Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report
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ORAU Leverages Strategic Partnerships to Address Critical Needs<br />
of America’s Scientific Research and Education Enterprise<br />
ORAU was originally conceived as a university<br />
consortium in 1946 with the objective of building<br />
upon the new science and technology that had<br />
grown “behind the fences” during the Manhattan<br />
Project at <strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Ridge</strong> National Laboratory (ORNL).<br />
By partnering together, the original 14 southern<br />
universities comprising the consortium would have<br />
better success in gaining access to this world-class<br />
scientific facility that had emerged in their backyard.<br />
For 60 years, that same spirit of partnership has<br />
sustained ORAU, which now encompasses 96<br />
universities across the United States, the United<br />
Kingdom, and Puerto Rico.<br />
ORNL’s, as well as the country’s, increasing reliance<br />
on the contributions of university-based researchers<br />
helped fuel the growth of ORAU both in the size of<br />
its membership and in the scope of its efforts. ORAU<br />
remains focused on advancing scientific research<br />
and education through partnerships. Promoting<br />
collaborative opportunities among federal research<br />
centers, especially ORNL where our journey began,<br />
stands at the core of who we are.<br />
Aware of both the critical needs of America’s scientific<br />
and research enterprise and our own unique capabilities,<br />
we have strategically focused our consortium thrust on<br />
the following primary goals:<br />
• Enhancing investment in the professional growth of<br />
junior faculty and graduate students<br />
• Strengthening our partnership with The University<br />
of Tennessee (UT)-Battelle/ORNL to broaden<br />
collaborative research opportunities<br />
• Expanding avenues for partnerships beyond the U.S.<br />
Department of Energy (DOE) and ORNL<br />
• Exploring and pursuing strategic partnerships to<br />
address national policy issues<br />
For 60 years, ORAU has worked to build strategic<br />
partnerships among the academic community and<br />
national laboratories, specifically ORNL, to provide<br />
fertile ground for cultivating the next generation of<br />
scientists and engineers to support our nation’s science<br />
and research enterprise.<br />
The following pages in this section detail the specific<br />
activities and events from fiscal year <strong>2006</strong> that have<br />
occurred as a result of ORAU’s strategic partnerships<br />
and in direct support of these primary goals.<br />
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