SLAC is one of 17 Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories that tackle the critical scientific challenges of our time. The most comprehensive research system of its kind in the world, DOE labs take a multidisciplinary approach to translating basic science into innovation.

Within DOE we are part of the Office of Science – the nation’s biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences. A major part of the office’s mission is supporting the development, construction and operation of unique, open-access scientific user facilities.

SLAC is home to three of those user facilities: the LCLS X-ray free-electron laser, SSRL synchrotron and FACET test facility for next-gen accelerator technologies. SLAC is a multipurpose lab, and we are expanding our programs to address a wide range of scientific challenges within the DOE mission.

Stanford University operates SLAC for the DOE Office of Science. Our strong ties with Stanford go all the way back to the lab’s founding. We sit on Stanford land, our people are Stanford employees and our faculty teach and mentor Stanford graduate students, helping to train the next generation. Our growing partnership with Stanford is crucial to carrying out our scientific vision.

SLAC and Stanford work together in joint research institutes and facilities that focus on cosmology and astrophysics, materials and energy sciences, catalysis, ultrafast science and cryogenic electron microscopy. Our combined intellectual power fuels exciting collaborations between scientists and engineers from a wide range of fields.

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