Laboratory Directed Research & Development

LDRD Highlights

LDRD Highlights

FY21 Important Dates

  • New project meetings for Lead Investigators
    October 14 and 22, 2020
  • FY20 annual reports due
    October 16, 2020
  • LDRD proposal best practices workshop
    December 4, 2020

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LDRD Contacts

Despina Milathianaki
LDRD Program Manager
despina@slac.stanford.edu

 

Elise Poirier
Strategic Planning Coordinator
epoirier@slac.stanford.edu

SLAC LDRD News

A new machine learning method streamlines particle accelerator operations
Scientists discover how proteins form crystals that tile a microbe’s shell
SLAC scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser
Scientists make first high-res movies of proteins forming crystals in a living cell
In brief: A new collider concept would take quantum theories to an extreme
Scientists make first detailed measurements of key factors related to high-temperature superconductivity
SLAC and Stanford Open One of World's Most Advanced Facilities for Cryo-EM
Scientists Catch Light Squeezing and Stretching Next-Gen Data Storage Material
Major Technology Developments Boost LCLS X-Ray Laser’s Discovery Power

Recent Publications

X-ray & Ultrafast Sciences
X-ray Sciences
Chemical & Molecular Sciences
Chemical and Molecular Sciences
Materials Science
Materials Science
Physics of the Universe & Instrumentation
Particle Physics and Cosmology
Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Plasma and Fusion Energy Science
Accelerator S&T
X-ray Sciences

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Program Status

Ongoing Projects

New project kickoff meetings in October
 

FY22 Proposal Cycle

LDRD proposal best practices workshop on December 4