By leveraging a robust collection of capabilities and facilities that connect people and ideas across diverse disciplines, the UC Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC) sparks creative conversations and ingenious solutions to persistent scientific and technical challenges.
Activity Pillars
The Center focuses on fostering new research and partnership models in one or more of the five activity pillars below. We prioritize events that solicit participation from UC campuses and UC Affiliated national labs to explore new and enduring ways of collaborating.
Workforce
Development
Expanding education and training opportunities to enhance employee job skills and cultivate knowledge
Outreach
Reaching the broader community through UC and national lab-sponsored events

Research and
Innovation
Advancing the fields of science, technology and engineering
Pipeline
Enhancement
Recruiting and developing future talent inspired by the mission of UC campuses and affiliated national labs
Workplace
Designing innovative facilities and workplace cultures that inspire exploration
Workforce
Development
Expanding education and training opportunities to enhance employee job skills and cultivate knowledge
Outreach
Reaching the broader community through UC and national lab-sponsored events
Research and
Innovation
Advancing the fields of science, technology and engineering
Pipeline
Enhancement
Recruiting and developing future talent inspired by the mission of UC campuses and affiliated national labs
Workplace
Designing innovative facilities and workplace cultures that inspire exploration
A System-Wide Resource
UCLCC offers a modern physical space and expert staff for anyone in the UC system and national labs to host multi-institutional collaborative events.

News and Events

Funding Opportunity Announcement: Michael R Anastasio LANL-UC Early Career Faculty Scholar program.
Pre-Proposal Deadline: March 3, 2025 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the UC National Laboratories (UCNL) at the University of California (UC), Office of the President (UCOP) are jointly inviting applications for the Michael R Anastasio LANL-UC Early Career Faculty Scholar program. The winning proposal will fund one tenure-track faculty member in the UC system with up to $750k for a 3-year award cycle, planned to commence in October 2025. The technical topic for this call will be in a computational science subject area (details below) centering on overlapping interests between the UC faculty and the Laboratory’s national security programs and mission.The initiative is intended to develop the next-generation UC academic leadership with strong and enduring Los Alamos National Laboratory connections. This 3-year award allows the recipient to develop their innovative ideas, advance their research, gain tenure, and become recognized for their professional leadership. The award fund is structured to allow faculty to build a research group including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. The award also provides Laboratory researchers opportunities to collaborate and be more connected to the UC community to enhance its workforce and research objectives. The required annual onsite visit to Los Alamos National Laboratory is intended to strengthen the technical and workforce pipeline connections between UC and the Lab. LANL-UC Funding Announcement revDownload LANL MAScholar_pre-proposal_rDownload
Learn MoreIFE-STAR Ecosystem Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Applications are now open for the 2025 IFE-STAR Summer Research Program, where students can work alongside our nation’s leading scientists and researchers. Application deadline for summer 2025: February 15, 2025 The IFE-STAR Ecosystem coordinates a national IFE summer research program for undergraduate students enrolled in US universities and colleges. Students who are accepted into this program will have opportunities to do IFE summer research at partnering organizations and universities across the nation. Applications will be shared with the research institutions based on the student’s selected interest within the application. Each institution will independently reach out to selected applicants as they fill their summer research openings. Financial support is available through each institution.
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Consortium with Minority Serving Institutions Delivers Opportunities for Students
The Consortium for High Energy Density Science (CfHEDS) had much to celebrate at its annual meeting this summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). “It was exciting to connect with our academic partners and their students,” said Federica Coppari, the LLNL liaison to CfHEDS. “The best part is hearing from the students about their research experience.” The goal of CfHEDS is to expand and diversify the pipeline of students in high-energy-density science (HEDS), a field critical to much of the work done at LLNL. In 2018, CfHEDS was launched with a grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)’s Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP), which has been renewed through 2027.
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Whether you are an undergraduate student, a graduate student, a postdoctoral fellow or a post-baccalaureate student, the national labs are a great place to take your research career to new heights.

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