DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees
Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been merged into one.
The Department of Energy replaced the six discipline-specific advisory committees with a single “Office of Science Advisory Committee.”
- The creation of the new committee was announced on Sept. 30.
- This change occurred a few weeks after former National Science Board Chair Darío Gil was confirmed as under secretary of science at the Department of Energy.
According to Gil, the new committee will “connect DOE with leaders from academia, industry, and National Laboratories and will inform exciting new paths to keep us at the forefront of research.”
Gil added that the committee will “allow the Office of Science to adapt to the changing scientific landscape and will address cross-cutting, cross-disciplinary research in a streamlined and flexible way.
The six terminated committees are not specified.
Author summary: DOE merges six advisory committees into one Office of Science Advisory Committee.