May 2, 2002
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Nanoscience Awards
Annual Awards Starting Summer 2002. Application deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, May 6. Information and Applications available at: http://www.nano.washington.edu/education/jin.asp
The PNNL/UW Joint Institute in Nanoscience provides a variety of ways to encourage collaborative research involving the two institutions. The awards described below require application by an interested student, faculty member, or combined UW-PNNL project team. In addition to the opportunities described below, PNNL/UW research teams may propose activities as part of the PNNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development proposal process that usually takes place in the spring.
Eligibility: student applicants must have completed nine months of graduate school at UW by the start of the award period. Other applicants must be members of the graduate faculty at UW. Renewal applications will be ranked together with new applications. Renewal applicants must submit a progress report together with a proposal (see details below).
Award Categories:
- Joint Institute Graduate Fellowships – These can be of two types
– Joint Institute Graduate Fellowship for Thesis Research – Thesis research activity for UW graduate students involving collaborations between UW and PNNL—up to a three year period, any time at the start or later in the student career. (A student will normally propose these awards with project team support.)
– Joint Institute Graduate Fellowship for Advanced Training – Research quarter(s) for UW graduate students at PNNL, not necessarily applied directly to thesis work, but designed to optimize the student’s learning of advanced research techniques. Some of these fellowships may involve “apprentice” participation on a PNNL project during this learning period or working with Users in the EMSL. Could possibly serve as a “lab rotation” for degrees, which require them (such as the “Nanotechnology PhD Option”). (Proposed by student only.) JIN Graduate Fellowships for Advanced Training for a single quarter duration (non-renewable) can also be made at other times by submitting an informal request / justification / budget explanation letter to one of the JIN Co-Directors
– Joint Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship – Full or partial salary support for postdoc for research activity in a collaboration involving both UW and PNNL. (Proposed by a team of collaborators from both UW and PNNL, with potential postdoc candidate(s) identified, when known in advance, and appointment period specified.)
- Joint Institute Faculty Appointments – Full or partial funding for faculty salary during summer or other quarter research visits to PNNL, or for time spent at either PNNL or UW which is clearly PNNL/UW collaborative research or proposal writing, designed to benefit both PNNL and UW. (Proposed by UW faculty and collaborator(s) from PNNL). Small Faculty salary requests (1 or 2 week) can also be made at other times by submitting an informal request / justification / budget explanation letter to one of the JIN Co-Directors
- Joint Institute Travel Grant – Funding of travel to and partial support for housing/living expenses at the partner institution for those involved in joint UW/PNNL collaborations, or for other travel essential to the success of the collaborative research goals.. (Proposed by anyone or group applying for any one of the above award types, or by those whose salary is already paid but for whom travel expenses for the collaboration are not readily covered.) Smaller travel awards can be requested at any time with an informal request / justification / budget explanation letter to one of the JIN Co-Directors.
Selection criteria will be as follows, in order of decreasing importance:
1. Quality of proposed research.
2. Expected enhancement of collaborations between PNNL and UW. The PNNL Nanoscience and Technology Initiative has identified focus areas in oxide nanostructures, soft materials interfaces, nanobiology, and computation. Projects linking these focus areas to subjects of importance to DOE Missions involving environmental, energy, fundamental science or national security topics are most useful. To some extent, this expectation of enhancement will depend on the estimated productivity of the individuals and teamwork involved.
3. Relevance to nanoscience.
4. Expected contribution toward opportunities for external funding of collaboration between PNNL and UW, and /or impact on other Joint Institute missions besides that in item 2 above (e.g., quick publications, etc.).
5. Previous academic and/or or research performance of individual to be funded and/or collaborators from PNNL and UW (new proposals only).
6. Performance in first funded period (renewals ONLY).
Information and Applications available at: http://www.nano.washington.edu/education/jin.asp
OTHER NEWS
Commencement Registration
Students planning to participate in the 127th Commencement Ceremony at Husky Stadium should complete the online Registration Order Form between May 6 and May 20 at http://depts.washington.edu/commence. For further information contact the Office of Commencement Exercises, 206-543-2592.
Summer Homestay
UW English Language Programs is once again looking for individuals and families to host Japanese university students for the Summer 2002 Weekend Homestay program. Volunteers host one or two Japanese students for one weekend.
It’s an excellent opportunity to…
- give your family an enjoyable cross-cultural experience
- learn about Japanese customs and beliefs
- learn some Japanese words and phrases
- make international friends
Hosts are needed for the following weekends: Aug. 9–11, Aug. 23–25, Aug. 30–Sept. 2 (Labor Day Weekend)
Apply online today at http://depts.washington.edu/uwsp/homestay, or, contact Jimi Evans, Homestay Coordinator (email: homestay@u. washington.edu, phone: 206-543-8933).
Summer Learning Guide
Looking for summer activities for your kids? Receive a copy of the new 2002 Summer Learning guide by Seattle’s Child Magazine. You will find information on all types of summer camps, classes and fun activities for your kids. For a copy: Call the Work/Life office at 543-6963 or email: worklife@u.washington.edu.
Blood drives
Monday, April 29 from 1 to 3:15 p.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Terry Hall Lounge.
Tuesday, April 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 12:45 to 3:30 p.m.
DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Examinations
- Gregory A. Balco, Geological Sciences, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2. 154 QRC. (Prof. John Stone).
- Ronald Eugene Cunningham, Education, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. 312 Miller. (Prof. James Mazza).
- Caroline A. B. Josefsson, Botany, Ph.D. 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. 546 Hitchcock. (Prof. Luca Comai).
- Richard Joseph Jurevic, Oral Biology, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 2. B228 Health Sciences. (Prof. Beverly Dale-Crunk).
- Cynthia Lynn King, Speech Communication, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, April 30. 205 Raitt. (Prof. Gerry Philipsen).
- Vincent Pons, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 29. 339 Chemistry. (Prof. D. Michael Heinekey).
- Tomoki Sekiguchi, Business Administration, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. (Prof. Vandra Huber).
- Jennifer Lynn Seymour, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, April 26. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Frantisek Turecek).
- Shengli Shi, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environmental Health, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. Suite 100, 4225 Roosevelt Way. (Prof. Terrance Kavanagh).
- Vladimir Vigdorovich, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, April 29. C2-161 FHCRC. (Prof. Arthur D. Miller).
Final Examinations
- Shih-Hui Chao, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 26. 219 Mechanical Engineering. “Acquisition and reconstruction of three-dimensional images by magnetic resonance force microscopy.” (Prof. Joseph Garbini).
- Kristin Kuutma, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. 202 Communications. “A sami ethnography and a seto epic: Two collaborative representations in their historical contexts.” (Profs. Thomas DuBois and John Towes).
- Kimberly Irene Matulef, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, April 26. G417 Health Sciences. “Cysteine-scanning mutagenesis of the ligand-binding domain of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels.” (Prof. William Zagotta).
