The Department of Energy is responsible for the oversight of several major multi program and single program research laboratories. These laboratories, while engaged in ongoing research work for the Department, also represent valuable, often unique, resources for university and industrial scientists in many important research fields. It is the policy of the Department to make its laboratories and facilities available to qualified scientists who can make the best use of these capabilities. As part of that effort, this document is intended to serve as an important source of information for those interested in cooperative relationships among the national laboratories, the academic community and private industry