National Laboratories and Universities Building New Ways to Work Together: Report of a Workshop (2005) / Chapter Skim
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Access to Major User Facilities
Access to Major User Facilities
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There is also a wide range of users, described by William McLean from Sandia National Laboratories, John Gibson from Argonne National Laboratory, Takeshi Egami from the University of Tennessee, and others. Users range from visiting university scientists and engineers, to industry researchers, to students (both undergraduate and graduate levels)
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Nonetheless, participants in this session acknowledged that there are challenges to effective collaboration, some of which were discussed in the dialogue on incentives and structures, and some of which are more specific to the facility access requirements. Primary issues identified by participants included contractual issues, funding, and increasing concern about access to these facilities by foreign nationals.
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One expressed barrier was the national laboratory researchers' fear that DOE money spent in travel would be taken from the technical staff at the laboratory and further drain support from the user facility itself. The example of user facilities in Europe was raised by Gibson as a potential model for generating travel funding support.
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The potential solution of an expanded DOE budget that could accommodate all needs, including essential travel needs, was not considered realistic by parties on either side of the discourse. ACCESS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS Increased attention to security since 9/11 has presented some new challenges for collaborative research.
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· Exploit advanced information technologies to take advantage of virtual links and true "collaboratories."
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