Sustainable Research Pathways (SRP) began through a partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in 2015 and expanded in 2022 to a multi-lab program through the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Exascale Computing Project(ECP), then in 2023 to include non-ECP computational and data science projects, as coordinated through the Computational Research Leadership Council (CRLC). We gratefully acknowledge continued SRP support from the US Department of Energy’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research through the Partnering for Scientific-Software Ecosystem Opportunities (PESO) project and the Consortium for the Advancement of Scientific Software (CASS) .
In 2025, we are excited to expand SRP to the National Science Foundation (NSF) National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot and the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) projects.
Project/PI Track
Principal Investigators/project leaders at the eight participating DOE national laboratory computing sciences areas or who have been awarded NAIRR or HPSF projects are eligible to participate.
Faculty Track
Faculty from a variety of institutions, including emerging research, public, and smaller academic institutions, liberal arts, and community colleges, are eligible to participate in faculty/student teams.
Student Track
Community College, undergraduate, and graduate students at an accredited US academic institution have two ways to participate: 1) as part of a faculty application or 2) on their own in the Student Track.
Benefits
- Pre-Workshop Q&A webinar
- Engaging & interactive Matching and Exploratory Workshop to meet and discuss possible collaborations
- Potential to participate in paid summer experience
- Onboarding with professional community
- Cohort-wide activities during and after the summer 2026
- Summer Kick-off Event
- Midterm Practice & Check in
- End of Summer Celebration
- Post-summer CULTIVATE Conversations virtual seminars/meet ups
- Some funds to present summer results at scientific conference will be available
Key Dates
- Application Open: July 18th
- Application Due
- NAIRR/HPSF Projects: Oct 10th
- Faculty & Student: Oct 10th
- Participant Webinar: Oct 1st
- Welcome Reception: Dec 2nd
- Matching Workshop: Dec 3 – Dec 5
- Onboarding: Spring, 2026
- Research Activities: Summer 2026
- Conference Presentations: Spring 2027
Faculty and Student Benefits: Summer
Opportunity to match with project leaders for 10-week onsite summer experience. Attend fun, engaging, and interactive Matching Workshop in December 2025.
Apply
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Deadlines
DOE Project PIs: November 12, 2025
Faculty & Students: October 10, 2025
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