The Ben and Elaine Whiteley Endowment for Materials Research, established in 2007, provides support for materials research in the College of Science. In particular, it provides fellowship support for students to work full time during the Summer in a research laboratory, working on materials research related topics.
Application procedure
Students submit an application to the chair of the chemistry or physics department by March 15. The chairs of the chemistry and physics departments will select one or two recipients and announce the decision before March 31. Students should submit the following material:
• Personal statement: short statement of advocacy why you should be awarded a fellowship
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research proposal: short description of research plans for Summer
• Letter of support from adviser
• Copy of transcript
Previous recipients
Year Recipient Adviser Work area
2011 Whitney Shepherd Oksana Ostroverkhova Organic semiconductors
2011 Adeniyi Adenuga Vince Remcho Carbon nanotubes
2010 Jason Francis Janet Tate Electronic materials
2010 Tosapol Maluangnont Mike Lerner Graphite chemistry
http://physics.oregonstate.edu/Whiteley-Materials-Fund