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General announcements to the department.

Funding Opportunities: American Chemical Society

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The Research Office has become aware of the following funding opportunities. Please forward this information to faculty that may be interested.

American Chemical Society (ACS):

  • 2013 ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) Pharmaceutical Roundtable Research Grant for Green Fluorination of Pharmaceutically Relevant Organic Molecules

ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is seeking a 1-year R&D commitment focused on developing greener and safer methods, reagents, or engineering solutions (such as flow chemistry) for the selective fluorination of pharmaceutically relevant organic molecules. Proposals are invited from public and private institutions of higher education worldwide. One grant is planned to be awarded and the total award is limited to $50,000 for a grant period of 12 months. Deadline for receipt of proposals is August 21, 2013 at 5 pm EDT (GMT-4).

  • 2013 ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable Research Grant for Non-Precious Metal Catalysis

ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is seeking a 1-2 year R&D commitment to target identification and development of Non-Precious Metal Catalysis alternatives for widely employed Transition Metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, with a focus on substrates that are widely applicable to the pharmaceutical industry. Proposals are invited from public and private institutions of higher education worldwide. This project is intended for a student within the selected Principal Investigator’s research group. One grant is planned to be awarded and the total award is limited to $100,000 for a grant period of 1-2 years. Deadline for receipt of proposals is August 21, 2013 at 5 pm EDT (GMT-4).

ACS GCI program information: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/gci.html

American Chemical Society (ACS)

  • ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF)

While the ACS Petroleum Research Fund does not have a specific category of green chemistry research, several green chemistry projects have been supported by PRF. The program welcomes applicants with high quality fundamental research in the petroleum or fossil fuels fields which may have a “green” focus. Submissions are accepted September 30, 2013 to November 1, 2013.

 

ACS PRF program information: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/prf.html

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Webinar

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The Director of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) will hold a Webinar to discuss the application process for a Graduate Fellowship on 31 July at 10AM PDT, 1PM EST. (-7 GMT)

We won’t be able to post a webinar link for individual login, but we’ve reserved rooms at the Universities who’ve shown interest.

Meeting rooms are:
OSU:  Gilbert 224
UO:    Space is limited, contact andyb@uoregon.edu

and
Washington University, St. Louis:  McMillen Lab 311

Some useful information on the Fellowship:

GRF is restricted to US Citizens, US nationals and permanent residents, only.

The GRF is restricted to students studying in fields supported by NSF.
So medicine, veterinary science, clinical psychology,  etc., are not supported. Chemistry and molecular biology directed toward disease/medical research are in a gray area – students who wish to be in this area should seek one-on-one guidance from a faculty member on your campus who is knowledgeable about GRF.

There *may* be time during the webinar to address this question in a broad way, but they can’t give a personalized answer to each student participating.

There is useful information about GRFP available at http://www.nsfgrfp.org/

–  The general information about eligibility, application process, etc., are very helpful. Note that this information is a bit out-of-date.  The new program solicitation will be posted sometime in August (for a deadline sometime in November). But the best model we have is the solicitation from last year.

 

The “tips”http://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicant_resources/tips_for_applying  and FAQs http://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicant_resources/frequently_asked_questions

(again, the tips and FAQs haven’t been updated for this year, so the dates in the eligibility section are off. You’ll need to check the site again).

Limited Submission Funding: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

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If you are interested in nominating a candidate, please coordinate with the Foundation Services office. Contact: Aaron Shonk, Director at aaron.shonk@oregonstate.edu.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)

  • Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)

Five-year $700,000 awards for physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or translational research. Limit Summary: institutes may nominate up to five candidates. Deadline: October 1, 2013.

CAMS program information: http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/biomedical-sciences/career-awards-medical-scientists

  • Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (IPID)

Five-year awards provide $500,000 to support accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology, shedding light on how human and microbial systems are affected by their encounters. The awards are intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues of inquiry and higher-risk research projects that hold potential for significantly advancing the biochemical, pharmacological, immunological, and molecular biological understanding of how microbes and the human body interact. Limit Summary: institutes may nominate up to two candidates. To encourage applications from veterinarians, institutions that nominate a researcher who holds the D.V.M. will be allowed three nominations. Deadline: November 1, 2013

IPID program information: http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/infectious-diseases/investigators-pathogenesis-infectious-disease

 

Spring 2013 Honor Roll Students

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Congratulations to our Spring 2013 Honor Roll Students!!

Nicolas Abayare
Chadd Armstrong
Dakota Backus
Kayla Bell
Scott Belozer
Monica Best
Corinne Brucks
Tora Cobb
Mark Delgado
Andrea Domen
Gillian Downey
Stephen Duda
Brandice Durfee
Derek Franco
Jecquellyn Helm
Timothy Hemphill
John Hergert
Joshua Holmes
Michael Hughes
Adam Huntley
Ashley Kastner
Jacob Kaufman
Trevor Kawamoto
Kevin Kovalchik
Joshua Laird
Jamy Lee
Stefan Lucchini
Sarah Melancon
Arica Nassar
Dang Nguyen
Kristine Nguyen
Philip Nguyen
Kyoo Park
Lars Paulson
William Ping
Philip Prater
Jordan Rains
Ryan Rains
Nathan Stephon
Ryan Stiegler
Halley Todd
Tianqi Zhang
Arsalan Zolfaghari

Fullbright Flex Awards

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NEW! Introducing Fulbright Flex Awards: The Fulbright Scholar Program welcomes applications from faculty and researchers who propose multiple, short-term stays in the host country over a period of two to three years. Flex Awards are also designed for scholars who require multiple visits abroad to accomplish their research objectives. In addition to their research activities, Flex award scholars will be required to give public talks, participate in seminars, mentor students, and otherwise engage with the host country academic community.For more information about this new program model, visit our website or the Fulbright Scholar Blog.  Guidance for Project Statements can also be found online or contact, Julie Walkin at Julie.walkin@oregonstate.edu. Deadline to Apply: Aug. 1.

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry

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Deadline: August 14, 2013

Announcement: early November 2013

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a principal investigator with an award of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry.

 

http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/postdoctoral_program.shtml

Promote your campus club in the Residence Halls

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Promote in residence halls: Plan your fall student resident promotion! University Housing and Dining Services is pleased to provide a free promotional opportunity for OSU affiliated offices, clubs or student groups again this fall.  UHDS will accept posters and fliers for placement in UHDS residence halls and cooperative houses just prior to student resident arrival.  Contact dave.warneking@oregonstate.edu, (541) 737-5622 for important details. We will accept materials Aug. 28 to Sept.11.