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, 2013.
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New Research Program Opportunity for Faculty URSA-ENGAGE
ANNOUNCING URSA-ENGAGE:
The Office of Undergraduate Research is seeking research project proposals from OSU faculty willing to serve as mentors for undergraduate researchers.
URSA-ENGAGE, which was formerly called the URISC-START program, will provide freshman, sophomore and recent transfer student researchers under faculty guidance with stipends of up to $1,000 for one term or $1,500 for two terms for the spring and/or fall terms of 2013. Please note that this program has a completely different setup from that of URISC: START or URISC.
Faculty Research Project Proposal Application Deadline: January 18, 2013
Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and the Arts (URSA):
URSA-ENGAGE Information for Faculty and Faculty Application: http://oregonstate.edu/students/research/
If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Ahern, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research at ahernk@onid.orst.edu.
Jefferson Science Fellowship
The National Academies is pleased to announce a call for nominations and applications for the 2013 Jefferson Science Fellows program. Initiated by the Secretary of State in 2003, this fellowship program engages the American academic science, technology, engineering and medical communities in the design and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.
Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) spend one year at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions.
The fellowship is open to tenured, or similarly ranked, academic scientists, engineers and physicians from U.S. institutions of higher learning. Nominees/applicants must hold U.S. citizenship and will be required to obtain a security clearance.
The deadline for 2013-2014 program year applications/nominations is January 14, 2013. To learn more about the Jefferson Science Fellowship and to apply, visit the JSF web at: www.nas.edu/jsf.
2012-2013 GTA Fellows
The Center for Teaching and Learning is proud to announce our inaugural “class” of GTA Fellows. Twelve GTAs have been selected from a variety of disciplines across campus and represent some of the most experienced and talented graduate teaching assistants at Oregon State University. The GTA Fellows engaged in a series of trainings over the course of the summer in preparation for the New GTA Orientation that was held in September. The GTA Fellows and their respective colleges/departments are as follows:
1. Carole Abou-rached- Engineering/Biological & Ecological Engineering
2. Morgan Crowell – Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences/Water Resource
3. Jade Florence- Agricultural Science/Botany & Plant Pathology
4. Krissi Hewitt- Science/Science Education
5. Ian Pfingsten- Science/ Botany & Plant Pathology
6. Katie Moriarty- Agricultural Science/Fisheries and Wildlife
7. Maduka Ogba- Science/Chemistry
8. Tim Pusack- Science/Zoology
9. Sara Schmitt- PHHS/Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
10. Deidra Spencer- Science/Environmental Sciences
11. Brett Watson- Science/Environmental Sciences
12. Teresa Wolfe- Science/Science & Math Education
Undergraduate of the Quarter – Fall 2012 – Monica Best
Monica Best has been selected as an undergrad chem major of the quarter for Fall 2012. Monica grew up in Portland, OR and attended La Salle High School. Her junior and senior-year chemistry courses in high school solidified her interest in Chemistry. When she visited OSU, she was impressed with the Chemistry Department and specifically credits Chris Pastorek with telling her all the great things going on here. She is in her junior year right now – working in Adjunct Chemistry faculty member Jennifer Field’s laboratory. She is unsure if she plans to attend graduate school, but hopes to stay in Oregon (or the Northwest) after she graduates. She is a fan of the TV crime dramas such as NCIS (particularly the lab tech Abby Sciuto) which has inspired her interest in the forensic science-chemistry option (with a toxicology minor). She has enjoyed participating in the Chemistry Club within the Department – particularly the laid back feel and the expectation that the students do the work. Her favorite courses so far have been Experimental Chemistry with Emile Firpo and John Loeser where she tells us that the student gets to be the “brain of it” – deciding what they are going to do. She is taking Physical Chemistry this term and really has enjoyed Professor Glenn Evans’ passion and enthusiasm in the classroom. Outside of chemistry, she likes going to OSU football games, swimming and waterskiing in the summer time and crafting ”everything” from picture frames to scrapbooks. She also recently joined the OSU Flying Club to learn how to fly. It is talented and diverse students like Monica that help to make the OSU Chemistry program so strong!
Undergraduate of the Quarter – Fall 2012 – Josh Holmes
Josh Holmes has been selected as an undergrad chem major of the quarter for Fall 2012. Josh was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts , but grew up in Wilton, New Hampshire. Josh took a non-traditional path to OSU. While excelling in math throughout high school, he was unsure what career path to take. Consequently, he decided to work in the construction industry after graduating from high school in 2002. During that time, he became interested in snow skiing and began working as a ski lift operator. His interest in skiing ultimately brought him to the west coast (California) were he met his wife. In 2008, his wife enrolled in graduate school at OSU in geology. Josh took the opportunity to re-engage with his education and starting taking classes at LBCC in 2009. Within a year, he had matriculated to OSU where he has excelled ever sense. He enjoyed taking math classes at OSU, but it was his General Chemistry course with Dr. Phil Watson that really caught his attention – commenting that he was “blown away by it.” His interest in the fundamental aspects of chemistry drove him to work for emeritus Professor Ken Hedberg because he “wants to known deep down inside what is happening” in chemistry. Josh has enjoyed the personal attention and friendly attitude that OSU offers – providing easy access to faculty. Both of those attributes he associates with the Experimental Chemistry courses run by Emile Firpo, John Loeser and Chris Pastorek. He is unsure exactly what he wants to do after graduation, but he feels that he would like to teach in some capacity. Josh still likes to snow ski and is an accomplished musician – playing guitar in the band called the Psych Country Revue (rock and roll with a country twist). Our Department is lucky to have wonderful students like Josh who will surely inspire the next generation of chemists through their passion and enthusiasm about science!
DOE Scholars Program Paid Summer Internship
Good Morning,
The DOE Scholars Program is now open for application through Jan 4, 2013.
If you have questions you may contact me at 865-574-6440 or at barbara.dunkin@orau.org.
Thank you,
Barbara
http://orise.orau.gov/doescholars/
CAS Possible Funding Opportunities – November 1
Attached is a rather large list as there were multiple NSF opportunities that were recently extended.
There are also a few opportunities to provide feedback prior to a full announcement (request for information) on important topics from USAID, DOE, DOT & DOD.
Take a look and please share with those that may be interested (including graduate students for the fellowship opportunities). All updated opportunities have also been posted to the website athttp://agsci.oregonstate.edu/research/fo.
Funding Opportunity: USDA-NIFA-AFRI Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change
Today, USDA-NIFA-AFRI posted a funding opportunity entitled “Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change”. This is a $5 million program. The program is to focus on “ societal challenge to adapt agroecosystems and natural resource systems to climate variability and change and implement mitigation strategies in those systems.”
To read the full RFA, go to the following URL:
http://www.grants.gov/search/basic.do
In the “Search by Funding Opportunity Number:” box, put in
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003968
Please note that applications to this RFA may include “international partnerships.” Applicants must note, however, that “… any international activity proposed under AFRI such as partnerships, exchanges, training, trips, etc., must first and foremost support AFRI’s domestic program goals.” Page two of the RFA contains more details on this aspect.
Please forward this information to those interested. Note that closing date for application is 15 April 2013.
Invitation to Nominate Graduate Students to the 63rd Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany
The Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), and Mars, Incorporated are pleased to announce that they will nominate and sponsor a maximum of 85 total graduate students to attend the 63rd annual meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, from June 30 through July 5, 2013. We invite your institution to nominate up to two students for each sponsor to be considered for this very exciting opportunity.
Since 1951, Nobel Prize winners and students in chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine have met annually in Lindau, located on Lake Constance in southwestern Germany. It is anticipated that some 550 students from more than 70 countries will attend the weeklong meeting in 2013. There are formal lectures in the morning, and the remainder of the day is set aside for the students to meet informally with the Nobel Laureate scientists, as well as with their fellow students from around the world. Information on the most recent meeting and comments from students who attended are available athttp://www.orau.org/lindau/past-mtgs/default.shtml.
In 2013, the meeting will feature recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. You may nominate students to attend this meeting who:
- are U.S. citizens currently enrolled at a university as full-time graduate students;
- have completed by June 2013 at least two academic years of graduate studies toward a doctoral degree in chemistry or in a related discipline, but not be planning a dissertation/thesis defense before December 31, 2013;
- If applying to DOE, NIH, or NSF: be supported by and/or working on a project, grant, or fellowship sponsored by the DOE Office of Science (DOE-SC), NIH (NCI, NIAAA, NIDCR, NIEHS, or NIGMS only), or the NSF Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (NSF-MPS).
- If applying to ORAU: be attending an ORAU member institution (list is available here: http://www.orau.org/university-partnerships/members.aspx) and actively engaged in research funded by private or public sources.
- If applying to Mars, Incorporated: be actively engaged in research funded by private or public sources.
All forms and nomination instructions can be found at http://www.orau.org/lindau. We are especially interested in receiving nominations from a diverse group of students, including women, under-represented minorities and people with disabilities.
The selection process for the Lindau Meeting occurs over three phases. The universities and National Laboratories complete the first phase by selecting up to two students per sponsor and submitting the nomination packet for each student. DOE, NIH, NSF, ORAU, and Mars, Incorporated complete phase two by selecting the students to nominate to the Lindau Meeting. The final phase of selection is completed by the Lindau Meeting and its screening process. All three phases ultimately adhere to the Lindau Meeting’s selection criteria.
All nominations must be submitted online before Friday, December 14, 2012 at 4:00 pm, Eastern Time. Nominees will be notified by January 31, 2013 whether they have been selected for phase three of the nomination process. Further information about the program, including the web site for submission of nominations, can be found online at http://www.orau.org/lindau/.
The President/Chancellor/Director of your institution may delegate responsibility for submitting nominations to another office in your institution. However, individual faculty members may not submit nominations directly. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact me using the contact information below.
Best wishes and good luck,
Sam Held
Program Manager
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
PO Box 117, MS 36
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117
865.576.8223 office 865.368.3272 mobile