Science Alliance efforts focus on

• Strategic short-term investments in
  • Sustainable energy research
  • Computational science research
  • IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) projects
  • UT-ORNL Joint Directed Research and Development (JDRD) projects and Joint UT-ORNL Seed-Money research
• The UT-ORNL Distinguished Scientist Program
• Support for graduate education and promising young scientists and engineers;
• UT-ORNL joint institutes
• Encouraging interaction among UTK, ORNL, UT-Battelle, and the ORNL university partners.