http://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/files/chem/u31/Spring%202013%20Newsletter.pdf

The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences 2013 Funding Opportunity

Dreyfus Foundation Initial Inquiry Deadline:  June 5, 2013

Dreyfus Foundation Proposal Deadline:  August 21, 2013

Please forward this funding opportunity request to faculty that may be interested.

The Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences encourages proposals that are judged likely to significantly advance the chemical sciences. Examples of areas of interest include (but are not limited to): the increase in public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the chemical sciences; innovative approaches to chemistry education at all levels (K-12, undergraduate, and graduate): and efforts to make chemistry careers more attractive.

Complete details and application information are available on the Dreyfus Foundation website at: http://dreyfus.org/awards/special_grant_program_chemical.shtml

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Delmore, Research Office at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry 2013 Funding Opportunity

Please forward this funding opportunity request for applications to faculty that may be interested.

Dreyfus Foundation Deadline:  August 14, 2013

Funding:  $120,000 over two years

Applications should describe innovative fundamental research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment. Examples include but are not limited to the chemistry associated with: the climate, the atmosphere, aquatic or marine settings, toxicology, soil or groundwater. Also of interest are chemistry-related energy research (renewable sources, sequestration, etc.), and new or green approaches to chemical synthesis and processing, with a clearly stated relation to the environment.

Applications are accepted from principal investigators that have well-established research efforts in environmental science or engineering.

Complete program details: http://dreyfus.org/awards/postdoctoral_program.shtml

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Delmore, Research Office at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

Undergraduate Research Launches Student To New Heights

When Sam Bartlett ran into his advanced organic chemistry professor, Chris Beaudry, at the near-campus coffee shop Interzone in spring 2010, he had more than a caffeine quest on his mind.

Bartlett, a chemistry major at Oregon State University, approached Beaudry and asked if there were any undergraduate positions available in Beaudry’s research group.  Read More…

Read the Terra story here…

• Professor Mike Lerner is presenting a session this month at the Sloan Consortium 6^th Annual International Symposium; the title of his presentation is “Collaborative Web-Based Laboratories for Online Science Courses”.

http://sloanconsortium.org/node/374301#Demographics

April 1, 2013

Memo To:        Rich Carter, Department Head

Department of Chemistry

From:               Fran Saveriano

Director of Graduate Student Financial Support and Recruitment

Subject:           2013-14 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship

I am pleased to inform you that your nominee, Weekit Sirisaksoontorn, has been awarded a $3,250 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship award for the 2013-14 academic year.  Weekit’s award letter is attached – please deliver it as soon as possible.

Congratulations on Weekit’s selection in this prestigious university-wide fellowship competition. Selection for this award is certainly an honor for which Weekit may be justifiably proud.

Thank you for participating in this process and advancing your nominee for consideration in this year’s Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship competition.

Please let me know if you have questions.

SIRISAKSOONTORN, Weekit

The afternoon session from 2-4 pm is for students, but does require registration.  The  7pm lecture is open to all.  Full details at http://oregonstate.edu/ua/events/discovery

At Oregon State University, students use a “virtual spectrometer” to measure the absorbance of different solutions in an online chemistry course that features a “virtual lab.” At the University of Central Florida, aspiring teachers practice their skills in a simulated middle school classroom that features digital avatars controlled by trainers who act like students. At Weber State University, students in an online marketing course issue time-stamped critiques of student presentations.

These are some of the ways technology is transforming teaching and learning in higher education. And the trend is likely to continue.

Consider the following statistics from a January report produced jointly by the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, titled Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States. According to the report:

• More than 6.7 million students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2011, 570,000 more than the prior year.

Read more…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Grand Challenges Explorations, Round 11

Gates Foundation Deadline: May 7, 2013

Funding: $100,000 for Phase I Grants

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting letters of inquiry for the following topics:

• The “One Health” Concept: Bringing Together Human and Animal Health for New Solutions
• Increasing Interoperability of Social Good Data
• Develop the Next Generation of Condom
• New Approaches for Detection, Treatment, and Control of Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Labor Saving Strategies and Innovations for Women Smallholder Farmers

Please see the attached funding opportunity announcement.

For related questions, contact Martha Coleman, Director of Principal Gifts for Foundation Relations at OSU Foundation at 503-553-3409 ormartha.coleman@oregonstate.edu.

Grand Challenges round 11 3.28.13

Dear New Graduate Faculty,

The Graduate School will again hold a SPECIAL WORKSHOP for OSU Graduate Faculty on the essentials of graduate student degree completion.  The workshop is designed for Graduate Faculty new to advising graduate students as well as experienced Graduate Faculty. The workshop will present the basic facts as well as best practices for mentoring.  Things that will be covered: degree requirements, time limits, required student-committee meetings, the student’s program of study, the role of Graduate Council Representatives, and activities that are most likely to lead to graduate student success.

If you are a new or continuing advisor of master’s or doctoral students at OSU, this is the workshop for you.

The workshop will be held on:

SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR GRADUATE FACULTY ON ADVISING GRADUATE STUDENTS

Wednesday, April 17^th, 2013

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Memorial Union Journey Room

The workshop will be presented by Martin Fisk, Associate Dean in the Graduate School.

If you are going to attend, please RSVP to Nagwa Naguib, Nagwa.Naguib@oregonstate.edu.

Marty

Martin Fisk, Associate Dean of the Graduate School Rm 300 Kerr Admin Bldg Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, 97330 USA

phone: 541-737-4881

email: martin.fisk@oregonstate.edu