research
capabilities to researchers from universities, national laboratories,
and private institutions.[Footnote 12] For example, the Advanced
Scientific Computing Research program supports the operation of the
Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that
houses the Cray XT Jaguar, one of the world's most powerful computers.
In 2011, the Jaguar was used by such entities as Procter & Gamble, New
York University, and University of California, Los Angeles.
Science Establishes Research Priorities through Budget Formulation and
Assessment of Scientific Knowledge:
Science has numerous research priorities that support DOE's mission of
addressing national challenges through transformative science and
technology solutions. The office establishes priorities by having its
associate directors and the Director of the Office make trade-off
decisions during the annual budgeting process. These trade-off
decisions are informed through assessing areas of evolving scientific
knowledge and other contextual factors.
Science Has Numerous Research Priorities:
Science is involvedto produce transformative energy
technology discoveries.
Science Coordinates with Other Agencies and the Scientific Community:
Science coordinates its research efforts through formal and informal
mechanisms with other DOE entities--such as the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA)--and externally with other agencies that fund
basic scientific research--including NSF, NASA, NIH, and DOD--to
identify and mitigate potential areas of inappropriate duplication,
overlap, and fragmentation in establishing and implementing research
efforts. Program managers are responsible for informally coordinating
with their counterpart program managers within and outside of DOE,
according to Science officials. Officials in Nuclear Physics, for
example, communicate with officials in NSF's Nuclear Physics program,
and they are partners in interacting with the nuclear physics
community, according to an official in Science's Nuclear Physics
program. Science also coordinates through formal mechanisms,
specifically by sharing management of joint projects and