Welcome from the NUFO Chair
On behalf of the membership of the National User Facility Organization (NUFO), I wish to extend a warm welcome to you as you visit our website. We hope that you find the resources here to be helpful and informative.
NUFO represents the interests of all users who conduct research at U.S. national scientific user facilities, as well as scientists from U.S. universities, laboratories, and industry who use facilities outside the United States. Founded in 1990, NUFO’s primary mission is to facilitate communication among users, user organizations, facility administrators, and other stakeholders and discussion topics include the benefits and significance of research conducted at user facilities, as well as their operational needs. Fundamentally, we strive to provide a unified message at the national level on issues of resources for science, economic competitiveness, and education for the next-generation scientific workforce. NUFO is organized into two major branches: User Organization Representatives and User Administrators. Representatives of User Organizations focus primarily on outreach activities, whereas User Administrators focus on streamlining processes to facilitate access. Both branches work together closely to fulfill the overall NUFO mission. Since NUFO is a grass-roots organization, our most effective means of achieving our goals is through the outreach efforts of our members.
If your organization is interested in becoming a member of NUFO or if you would simply like to be on our mailing list to stay informed of NUFO news and events, you can do so utilizing the links below.
- If you wish to contact a member of the NUFO Steering Committee please click here.
- To contact the NUFO organization click here.
- To become a Friend of NUFO click here.
Tony Lanzirotti, NUFO Chair