Strategic Plan
Berkeley Lab Physics Division Strategic Plan ............ 14 March 2005
The mission of the Berkeley Lab Physics Division is to discover the particles that compose the universe and to understand the forces that shaped the origin and fate of the universe. We accomplish this through an integrated program of theory and experimental science that leverages the unique combination of scientific, engineering and computational resources of Berkeley Lab and the University of California.
In support of this mission the Physics Division will:
- Play a leadership role in particle physics experiments and observational cosmology through the development of new initiatives, through the design, construction and operation of new experiments and through the analysis of data from those detectors
- Play a leadership role in formal and phenomenological particle physics theory and theoretical cosmology
- Strengthen the university-based high energy physics program in the United States through our scientific collaborations, through a program of workshops and visitors and through access to leading edge facilities.
- Carry out long-term research and development to define the detector and computing technologies needed for the national high energy physics program
- Provide service to the international high energy physics program through the compilation of high energy physics data and the publication of the Review of Particle Physics
- Educate the next generation of scientific leaders through our graduate and undergraduate programs and through postdoctoral appointments, including strengthening the University�s physical science educational mission.
- Communicate the accomplishments of the high energy physics program outside our high energy physics community and transfer our new technologies to other sciences and to the nation
- Contribute to the national program through service on planning panels, advisory committees, program reviews, scientific societies, and University programs.
- Provide a working environment that is nurturing and intellectually challenging and that respects the contributions of our diverse staff
- Protect the safety and health of our employees and the natural environment through a proactive Environment, Health & Safety program
