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