Undergraduate Research Funding Opportunity: The Research Office is now accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) program for Summer term 2012-13. This program supports undergraduate research activities from all academic disciplines within the University. Program description and application: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/urisc. Information: Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. Submission Deadline: Feb. 25.

At its December meeting, the OUS Provost’s Council approved OSU’s proposal to offer a Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching. The certificate program will be effective Fall 2012.

This 18-credit hour graduate certificate is designed to provide advanced coursework and experiential learning opportunities to current OSU graduate students who plan to pursue careers in teaching and instruction in higher education settings or who plan to pursue careers that require similar skill sets in facilitation.  While seeking their respective degrees, OSU graduate students can now earn a credential that certifies their teaching and facilitation skills and thus confers advantage in competitive hiring environments. This certificate program is an important investment in the quality of undergraduate instruction at OSU as well as in the future of the teaching professoriate. Congratulations to all who developed and reviewed this proposal.

For more information, contact Dr. Brenda McComb, Dean of the Graduate School at brenda.mccomb@oregonstate.edu.

The Division of International Programs is pleased to announce the launch of the Faculty Internationalization Grants, a re-designed and expanded version of the IP Faculty Grants. This initiative is part of our ongoing efforts to support OSU’s internationalization agenda, which includes recruitment and retention of diverse international students, developing and supporting education abroad opportunities for OSU’s domestic students, promoting global learning through curricular and co-curricular means, and fostering strategic international partnerships to promote faculty research and outreach activities.

Faculty Internationalization Grants are designed to encourage and support OSU faculty who are working to further OSU’s internationalization efforts as well their own professional involvement in activities that enhance our teaching, research and engagement with topics and colleagues beyond the U.S.

Grants of up to $2,500 are available to OSU faculty to help promote international research, partnership, and collaboration. The applicant’s unit is expected to share the cost of this investment to promote internationalization across the University. Awards will be made on an on-going basis and there is no deadline.

Please see the links below to learn more about Faculty Internationalization Grants and to submit an online application.

Description and Award Criteria ( http://oregonstate.edu/international/studyabroad/faculty/funding/ip-grants )

Online Application ( http://oregonstate.edu/international/faculty-internationalization-grants-online-application )

If you have questions about this program, please contact Charlotte Moats-Gallagher [541.737.6406, charlotte.moats-gallagher@oregonstate.edu].

Sunil Khanna

Associate Provost for International Programs

SPEAKER: DOUGLAS KESZLER, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

We all know that water is essential to life.  With energy from the sun, water is converted to the food that we eat and the oxygen that we breathe by the chemical factories that we call plants.  But, did you know that water chemistries are being developed to provide industrial factories with new ways to make electronic gadgets like smartphones and solar cells?  Such developments are enabling a transformational approach to environmentally responsible manufacturing.  Come explore how we turn rocks into computers and how the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry is contributing to a clean and sustainable future through chemistry.

DOUGLAS KESZLER is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry, a multi-institutional Phase-II Center for Chemical Innovation sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute.  His research focuses on the discovery and development of new compositions of matter and their integration into new electronic and energy devices.

http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/event/76880/

STEM Academy AWSEM (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Math) Clubs for 6th-12th grade girls: Middle School Club meets Tuesdays, 5 to 6:30 p.m., from Jan. 22 to Feb. 26. High School Club meets Wednesdays, 5 to 6:30 pm, from Jan. 23 to Feb. 27. Topics include mapping, chemistry, food science and more. Undergraduate women studying science and engineering will lead and be mentors for the clubs. To register: http://academy.engr.oregonstate.edu. For questions, call 541-737-8139 or email STEM.academy@oregonstate.edu. Cost is $75. Scholarships available.

URSA-ENGAGE: The Office of Undergraduate Research is seeking research project proposals from OSU faculty willing to serve as mentors for undergraduate researchers in a new research program called URSA-ENGAGE. Information for Faculty and Faculty Application: http://oregonstate.edu/students/research/. Contact: Kevin Ahern at ahernk@onid.orst.edu. Deadline for Faculty Research Project Proposal Application: Jan. 18.

Blue pigment: At the Jan. 10 meeting of Triad, OSU’s faculty and staff club, Mas Subramanian, professor of chemistry, will discuss his lab’s new blue pigment that has drawn interest for sustainability purposes. Triad meets in the MU, room 109A, from noon to 1 p.m. Guests are welcome to attend free of charge and pay $11 if they have lunch. Contact Nick Houtman, 541-737-0783, to save a seat.

Dear Colleagues:
>
> We invite you to participate in this year’s Oregon Academy of Science
> (OAS) meeting at Willamette University on Saturday, March 2, 2013.
> Researchers may present their work as a talk or a poster.  The talks
> are scheduled for about 20 minutes (~15 minutes followed by 5 minutes
> for questions).  Posters (~4 feet x 4 feet) will be displayed in
> common areas and participants will have an opportunity to view them
> during the session breaks and lunch.  The OAS meeting is a great
> opportunity for scientists, faculty and students at all levels to
> present work in progress and to practice for future presentations.  If
> you have any questions about the suitability of a potential
> presentation please feel free to discuss it with me.
>
> If you are planning to present at this year’s meeting please email an
> abstract submission form and a properly formatted abstract to me at
> ted.picciotto@pcc.edu.  Guidelines for preparing your abstract are
> attached.  Please review your students submissions to ensure they
> followed the directions closely.  The deadline for receiving abstracts
> is February 8, 2013.  Please note that at least one of the authors of
> the presentation must be a member of OAS.
>
>
> The Registration form, meeting and membership dues should be mailed to
> the OAS Treasurer, Elizabeth J.O. Atkinson, OAS Treasurer and
> postmarked by February 8, 2013.  The registration and abstract
> submission forms can also be found on the OAS web page::
> http://www.oas.pdx.edu/
>
>
> This year the ACS Portland Local Section is sponsoring an additional
> session at the OAS meeting. We are promoting the submission of many
> more chemistry oral and poster presentations.  There will also be a
> session after lunch featuring a keynote talk on solar energy by Carl
> Wamser of PSU and a career forum with representatives from Portland
> area private and public sector employers. We are also inviting
> graduate programs  to send a representative for purposes of promoting
> their MS and PhD programs during the meeting. We have not decided on
> the format for graduate program promotion yet, but it might be
> recruiting tables in the poster session area and/or at the afternoon
> session. Of course we also encourage your undergraduate and graduate
> students to contribute papers. Warren Ford is organizing the afternoon
> session.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ted Picciotto
> OAS Section Co-chair
> Chemistry Instructor
> Portland Community College
> 12000 49th Ave,
> Portland, OR 97219
> (971)722-8290

2013 OAS PRESENTER Form

The Research Office, Incentive Programs is requesting letters of intent for the NSF – Next-Generation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NG NNIN) program.

Deadline to the Research Office, Incentive Programs: Monday, February 11, 2013

The NNIN will reach its ten year authorized award life at the end of Fiscal Year 2013. The NSF is announcing in this solicitation an open competition to establish a Next-Generation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NG NNIN) for Fiscal Years 2014-2018.

NNIN has enabled major discoveries, innovations, and contributions to education and commerce within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through NSF support of a national network of university-based user facilities. These facilities have provided open access to leading-edge nanotechnology fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise for users across the nation from academia, small and large industry, and government. The core mission of NNIN has included national-level education and outreach programs to enable a diverse science and engineering workforce, the study of societal and ethical implications of nanotechnology including issues of environment, health, and safety, as well as important modeling and simulation capabilities. The new competition of the NG NNIN will build on the concept of NNIN with a much broadened scope and user base.

Guidance for preparation of letters of intent to the Research Office, Incentive Programs:

http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/nsf-ng-nnin

NSF – NG NNIN program information: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13521/nsf13521.htm

Submit letters of intent electronically to Debbie Delmore, Research Office, Incentive Programs at: debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Debbie Delmore at (541) 737-8390 or at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

Thank you,

Debbie

Debbie Delmore
Incentive Programs Manager
Research Office
Oregon State University

EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2012 DEBBIE DELMORE IS LOCATED IN SNELL HALL, ROOM 406
MAILING ADDRESS: A312 Kerr Administration Building
Corvallis, OR  97331-2140
541-737-8390
Fax: 541-737-9041
debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu
http://oregonstate.edu/research/

P.F. and Nellie Buck Yerex Graduate Fellowship

Deadline for Nominations February 4, 2013

Information and Nomination Instructions:  http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/yerex-graduate-fellowship

Lenore Bayley Graduate Fellowship

Deadline for Nominations February 4, 2013

Information and Nomination Instructions:  http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/lenore-bayley-fellowship

Thurgood Marshall Graduate Scholarship

                Deadline for Nominations February 18, 2013

Information and Nomination Instructions:  http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/thurgood-marshall-scholarship

Graduate Diversity Recruitment Bonus

Deadline for Nominations February 18, 2013

Information and Nomination Instructions:  http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/graduate-diversity-recruitment-bonus

Diversity Advancement Pipeline Fellowship

Deadline for Nominations February 18, 2013

Information and Nomination Instructions:  http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/diversity-advancement-pipeline-fellowship

To see a matrix of all scholarships/fellowships administered by the Graduate School, click here:  2013-14 Scholarships and Fellowships