Sustainable Research Pathways (SRP) is a comprehensive program designed to connect U.S. researchers and project leaders with students and faculty from all across the U.S. and its territories to encourage lasting collaborations, jump start careers, and build innovative workplace environments.
We customize our SRP programs for each team and each institution. SHI handles all the recruiting, workshop applications, speaker invitations, workshop facilitation, summer internship applications, and post-workshop data collection. If you are interested in bringing SRP to your team or your institution, please contact us at SRP@shinstitute.org.
In 2025, we expanded SRP to the National Science Foundation (NSF) National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot projects. Applications open in Summer 2026 for project leaders (scientists with NAIRR projects), faculty-student teams, and independent students to attend a matching workshop in November 2026 to explore Summer 2027 projects.
SRP Student Samson Quaye, Illinois Institute of Technology, with SRP PI Edgar Lobaton, North Carolina State University, and SRP Faculty Siqing Wei, Youngstown State University
SRP began in 2015 at Berkeley Lab and has fostered nearly 700 connections between lab scientists and faculty and students from a variety of U.S. colleges and universities. In 2021, through the DOE Exascale Computing Project (ECP), SRP expanded to a multi-lab high-performance computing program. In 2022, SRP further expanded to computational and data science projects at eight U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories.
DOE lab participation is currently supported through CASS (Consortium for the Advancement of Scientific Software) and PESO (Partnering for Scientific-Software Ecosystem Opportunities). These initiatives connect students and faculty with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, enabling collaboration on high-performance computing, computational science, and the development of scientific software ecosystems while supporting workforce development in critical research areas.
Participating Labs Include:
In 2025, the High Performance Software Foundation supported SRP projects that advanced portable software across a wide range of hardware platforms by improving adoption and supporting development efforts. HPSF helps lower barriers to the effective use of current and future high-performance computing systems.
PI Track
Faculty Track
Full-time faculty may lead student teams with the potential to match and collaborate with NAIRR and DOE National Labs projects. Faculty working with students from a variety of institutions are encouraged to apply.
Student Track
Community college, undergraduate, and graduate students at an accredited US academic institution not applying as part of an SRP faculty team can apply on their own.
Project Leader/PI Eligibility
- NAIRR Pilot Projects (expansion, classroom, allocation)
- DOE National Laboratory Computing Sciences (ANL, BNL, LANL, LBNL, LLNL, ORNL, PNNL, SNL)
Faculty and Student Eligibility
- Must be a full-time faculty or student at an accredited U.S. degree-granting institution of higher education.
- Must be 18 or older
SRP Summer Experience
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- Pre-workshop Q&A webinar
- Matching/exploratory workshop with project leaders/PIs to discuss possible collaborations
- Potential to participate in paid summer experience
- Onboarding with professional scientific community
- Catalyzing Ubiquitous Learning Through InnoVATive Engaging Conversations (CULTIVATE Conversations)
Application Requirements
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- Basic applicant information
- Resume or CV
- Your research/technical interests
- Indicate which technical areas of interest
- Brief motivation statement