system (UAS) gathered atmospheric data, completing its third mission of 2023 at ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. Unlike the previous SGP missions,…

  • Recording Available: Register for ARM High-Performance Computing Webinar

    Editor’s note (September 21, 2023): The recording of the high-performance computing webinar is now available for viewing.  The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center offers high-performance computing (HPC) resources for users to conduct big-data analytics and machine learning for atmospheric and climate science research. The ARM Data Center provides a co-located data and computing platform that enables…

  • Applications for DOE Graduate Student Research Awards Now Being Accepted

    Register for workshops to learn more about the program and application process The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2023 Solicitation 2 cycle. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, November 8. SCGSR application assistance workshops will be held Thursday,…

  • Plan for the 2023 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting!

    The next Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting will take place August 7 to 10, 2023, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland, with some hybrid elements. Those attending virtually will be able to listen to and present remotely in the plenary and…

  • Recording Now Available: LASSO-ENA Virtual Planning Workshop

    Editor’s note: The LASSO-ENA virtual planning workshop recording is available for viewing now. The Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity is now beginning development of its third scenario, which will focus on marine boundary-layer clouds at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory. For those…