Official List of SC User Facilities
Issuance of the official list of SC User Facilities originated with the formal adoption of the official definition of an SC user facility.
| Link | Fiscal Year | Issue Date | Significant Changes from Prior Issuance |
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| FY 2024 | October 1, 2023 |
None. | |
| FY 2023 | October 1, 2022 |
None. | |
| FY 2022 | October 1, 2021 |
The Accelerator Test Facility is now stewarded by the Office of Accelerator R&D and Production. The Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET) was upgraded and is now called the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests II (FACET-II), effective as of the start of FY 2020. |
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| FY 2021 | October 1, 2020 | The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams received full user facility designation on May 14, 2020. | |
| FY 2020 | October 1, 2019 | None. | |
| FY 2019 | October 1, 2018 | None. | |
| FY 2018 | October 1, 2017 | None. | |
| FY 2017 | October 1, 2016 | Removal of Alcator C-Mod due to facility closure. | |
| FY 2016 | October 1, 2015 | The National Spherical Tokamak Experiment Upgrade commenced operations on September 25, 2015. | |
| FY 2015 revised | July 8, 2015 | The National Synchrotron Light Source II received full user facility designation on July 8, 2015. | |
| FY 2015 revised | March 19, 2015 | The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 ceased Office of Science operations funding at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center. On March 19, 2015 the Accelerator Test Facility was designated an Office of Science user facility and the National Synchrotron Light Source II entered operating status with a provisional user facility designation. | |
| FY 2015 | October 1, 2014 | The three Basic Energy Sciences Electron Beam Microcharacterization Centers at ANL, LBNL, and ORNL were administratively merged with their respective neighboring Nanoscale Science Research Centers. | |
| FY 2014 | October 1, 2013 | None. | |
| FY 2013 | October 1, 2012 | None. | |
| FY 2012 revised | March 26, 2012 | Removal of the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility due to facility closure. | |
| FY 2012 | January 6, 2012 | Issued with the memorandum “Definition of an Office of Science User Facility.” |
For years prior to FY 2012, information regarding user facility status can be found in the annual Office of Science Congressional Budget Request.
