Predoctoral FellowshipsFor Achieving Excellence in College and University TeachingAdministered by the National Research CouncilOn-line Application Deadline: November 14, 2008Announcement of Awards: April 2009Statement of Program GoalsThrough its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.Predoctoral AwardsThis year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.Predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.EligibilityEligibility to apply for a predoctoral fellowship is limited to: * All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 14, 2008), * Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), * Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, * Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution, and * Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.(The term “national of the United States” designates a citizen of the United States or a native resident of a possession of the United States. It does not refer to a U.S. permanent resident who is a citizen of another country.)Criteria for SelectionThe following will be considered as positive factors in choosing successful candidates:• Evidence of superior academic achievement• Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers• Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds• Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level• Likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship• Membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding:Alaska Natives (Eskimo/Aleut)Black/African-AmericansMexican Americans/Chicanas/ChicanosNative American IndiansNative Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian)Puerto RicansReview panels may also look at additional factors such as the suitability of the proposed institution for the applicant's plan of graduate study and the likelihood that the applicant will fully utilize three years of support including a year of course work.Eligible Fields of StudyAwards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. Individuals enrolled in the following practice-oriented programs will not be supported: business, management, administration, occupational health, nursing, consumer science, library and information science, speech pathology, audiology, personnel, guidance, social work, social welfare, public health, physical education, physical therapy, kinesiology, rehabilitation science, education, leadership, fine arts, filmmaking, and performing arts. In addition, awards will not be made for work leading to terminal master’s degrees, the Ed.D. degree, the degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) or Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), or professional degrees in such areas as medicine, law, and public health, or for study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D.Fellowship InstitutionFellowships are tenable at any fully accredited, nonprofit U.S. institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in the eligible fields of study. All arrangements for acceptance into a doctoral program at the chosen institution are the responsibility of the applicant. An applicant need not be accepted by the chosen institution at the time of application.Previous Graduate StudyPredoctoral fellowships are intended for students who have enrolled or plan to enroll in a Ph.D. or Sc.D. program no later than fall 2009, including: * Undergraduates in their senior year, * Individuals who have completed undergraduate study, * Individuals who have completed some graduate study, and * Individuals already enrolled in a Ph.D. or Sc.D. program who provide evidence that they can fully utilize a three-year fellowship award.Stipend and Benefits * Annual stipend: $20,000 * Award to the institution in lieu of tuition and fees: $2,000 * Expenses paid to attend at least one Conference of Ford Fellows (see below) * Access to Ford Fellow Liaisons, a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current fellowsTenureFellowship recipients must begin the first year’s tenure on September 1, 2009, and must remain on tenure full-time for the academic year. After the first year of fellowship tenure, fellows may choose to defer funding for up to two years. All three years of support must be used within a five-year period.Evaluation and Selection of FellowsApplications will be evaluated by panels of distinguished scholars selected by the National Academies. The panels will use academic records, essays, letters of recommendation, the application itself, and other appropriate materials as the basis for determining the extent to which candidates meet the eligibility requirements and the selection criteria.
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Statistics in Chemistry Award Sponsor This award is sponsored by the Chemometrics Committee of the ASA Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES). Purpose and History The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding collaborative endeavors between statisticians and chemists. Selection Criteria Nominations are judged on two criteria: the innovative use of statistics to solve a problem in chemistry and the impact of the solution on the problem. In odd-numbered years, only work published in refereed statistics, chemistry or chemometrics journals during the previous two years is considered. In even-numbered years, both published and unpublished work performed during the previous two years are considered. A statistician, to be eligible for the award, shall be an ASA member. Form of Award Each recipient receives a certificate and shares a $2,000 cash prize. Important Dates Nominations for the award should be submitted by April 1. The award will be presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings in August. Nominations Nominations should contain a cover letter explaining the significance of the work and six copies of the paper. (Unpublished work should be described in a format similar to a published paper.) Nominations should be sent to the current committee chair. Committee Members The award committee consists of three statisticians and four chemists (to be determined).
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Career Awards at the Scientific InterfaceApplication Deadline: April 15, 2009 by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time By electronic application only. Five-year awards provide $500,000 to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers with backgrounds in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions. These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents. There is limited eligibility for temporary residents.
Eligibility Career Awards at the Scientific Interface provide $500,000 over five years to support up to two years of advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of a faculty appointment. Candidate eligibility and institutional nomination requirements are set out below. Candidates Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree in one of the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering. Exceptions will be made only if the applicant can demonstrate significant expertise in one of these areas, evidenced by publications or advanced course work. Candidates must have completed at least 12 months but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral research at the time of application. No exceptions to this requirement will be made. Candidates cannot hold nor have accepted, either in writing or verbally, a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor at the time of application. Candidates must be committed to a full-time career in research as an independent investigator at a North American degree-granting institution. Citizens of the U.S. and Canada are eligible. Non-citizen Permanent Residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible with certification by the nominating institution. Temporary residents of the U.S. are eligible, however see “Institutional Nomination Guidelines” for restrictions. Temporary residents of Canada are not eligible. All candidates must be nominated by accredited, degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada. Institutional Nominations A degree-granting institution—including its medical school, graduate schools, and all affiliated hospitals and research institutes—may nominate up to two candidates for the award. To encourage applications from women, institutions that nominate a female candidate will be allowed three nominations. To encourage applications from members of underrepresented minority groups, institutions may have a single additional nomination if they nominate an African-American, Hispanic, or Native American candidate. No more than one of an institution’s nominees may be a temporary resident of the U.S. No exceptions will be made. Institutions with questions about the eligibility or number of nominees must contact BWF in advance of the application deadline. BWF will make no exceptions to its policies. For temporary residents, institutions must certify that the applicant’s visa will allow him/her to remain in the U.S. long enough for him/her to be productive on the project. Note—If a grant is awarded and the individual’s visa does not allow for such a stay, BWF may terminate the grant. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) may nominate candidates from its intramural program, with the same restrictions listed above. The NIH will support these award recipients during the postdoctoral years, and BWF will support them for the faculty portion of the award only, for a total of $360,000. Postdoctoral fellows at the NIH should contact its Office of Intramural Studies for information about its nomination procedures. During the postdoctoral and faculty periods, Grants must be made to degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the award recipient. Award recipients are required to devote at least 80 percent of their time to research-related activities. Indirect costs may not be charged against BWF grants. Burroughs Wellcome Fund Post Office Box 13901 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3901 Telephone: (919) 991-5100 Fax: (919) 991-5160
International Society for Neurochemistry Support for ConferencesThe ISN Conference Committee (ISN-CC) provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics and sponsors neurochemistry symposia within meetings of other scientific societies or groups. Applications are examined by the ISN-CC and are granted on a competitive basis according to these guidelines. The final decision on the funding of awards is made by the Chair of ISN-CC. Inquiries and formal applications, which may be submitted twice a year (before April 30 or October 31), should be sent by Email to: Prof. Ralf Dringen (Chairman of ISN-CC, ralf.dringen@uni-bremen.de).
General information on ISN-CC support: 1) A conference/symposium supported by ISN-CC should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry. Applicants should justify why their conference is important in the research area of neurochemistry and why ISN should support their conference. 2) The conference/symposium supported should be international (preferably intercontinental) as reflected by the composition of the organising committee, the list of prospective invited speakers and the countries of origin of the expected attendees. Local conferences will not be supported. 3) For applications the forms provided on the ISN homepage should be used. All required information should be carefully provided. A detailed budget for the conference should be included and a clear statement of how the support requested from ISN-CC will be spent. 4) The application must be received by the ISN-CC Chairperson by either of the deadlines (April 30 and October 31) and the activity should be held at least four months after the deadline and within a year of application submission. 5) ISN-CC strongly discourages application for support of a second consecutive conference/workshop in a series of meetings, or workshops that are organised by one society, one organizer or a group of organizers. Priority for funding will be given to conferences that have not previously received ISN-CC support. Applicants (organisers, groups of or ganisers or Societies) are required to declare if they have received previous ISN-CC support. 6) In the case of approval, the applicant(s) will receive 80% of the amount granted before the meeting. Upon approval of an application the funds must be sent to a bank account of the applicant’s institution or a designated bank account associated with the meeting. Transfer to any private bank account is not possible. The residual 20% will be transferred upon receipt of the meeting report and approval of the report by the chairperson of the ISN-CC. 7) Conferences that are supported by ISN-CC, as well as reports on ISN supported conferences, will be publicized on the ISN homepage (www.neurochemistry.org). 8) Conference organisers or chairs of supported symposia agree to submit a meeting report to the CC Chairperson within one month after the end of the meeting. The residual 20% of support will only be available and transferred if an acceptable report is received in time by the chairperson of ISN-CC. Support for small conferences on neurochemical topics: 1) The ISN-CC provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics. The conference supported should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry. 2) ISN-CC provides support of up to US $ 20,000 for a small conference. 3) At least 60% of the money granted is expected to be used as Young ISN Neurochemistry Awards to facilitate the attendance of young neurochemists (postdocs and students) at Small Neurochemical Conferences. The name and institutional affiliation of the ISN awardees should be listed in the meeting’s brochure and in the post-meeting report. ISN Symposium in a conference of another society or scientific group: 1) The ISN Symposium should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry. 2) A symposium is a session within a meeting that normally consists of 3 to 5 presentations. Applications for support of full short meetings or satellite meetings are not considered for ISN symposium support. The application should list the title of the symposium, the names of the speakers, the titles of the presentations and at least 2 recent publications of each speaker that are relevant to the topic of the symposium. 3) Applicants can apply for up to US $ 7,000 for an ISN Symposium. 4) Funds should be used to cover travel, registration and accommodation expenses of speakers. Travel will only be supported at the level of advanced excursion rates. Expenses for honoraria, food, social events etc. will not be funded. 5) Only one ISN symposium per conference will be supported by ISN-CC. 6) A symposium supported by ISN in a meeting of another society or scientific group must be designated as an ISN Symposium and advertised in the conference material. 7) With the application, a letter of support from the chairperson of the Organising Committee of the conference should be submitted. This letter should state that the ISN-Symposium of the applicant will be included into the program as ISN-Symposium, if the application is successful. Additional Guidelines for Applicants to ISN-CC: Application for ISN-CC support will not be considered, if: 1) an application is received after the deadline (April 30 and October 31). 2) the conference applied for commences within four months after the deadline for applications. 3) the application does not sufficiently justify how the conference/symposium addresses an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry and why it should be supported by ISN. 4) the application does not contain a detailed budget that clearly states how the requested money will be spent according to the regulations of ISN-CC. 5) the application is for support of a satellite conferences of the ISN Biennial International Meetings. These meetings are supported from a different fund. In this case, applications are considered by the Chairperson of the ISN Meeting Program Committee. 6) the application is for support of an Annual and Biennial Meeting of the sister societies ASN, ESN and APSN. These meetings receive support from other ISN funds. 7) the applicant is a member of the ISN Council or the ISN-CC. 8) the applicant has applied or will apply for support from other ISN funds for the same conference (for example CAEN or other ISN-funded initiatives). Address any enquiries by email to: Dr. Ralf Dringen Chair, ISN-CC ralf.dringen@uni-bremen.de
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