Ames National Laboratory is a world-class institution dedicated to creating materials, inspiring minds to solve problems, and addressing global challenges. Located in Ames, Iowa on the campus of Iowa State University, we are global leaders in the discovery, synthesis, analysis, and application of new materials, novel chemistries, and transformational analytical tools.

Battelle is the largest independent nonprofit applied science and technology organization in the world. We support a diverse spectrum of clients, from small start-up companies to multinational corporations and government agencies. Battelle operates in a fast-paced environment to figure out the world’s most difficult scientific challenges. Our partners trust us to provide independent and advanced solutions that transform our world for the better. With 90 years of innovations and counting, we’re committed to problem-solve for the future.

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation’s service and the service of humanity. Its educational mission is to prepare students to pursue meaningful lives and help address future challenges. The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a proud U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory managed by Princeton University. PPPL is devoted to creating new knowledge about the physics of plasmas, which are charged gases, and developing practical solutions for creating fusion energy. Princeton University and PPPL are building world-class experiments such as the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX U), the Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE), and diagnostics for the international ITER Project.  PPPL is also expanding its research computing capability within Princeton’s High-Performance Computing Research Center and its small- to mid-sized experiment and collaborative capability with the new Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC) building.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a federally funded research and development center in Menlo Park, California, United States. Founded in 1962, the laboratory is now sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administrated by Stanford University. SLAC research centers on a broad program in atomic and solid-state physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine using X-rays from synchrotron radiation and a free-electron laser as well as experimental and theoretical research in elementary particle physics, astroparticle physics, and cosmology. The laboratory is under the programmatic direction of the United States Department of Energy Office of Science.

SURA is a consortium of advanced research universities, with a mission to collaborate with our members bring together expertise in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to support the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Department of Defense (DoD), in addition to other high-tech federal and commercial industry research and development programs.

The University of California is the world's leading public research university system. With 10 campuses, 5 medical centers, 3 national labs and a network of agricultural and natural resource centers, UC boasts large numbers of distinguished faculty and researchers in every field.

The University of Chicago is a world-class research university has that has laid the groundwork for breakthroughs and defined entirely new fields of study across all areas of human curiosity for more than 130 years. Producing more than 90 Nobel Prize winners and over a dozen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, UChicago is dedicated to rigorous and wide-ranging inquiry that fuels discovery and improves life around the globe.

URA is a consortium of 94 leading research universities that connects academia, national laboratories, and government agencies to realize opportunities that benefit the public interest and build knowledge for new generations of scientists and engineers.