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{{short description|National laboratory located near Berkeley, California, U.S.}}
{{short description|National laboratory located near Berkeley, California, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox laboratory
| name            = Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
| motto            = Bringing science solutions to the world
| logo            = Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory logo.svg
| image            = Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (52230758982).jpg
| alt              = The lab's Molecular Foundry and surrounding buildings
| caption          = The lab's [[Molecular Foundry]] and surrounding buildings
| established      = {{start date and age|1931|08|26}}
| director        = [[Michael Witherell]]
| address          = 1 Cyclotron Road
| city            = [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]
| state            = [[California]]
| country          = United States
| coordinates      = {{Wikidatacoord|Q1133630|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| budget          = {{nowrap|{{US$|1.495|link=yes}} billion (2023)}}<ref name="annualreport"/>
| type            = Scientific research and energy technologies
| staff            = 3,804<ref name=About/>
| campus          = {{cvt|200|acre|ha}}
| students        = 800
| nobel_laureates  = 16<ref name="nobel">{{citation |url=https://www.lbl.gov/nobelists/ |title=Nobelists |access-date=February 25, 2023 |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105083122/http://www2.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/Nobelists/Seaborg/65th-anniv/14.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| operating_agency = [[University of California]]
| website          = {{URL|lbl.gov}}
}}
'''Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory''' ('''LBNL''', '''Berkeley Lab''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] in the [[Berkeley Hills|hills]] of [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], [[United States]]. Established in 1931 by the [[University of California]] (UC), the laboratory is sponsored by the [[United States Department of Energy]] and administered by the UC system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=nsf.gov |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820205437/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ernest Lawrence]], who won the Nobel prize for inventing the [[cyclotron]], founded the lab and served as its director until his death in 1958. Located in the [[Berkeley Hills]], the lab overlooks the campus of the [[University of California, Berkeley]].
'''Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory''' ('''LBNL''', '''Berkeley Lab''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] in the [[Berkeley Hills|hills]] of [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], [[United States]]. Established in 1931 by the [[University of California]] (UC), the laboratory is sponsored by the [[United States Department of Energy]] and administered by the UC system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=nsf.gov |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820205437/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ernest Lawrence]], who won the Nobel prize for inventing the [[cyclotron]], founded the lab and served as its director until his death in 1958. Located in the [[Berkeley Hills]], the lab overlooks the campus of the [[University of California, Berkeley]].