Visit/Assignment Access
Access to the Bioprocessing Research Facility is determined on the basis of scientific merit, technical feasibility, and compatibility of the proposed research with the facility equipment and operational priorities. Approved users will receive guest appointments for the duration of on-site work. Cost recovery will be required without a DOE sponsor.
When outside personnel request visits or job assignments within ORNL user facilities, the facilities have strict rules they must follow to allow outside personnel access. There are no exceptions to these rules! Please note that the time it takes to process your application for a visit or assignment depends on your citizenship and can take up to four months for non-citizens.
- Visits - You are making a visit when you come for discussions or are attending a workshop or conference. This means you are doing "no work". You may go on tours but you may not work on experiments or analyze data. A visit (or several) may not exceed seven (7) days a calendar year.
- Assignments - You are on assignment if you intend to do an experiment or some other "non-discussion" activities. You are also on assignment if your cumulative total of days visiting ORNL exceeds seven (7) days.
- Training - ORNL, in most cases, requires a guest/visitor to undergo some form of training. Basic entry into ORNL will entail watching a video about the overall relevent laboratory safety system. If you plan to be on-site for ten (10) consecutive days, General Employee Training (GET) is required. You will also need some laboratory specific training on equipment and procedures. This takes 0.5 days. Please let the user facility manager know well in advance of your plans.
U.S. Citizens
This is the simplest procedure. If laboratory-wide access is needed the information contained on your driver's license should be faxed or given to us the day before arrival.
Citizens from Non-Sensitive Countries
The following information is required:
- FULL NAME (as it appears in your passport; if no middle name, indicate this)
- CITIZENSHIP
- DATE OF BIRTH
- CITY AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH
- DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO THE U.S.
- DATES OF VISIT TO OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
- IMMIGRANT or NONIMMIGRANT STATUS (which one are you classified as)
- ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED, (including: NAME OF EMPLOYER WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS)
- PURPOSE FOR VISIT AND PERSONNEL CONTACTED
It takes approximately 5 days to process this information for a visit and 6-8 weeks for an assignment. Make sure you bring your passport.
Citizens from Sensitive Countries
The following information is required:
- FULL NAME (as it appears in your passport)
- GENDER
- CITIZENSHIP
- DATE OF BIRTH
- CITY AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH
- DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO THE U.S.
- DATES OF VISIT TO OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
- PASSPORT NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE
- VISA TYPE AND EXPIRATION DATE
- IMMIGRANT or NONIMMIGRANT STATUS (which one are you classified as)
- DATE AND LOCATION OF ENTRY INTO THE U.S.
- ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS
- YOUR WORK TELEPHONE, TELEX OR FAX NUMBER
- POSITION TITLE OR DUTIES WITH ABOVE ORGANIZATION
- UNIVERSITY NAME, HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED AND DATE CONFERRED
- PURPOSE FOR VISIT AND PERSONNEL CONTACTED
- OFFICIAL CONTACT PERSON
It takes approximately 8-10 weeks to process this information for a visit or for an assignment. Make sure you bring your passport.
The following list is unofficial and should be used as a guide only. If you think you are from a country which ORNL may currently consider sensitive, please inform your contact person or you may not be allowed on-site! The countries which are considered sensitive are:
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