Luanne Johnson « The Erlenmeyer Flask

Good morning Colleagues,

First, I would like to acknowledge all the Veterans that have served our country – we are grateful. The Division of Materials Research has stellar staff members that have also served in the military and we are honored to work with them to fulfil NSF’s mission.

Secondly, I am very excited to inform you that the prepublication of the National Academies study on “NSF Efforts to Achieve the Nation’s Vision for the Materials Genome Initiative,” is now available online. Thanks to all of you in the community that took the time to provide input to this report and to the outstanding co-chairs for pulling it all together: Ronald Latanision and Karin M. Rabe.

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26723/nsf-efforts-to-achieve-the-nations-vision-for-the-materials-genome-initiative

The new Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer out Future (DMREF) will be released soon. I strongly encourage you to read this NASEM study and if you plan to apply to the DMREF program, to think about how you can help NSF help the Nation realize the vision of MGI through your own research, education, and training endeavors.

Best to everyone!

Linda

Linda S. Sapochak, Ph.D.

Division Director

Division of Materials Research

National Science Foundation

lsapocha@nsf.gov

703-292-4932

Dear OSU Graduate Faculty,

As part of an ongoing strategic partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), the OSU Graduate School is pleased to announce that applications for the 2023 PNNL-OSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program (DGRP) are open effective today.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Oregon State University Distinguished Graduate Research Program (PNNL-OSU DGRP) is a four-year opportunity designed to provide collaborative research and training to OSU graduate students. Students selected to participate in the program will benefit from having the expertise of graduate committee members from both organizations and access to the world-class research infrastructure at OSU and PNNL. The DGRP is a four-year program in which years one and two are funded by OSU, namely through department or faculty grants. During years three and four, PNNL will fund the student’s stipend and benefits, the OSU Graduate School will provide a tuition waiver, and the student will be primarily located at PNNL. An essential requirement of the program is that the co-advisors from the OSU and PNNL must be willing to support the student in the proposed collaboration research topic. Additionally, the OSU advisor must be on a full-time faculty appointment.

The Graduate School is soliciting applications to the 2023 PNNL-OSU DGRP cohort. Nominees must be first year or second year Ph.D. students in STEM and related science and engineering disciplines at OSU. We are particularly interested in attracting outstanding students that represent the existing and emerging areas of collaboration with PNNL. A maximum of five students will be selected for 2023 cohort.

Since OSU’s Ph.D. programs have a variety of recruiting and admission timelines, we have set the priority deadline for applications to the DGRP as February 20, 2023. Interested faculty should identify a potential student applicant, PNNL collaborator, and complete the online application. Eligibility requirements, award details, and the nomination procedure are available on the Graduate School website at https://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/awards/pnnl-osu.

If you have any questions, please email DGRP@oregonstate.edu.

Jessica Beck

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Jessica Beck, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean

Graduate School |Oregon State University

204 Heckart | Corvallis, OR 97331

541.737.8576 | jessica.beck@oregonstate.edu

The Career Development Center is currently accepting applications for the winter 2023 cohort of Career Champions!

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about how to integrate career readiness into your classroom and teaching. If you want more information, please attend the Career Champions FYI Friday information session on November 18^th at 3 pm, and you can reach out to our COS Assistant Director of Career Development, Rachel Palmer (rachel.palmer@oregonstate.edu), with any further questions.

Thank you

Jessica

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Jessica Siegel, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Oregon State University | College of Science

122 Kidder | 541-737-6176

Do you have faculty at Oregon State who might be interested in submitting a short proposal to these opportunities?

I wanted to highlight several packaging opportunities in particular, with funding ranging up to $100,000 (with potential follow-on). Those have received the fewest proposals so far.

My best,

Zoe

All active partnering opportunities on Halo (Deadline 11/30):

My colleagues Tanya Myers and Alla Zelenyuk here at PNNL wanted to reach out to you all to see whether you might be aware of any recent or soon-to-be PhD grads who would be eligible for this posting to work with us here at PNNL doing some pretty cool science on an upcoming IARPA project.

https://careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/5561?lang=en-us

The posting closes on Nov 9: We are looking for someone with background in mass spec and/or IR spectroscopy to study aerosols using state-of-the-art instrumentation in both mass spec and IR spectroscopy, as well as working with many top-notch scientists in the field. The position will likely result in several publications. However, the position requires US Citizenship, which is a firm requirement.

Please share this job ad with folks you know who might be eligible, or if you’re aware of any useful job ad where we should post this, that’d be helpful as well.

Thanks so much!

The College of Science is invited to meet President Murthy, join in food and drink and hear her remarks about her goals and their impact on the college. There will be a Q&A session. Nov. 29, 4-5 p.m., MU Multipurpose Rm 13. Admission is free. RSVP here .

A recording of the Sept. 28, 2022, webinar to educate stakeholders on the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards’ nomination process is now available. This webinar, hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), reviewed the history of the awards, eligibility requirements, and what is needed to submit a nomination. The webinar also reviewed the six award categories including a category to recognize technology that reduces or eliminates greenhouse gas emissions, in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to combat the climate crisis. 

EPA is currently accepting nominations for the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards from companies or institutions that have developed a new green chemistry process or product that helps protect human health and the environment. Nominations are due to the agency by Dec. 9, 2022.

An independent panel of technical experts convened by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute will formally judge the nominations and make recommendations to EPA for the 2023 winners. EPA anticipates giving awards to outstanding green chemistry technologies in six categories in the Fall of 2023.

Learn more about the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. 

View the Webinar

A local Corvallis company is looking for an experienced undergrad or recent grad with a strong chemistry background for part-time work in the Corvallis lab purifying the sunscreen gadusol and derivatives. The job description is on the website of the company (Arcaea) that bought Gadusol Labs,

For questions please contact:

Alan Tagore Bakalinsky

Share your research on the radio! Inspiration Dissemination is currently looking for guests for Winter 2023. If you’re a graduate student or postdoc doing research at @OregonState, we want to hear from YOU!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsrqbX7m6CBrkUevkPwmEFnykgT4Z3wdlbJk07ZsN6fKLQzA/viewform

Free iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests are available on the Corvallis and Bend campuses and at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Each box contains two tests. While supplies last, OSU community members can pick up these self-test kits without restrictions. Please note the FDA has extended the self-test kit expiration dates by six months.

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College of Science Meets President Murthy

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Seeking undergrad or recent grad for part-time job purifying fermentation products

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