06/22/2006 - DOE NETL , on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Building Technologies Program (BT), is seeking proposals for Core research in the Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Program. The objective of the present Laboratory Call is to support research focused in nanotechnology applied to solid state lighting Core research in order to speed the development of practical solid state lighting products. The DOE has set ambitious goals for SSL Research and Development: By 2025, to develop advanced solid-state lighting technologies that are more energy efficient, longer lasting, and less expensive than conventional products currently used for the vast majority of interior lighting. To this end the Department of Energy has developed a SSL portfolio to address specific research priorities that have been defined as the roadmap to SSL general illumination applications. The present Laboratory Call is the first to address the role of nanotechnology research within the solid state lighting core research. It is anticipated that by applying research in the emerging field of nanotechnology to the specific challenges of solid state lighting, novel approaches and solutions will be discovered that enable the widespread adoption of energy efficient solid state lighting for general illumination leading to massive energy savings. The Laboratory Call, in its entirety, can be found here. Proposals are due July 14, 2006.