Grow Your Research
The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program is pleased to announce that it will host its second annual LDRD Day on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Bldg. 402 APS Auditorium. Poster sessions will be held in the Bldg. 402 APS Gallery.
This year, the focus of LDRD Day will be on helping Argonne scientists, engineers and researchers learn how to cultivate new research and development (R&D) funding opportunities and develop collaborative networks with other researchers.
All interested employees are welcome to attend any of the presentations, poster sessions and networking events. There is no obligation to attend the full day.
For lead investigators receiving funding in FY 2017 who have not gone through training before, attendance at the “LDRD Do’s and Don’ts: Your Responsibilities as an Investigator” session at 4:15 p.m. is mandatory. If the lead investigator is unable to attend, please contact the LDRD Program Office to make other arrangements.
Representatives from Argonne’s LDRD program will be on hand to answer questions.
Registration is required. Register by Thursday, Oct. 18, 2016.
About the LDRD program
The purposes of Argonne’s LDRD program are to encourage the development of novel technical concepts, enhance the Laboratory’s R&D capabilities and pursue its strategic goals. From proposals, projects that require advanced exploration before being sufficiently developed for support through normal programmatic channels are selected for creative and innovative R&D studies. Among the aims of the projects supported by the LDRD program are the establishment of engineering proofs of principle, assessment of design feasibility for prospective facilities, development of instrumentation or computational methods or systems, and discoveries in fundamental science and exploratory development.
Additionally, the program’s flexibility allows the laboratory to assemble experts from different fields into teams whose collaboration uncovers synergies and multidisciplinary solutions not otherwise evident without the freedom to reach across traditional technical boundaries.