The College of Science will sponsor students to present their research at the Chemical Biology and Physiology 21|22 conference held in Portland, Oregon on April 28-May 1, 2022. This conference brings in global leaders in chemistry, biochemistry, drug discovery, and new therapeutic approaches. Please see details of the conference below and attached flyer.
The college will cover the $200 “Oregon institution” registration fee for a maximum of 20 students who will present at the conference. If remaining funds are available these can be used for travel expenses and will be assigned based on student need. Students using these COS funds will be expected to give a 5-10 minute presentation on their talk and what they found of value at a Fall Research symposium.
Students must provide an abstract by the March 13th deadline to be considered for flash talks and short talks.
Ryan Mehl in Biochemistry and Biophysics is on the Steering Committee and can be contacted with specific questions.
We are pleased to announce that our winter term Academic Leadership Workshop, Get to Know the OSU Office of the General Counsel: How They Are Here to Help You Before Anyone Ends up In Court,presented by Becca Gose, Chief Legal Counsel, General Counsel, and joined by Esther Henry, Senior Associate, General Counsel. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 10:00 – 11:00 am. The workshop will be held remotely via Zoom.
Meet the General Counsel and learn that they are there to provide good planning advice and answers to questions long before legal actions ever arise. Learn insights on how to navigate topics such as legal confidentiality, public information requests, etc. A lot of legal questions arise in the employment context, so stay tuned for parts 2-3 of this series, which will include Becca, Esther, and Heather Horn, Associate Vice Provost & Assistant Vice President Employee & Labor Relations and HR Strategic Partnership, to focus on employment issues in particular.
The ACS Bridge Program (ACS-BP) was developed to increase the number of students from underrepresented (UR) racial and ethnic groups obtaining a Ph.D. in the chemical sciences. ACS-BP assists UR students with getting into and succeeding in graduate school. We are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 ACS Bridge Program and we need your help getting the word out to students.
As an ACS Bridge Fellow, students enroll in a one- to two-year Bridge Experience that provides research experience, advanced coursework, mentoring, and coaching to prepare a graduate school application. Students who have not applied to graduate school, or who have applied but were not accepted, may be offered: · A free common application that will be shared with participating departments· Resources to strengthen applications· Connections to faculty and mentors· Networking opportunities with other ACS-BP studentsYou can make a difference, help us spread the word! Please refer any eligible students to the ACS Bridge Programpage to determine eligibility and apply. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2022.
The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) will be held in Portland at the Oregon Convention Center from May 31-June 4, 2022. NCORE is a significant and prominent national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education.
The Office of Institutional Diversity is sponsoring various efforts for this conference including: an employee conference registration scholarship, group registration discount, a conference reception for OSU employees and friends, and information about OSU led workshops.
Faculty applications are being accepted for the DPD Academy, June 13-24. The DPD Academy facilitates focused and productive engagement with contemporary, multidisciplinary scholarship on difference, power and discrimination; critical pedagogies; and curriculum transformation. Individual and team applications welcome. For more information: DPD Academy page. Deadline: March 18.
OSU’s Open Educational Resources Unit is seeking instructors who have taught classes at OSU within the last three academic years to take a 20-minute survey. Your responses will help us develop new strategies to reduce the cost of learning materials for students and inform how we can better support you in this process. Learn more and take the survey.
The call for proposals for the Research Equipment Reserve Funds has posted. The hard deadline to submit to the research office is below. The internal deadline to submit your requests to the College is 14 March 2022, 5 PM. Please use the attached form and submit your request to the College of Science Research Development research.development@science.oregonstate.edu and cc Vrushali Bokil.
On behalf of the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Division of the American Chemical Society, I want to solicit abstracts for the ACS I&EC Division Graduate Student Award Symposium. This symposium will be featured at the ACS Fall National Meeting, in Chicago, August 21-25, 2022. The deadline for Abstract submission is March 14, 2022. As of this date, ACS is planning a hybrid in-person/virtual symposia, and more details will be provided by ACS on their website, www.acs.org, as they become available. We conducted a very successful virtual symposium in 2021 and so I am confident the 2022 event will be scientifically stimulating and personally rewarding for graduate students.
I ask that you distribute this announcement to your advanced degree students and their advisors and encourage those attending this ACS meeting to submit papers and compete for the monetary award and distinction described in the attached flyer. The I&EC Division features programming of great interest to the chemical sciences community, and through this symposium we wish to contribute to the professional development of your graduate students.
Every graduate student lead author accepted for this Symposium will be awarded an ACS members meeting registration fee, as well as a ticket to the Awards Luncheon. All submissions and presentations will be evaluated by a panel selected by the Division. The third place presentation will be awarded an additional $250. The second place presentation will be awarded an additional $400. The first place presentation will be awarded $550. To be eligible for any award, the presenter must be a student at university, pursuing a graduate degree in the chemical sciences or engineering at the time of the symposium.
More details are given in the enclosed flyer. Again, I request your support in distributing this to your outstanding graduate students. We look forward to highlighting their outstanding work in this exciting symposium.
Regards,
Mike
Michael A. Matthews
Tel. 803.777.0556
Admin. Assistant 803.777.4259
Associate Vice President for Research
Vice Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs
Full-Time 12-month Postdoctoral Scholar position located in the Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University. The postdoc will work in Nuclear Chemistry under the mentorship of Dr. Walter Loveland. Research is in fission physics and the synthesis of heavy nuclei using multi-nucleon transfer reactions. Stipend and benefits conform to postdoctoral standards at OSU https://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/postdocs
Qualifications:
Recent Ph.D. degree in nuclear physics or nuclear chemistry and experience in fission physics and/or heavy element reactions.
Position Available:
07/1/ 2022 with an initial appointment of one year, renewable up to one to three years.
Application:
For full consideration, apply by 06/01/ 2022. Applicants must send: (1) Cover letter describing academic experience, qualifications and interest in the position; (2) Curriculum Vitae (CV) (3) Publication list; (4) summary of research experience;(5) names and contact information for two references. Application should be sent electronically to lovelanw@oregonstate.edu. Initial review of applications will begin 06/01/ 2022.
Chemical and Materials Science Research to Advance Clean Energy Technologies Like Solar, Next-Generation Batteries, and Carbon Capture and Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $150 million in open funding for research projects focused on increasing efficiency and curbing carbon emissions from energy technologies and manufacturing. This funding will support research underpinning DOE’s Energy Earthshots Initiatives, which set goals for significant improvements in clean energy technology within a decade, including hydrogen, long duration storage, and carbon capture and sequestration. This research is fundamental to the climate solutions that will be critical to reaching President Biden’s goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“Rapidly deploying existing climate technology while cranking up investments in early-stage climate research is the one-two punch we need to build long-term resilience to the climate crisis and meet our 2050 goals,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “From discovery to deployment, this research funding will draw on the talent of American colleges and universities to expedite the development of new technology that, paired with our current arsenal of climate solutions, will be key to tackling the climate crisis while creating good-paying jobs and bolstering American competitiveness.”
Funding will support an array of research topics in basic chemical and materials research, including new clean energy approaches that are inspired by energy-efficient biological processes, such as photosynthesis that harnesses sunlight to synthesize the molecules plants need for life. This research is foundational to the development of solar and nuclear energy technologies, energy storage, carbon capture, novel manufacturing processes, and the use of critical minerals in energy technologies and manufacturing. This funding will also support research underpinning DOE’s Energy Earthshots Initiatives, including the Hydrogen Shot, which aims to decrease the cost of producing hydrogen; the Long Duration Storage Shot, which seeks to reduce the cost and increase the duration of grid-scale energy storage; and the Carbon Negative Shot, which targets the decrease of costs to remove and durably store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
DOE encourages applications led by, or in partnership with, Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) that are underrepresented in the Basic Energy Sciences portfolio and applications involving individuals from groups historically underrepresented in STEM. Applications are open to all accredited U.S. colleges and universities, national laboratories, nonprofits, and private sector companies. Contingent on congressional appropriations, total planned funding is up to $150 million, with up to $50 million in Fiscal Year 2022.
The Funding Opportunity Announcement, sponsored by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences within the Department’s Office of Science, can be found here.
For more information about this funding opportunity and its connections to the Energy Earthshots, please register for a webinar on February 23, 2022 at 9:30 AM ET.
