The Center for Alkaline-based Energy Solutions

Acknowledging CABES

Properly Acknowledging CABES-funded research

UPDATED (Feb 2021) Instructions for properly acknowledging, and attributing, DOE support on all CABES publications.

Research

As of February 10, 2021, BES has expanded the EFRC publication type to three categories: EFRC only, EFRC primary, and EFRC secondary.

 

Please follow guidance below to properly acknowledge CABES in your publications.  Any questions can be directed to Paul and Danielle.

 

 

  1. Decide whether publication is best categorized as having support that is: “EFRC Only”, “EFRC Primary”, or “EFRC Secondary”.
  2. See table below for example acknowledgement according to category.

 More detailed guidance can be found here, via the EFRC Community (energyfrontier.us) website.

EFRC Only

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

     

     

    EFRC Primary

    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. 

      EFRC Secondary

      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.

      Example Acknowledgments:

      EFRC Only

      This work was supported as part of the Center for Alkaline Based Energy Solutions (CABES), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at <institution of primary author> under award # DE-SC0019445 and at <insert name of National lab> under contract #<add contract number>.   (add if applicable) YY acknowledges a graduate fellowship through the <insert name> foundation.

      EFRC Primary

      Research <insert “primarily” if appropriate and desired> supported as part of the Center for Alkaline Based Energy Solutions (CABES), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES), under Award # DE-SC0019445 (polymer synthesis, electron microscopy studies, computational studies, data analysis) and by the General Motors Corporation (GM) under Contract # <insert grant award number> (extended duration testing). In addition, Investigator #1 acknowledges support by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation # <insert grant award number> (quantum tunneling measurement).”

      EFRC Secondary

      Work at the Johns Hopkins University 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 Yale University was supported by the Center for Alkaline-based Energy Solutions, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by DOE, Office of Science, BES under Award # DE-SC0019445 (theory).”

      EFRC NAME = Center for Alkaline-based Energy Solutions (CABES)

      The Award No. is DE-SC0019445