BER Science Highlights
U.S. Department of Energy | Office of Science | Biological and Environmental Research Program

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  • Five responsibilities of DOE/NNSA.

    Getting to Know Human Subjects Protection

    Overview of the DOE/NNSA Human Subjects Protection Program’s (HSPP) Primary Responsibilities. HSPP reviews, educates, guides, and partners with all DOE and NNSA sites conducting human subjects research to ultimately promote research and protect participants.

  • Scope, budget, and timeline.

    Community-Engaged Research Design Tips

    Incorporating Stakeholder Input Facilitates Robust Project Design. Human subjects research requires a robust scope, timeline, and budget, which can be accomplished by being proactive and incorporating stakeholder input.

  • Researchers, institutional review boards, sponsoring programs, and HSP program managers all collaborate on HSR research.

    Collaboration in Human Subjects Research

    Sharing Responsibilities. Though each entity involved in human subjects research has a unique role, they must collaborate in a framework of shared responsibilities to protect participants.

  • DOE-Supported Human Subjects Research

    Selecting an IRB. Human subjects research conducted or funded by DOE can be reviewed by three types of institutional review boards: central DOE IRBs, DOE and NNSA site IRBs, and non-DOE IRBs.

  • Graphical representation of processes from the nanometer to kilometer scale.

    Proposed Network of Energy Sustainability Testbeds Scales

    These testbeds comprise a suite of strategically distributed study sites chosen to span a range of scales, each relevant to a particular energy strategy and associated air-water-land forcing. Each testbed could be used for experiments, observations, and modeling to address a unique set of questions. Synthesis across the testbeds could offer an unprecedented opportunity for advancing the fundamental knowledge and tools needed to develop a range of resilient and interconnected energy strategies.