If you are interested in conducting research about online teaching and learning, the Ecampus Research Unit will help you plan your proposal for the Ecampus Research Fellows Program. The Ecampus Research Unit annually funds up to five faculty and/or department projects – $20,000 each – to support research in the areas of distance and online education, including hybrid delivery. Info sessions will be held Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. and Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. at the fourth floor of The Valley Library, Drinkward Conference Room. Applications are due Nov. 1. For more information, contact Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, MaryEllen.DelloStritto@oregonstate.edu.

The Cottrell Scholars Collaborative (CSC) Academic Leadership Team (ALT) is staging the 4th Academic Leadership Workshop on February 26 to February 28 in Washington, DC. This workshop will offer practical advice and tools to help participants enter into academic leadership roles such as a Research Center Director, Department Head or Dean. Among the unique components are a 360-degree analysis and engagement with existing academic leaders who started their careers in chemistry, physics or astronomy. As a chair, we are sure that you can appreciate the value of deliberate and focused training for leadership positions prior to starting them. We are therefore writing to ask you to identify and encourage one of the future leaders in your department to apply to the 2019 ALT Workshop.

For details about the workshop and a link to the application, please go to:

http://oxide.jhu.edu/ALT

For more information about the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative (a cross-disciplinary network of Cottrell Scholars known for their research and educational efforts), sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, please go to:

http://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars/cottrell-scholars-collaborative

The deadline for applications to ALT 2019 is November 1st, 2018. We particularly interested in promoting mid-career faculty who are engaged in advancing the teacher-scholar model in academia as they move into academic leadership positions. We would also like to encourage you to support our attendees by defraying their travel costs and our registration fee ($950). Feel free to contact us or other ALT members listed in the “About” link of the website for further information.

Again, please encourage your colleagues to apply.

Disability Access Services (DAS) is hosting an Open House/Lab on Thursday, September 13 and Wednesday, September 19 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. You’re invited to tour the DAS Testing Center on the 3^rd floor of Heckart Lodge or the main office at A200 Kerr. Bring your questions, get assistance completing your Alternative Testing Agreements, and learn about our testing security measures and the assistive technology available to students.

For more information, contact testing.services@oregonstate.edu.

We hope to see you there!

The OSU Postdoctoral Association invites applications for professional development awards of $1,000 each. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, and should be submitted by email to James.Fox@oregonstate.edu. Recipients will be announced at the annual Postdoc Research Symposium Oct. 4. For more information visit http://oregonstate.edu/opa.

If you belong to a department on campus and need office or lab supplies, visit the Surplus warehouse between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, to get some for free. To participate, choose items priced at $5 or less, with a limit of $20 total per visit. Items must be a cash sale or marked with white price tags. Visit the front desk to log your items before leaving

Join us again for another wonderful warm College of Science welcome to our new students on Tuesday, September 18^th from 1:30-3:00 PM outside of Kidder Hall on the Library Quad. We’ll be serving rootbeer floats again, and socializing with our student clubs, incoming students, and colleagues. Please encourage your faculty and students to join us on this great tradition.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is accepting applications for the 2019 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs. Eligibility and online application information are available on the Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs website.

Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Eligibility Requirements:

• U. S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granteddeferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) program¹, political asylees, andrefugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
• Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and
• Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social science, or humanities

¹Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA available here.

Stipends:

• Predoctoral–$24,000 per year for three years
• Dissertation–$25,000 for one year
• Postdoctoral–$45,000 for one year

Awardees will have expenses paid to attend at least one Conference of Ford Fellows. Approximately 70 predoctoral, 36 dissertation, and 24 postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded.

Application Deadline Dates:

• Predoctoral: December 13, 2018 (5:00 PM EST)
• Dissertation: December 6, 2018 (5:00 PM EST)
• Postdoctoral: December 6, 2018 (5:00 PM EST)

Supplementary Materials receipt deadline for submitted applications is January 8, 2019 (5:00 PM EST)

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely yours,

H. Ray Gamble

Director, Fellowships Office
500 5th Street NW, Keck 531
Washington, DC 20001

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sponsors awards for postdoctoraland senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awardsinclude generous stipends ranging from $45,000 – $80,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, andhigher for additional experience. Limited graduate level awards are also available. These awardsprovide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped andstaffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanentresidents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.

Four annual review cycles:

• November: Opens September 1; Closes November 1
• February: Opens December 1; Closes February 1
• May: Opens March 1; Closes May 1
• August: Opens June 1; Closes August

Applicants should contact prospective Research Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.

Thank you for your assistance. For more information:

Phone: 202-334-2760

Email: rap@nas.edu

Visit: www.nas.edu/rap

Sincerely yours,

1. Ray Gamble

Director, Fellowships Office

500 5th Street NW

Washington, DC 20001

OnTo develops technologies for recycling and reclamation of lithium-ion battery materials for electric vehicle and other applications.

The Company is accepting applications for an ONAMI Graduate Student Internship position in industrial research and development.  A successful applicant will have interest and experience in  (1) experimental physical sciences, (2) chemical process engineering (3) mechanical engineering and/or (4) automation engineering.

A successful chemistry intern will handle air sensitive compounds, build batteries, deconstruct batteries, characterize materials, program battery testing protocols, develop chemical processes.  A successful engineering intern will program machinery, perform separations and chemical processes on battery materials. The internship anticipates prioritization of chemistry; however, The Company anticipates hiring in all of these areas.

MS students studying chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics engineering, automation engineering, physics or materials science are encouraged to apply.  OnTo is located in Bend, Oregon, which is where the intern will be working.  The position is anticipated to start mid-September (17) 2018 or mid-October (9) 2018, and be completed in June 2019 (assuming 9 months).   The intern will be mentored by Dr. Steve Sloop, President of OnTo Technology LLC.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a one-page cover letter, one-page resume, and three reference contacts to sales@onto-technology.com