To enhance the nation’s security and prosperity through sustainable, transformative approaches to our most challenging energy, climate, and infrastructure problems.

To accelerate the development of transformative energy solutions that will enhance the nation’s security and economic prosperity.

To understand and prepare the nation for the national security implications of climate change.

To develop and apply analytical approaches to secure the nation’s critical energy infrastructure against natural or malicious disruption.

The DOE Office of Science (SC) is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the U.S., providing more than 40 percent of total funding in this area. This work is foundational to many mission areas at Sandia from energy to nuclear weapons to national security generally.