fourteen research projects including two led by faculty from the texas a&m university college of science have been chosen for 2020-2021 funding under the texas a&m university system national laboratories office collaborative research program aimed at increasing engagement between texas a&m system and los alamos national laboratory (lanl) researchers bhaskar dutta (credit: ryan carmichael texas a&m physics and astronomy) each fall researchers are invited to apply for funding in two different categories: developmental fellowships and research projects developmental fellowships are designed for a&m system researchers who have the skills knowledge and interest to develop long-term collaborative ties with lanl researchers and have already identified one or more lanl collaborators who are willing and able to engage in collaborative research research projects are designed for a&m system researchers who have mature ties with lanl collaborators and have identified research topics suitable for a joint effort and joint funding from the nlo and lanl bhaskar dutta a professor in the department of physics and astronomy and director of the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy is principal investigator for one of the six research projects funded in support of his proposal dark matter neutrino interactions and axion-like particles at coherent captain-mills (lanl) jointly submitted with lanl researcher richard van de water louis strigari an associate professor in texas a&m physics and astronomy and a mitchell institute member is principal investigator for one of the eight developmental fellowships awarded in support of his proposal determining the nature of dark matter submitted in collaboration with lanl researchers andrea albert and patrick harding approximately 40% of the proposals submitted in each category for 2020-2021 were selected for funding through an annual review process that involved numerous technical experts from the a&m system and lanl louis strigari learn more about the texas a&m system national laboratories office and related opportunities including the los alamos national lab collaborative research program # # # # # # # # # # about the texas a&m university system: the texas a&m university system is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation with a budget of $63 billion the system is a statewide network of 11 universities; a comprehensive health science center; eight state agencies including the texas division of emergency management; and the rellis campus the texas a&m system educates in excess of 151 000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year system-wide research and development expenditures exceeded $1 billion in fy 2019 and helped drive the states economy to learn more visit https://wwwtamusedu/ -atm- contact: shana k hutchins (979) 862-1237 or shutchins@sciencetamuedu this article originally appeared on the texas a&m system national laboratories office website the post texas a&m system los alamos national laboratory fund new round of collaborative research appeared first on texas a&m college of science share: