Publications

As of February 2021, DoE BES updated their guidance to include three (3) categories for acknowledging EFRC support in publications: EFRC only, EFRC primary, and EFRC secondary. Some examples of proper acknowledgment formatting within these categories are shown below.

EFRC as the Only Support

These can include support from individual student/postdoctoral fellowships or use of user facilities.

Research supported by the EFRC only:

This work was supported as part of the Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at the <insert name of primary author’s university> under award #DE-SC0021166 and at <insert name of National Laboratory> under contract #<insert  contract number>.

Research supported by the EFRC only and including graduate student/postdoctoral fellowships:

This work was supported as part of the Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at the <insert name of primary author’s university> under award #DE-SC0021166. <insert author initials> acknowledges a graduate fellowship through <insert fellowship funding agency or foundation>.

Research supported by the EFRC only that includes work at a multi-user facility:

When a multi-user facility (e.g., use of facilities or equipment funded by DOE, NSF, universities, etc.) was also used for the research, the publication should include appropriate acknowledgement of the facility or equipment and its supporting agency.

This work was supported as part of the Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at the <insert name of primary author’s university> under award #DE-SC0021166. This research used resources at <insert name of facility> operated by <insert Lab> under contract #<insert contract or award number>, a <insert name of facility funding agency or institution> User Facility.

EFRC as the Primary Support

These are intellectually led by the EFRC, but some aspects were funded by other sources. The acknowledgements may include “primarily supported” to indicate that the EFRC provided the intellectual leadership. It is important to clearly state which aspect of the research was funded under the EFRC and which other part of the work was supported by each of the acknowledged sponsors. For research funded by other organizations, researchers should acknowledge those organizations’ funding per their guidelines.

Research primarily supported by the EFRC:

Research <insert “primarily” if appropriate and desired> supported as part of the Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES), under award #DE-SC0021166 (kinetic studies, computational studies, data analysis) and by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under award #<insert grant award number> (materials characterization). In addition, <insert author initials> acknowledges support by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation #<insert grant award number> (SEM characterization).

EFRC as a Secondary Support

These were intellectually led by an organization other than the EFRC. If the sole EFRC contribution was the use of EFRC-purchased equipment, they should not be reported as an EFRC publication.

Multiple funding sources with distinction by scope of the research and individual:

Research supported as part of the Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES), under award #DE-SC0021166 (reaction kinetic studies), by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division at <Insert Lab Name> under contract #<insert contract number> (computational studies), and by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award # <insert grant award number> (synthesis of samples). In addition, <insert author initials> acknowledges support by DOE BES grant #<insert grant award number> (plasmid preparation, protein binding, and protein assembly characterization); <insert author initials> acknowledges support by NIH grant #<insert grant award number> (lipid structure and function), and the NSF DMR-grant #<insert grant award number> (protein phase behavior).

Multiple funding sources with distinction by scope of the research and institution:

Work at <insert Institution #1> was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division under Award #<insert grant award number> (experiments). Work at <insert Institution #2> was supported by the Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by DOE, Office of Science, BES under Award #DE-SC0021166 (synthesis).