Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions

Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions Deadline: May 19, 2014 Announcement: early August 2014 The Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lectureship awards provide an $18,500 grant to bring a leading researcher to a primarily undergraduate institution to give a series of lectures in the chemical sciences and to support two undergraduates in summer research.  One of the lectures should be of a more general nature and accessible to a wide audience. The remaining lecture(s) may be more technical. The lecturer is expected to spend more than one day at the institution and substantially interact with undergraduate students and faculty over the period of the visit. The undergraduates are expected to engage with mentors in contemporary research. Eligibility Applications are accepted from departments in the chemical sciences at primarily undergraduate institutions in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America. Eligible departments grant a BS or MS degree in chemistry, but not a Ph.D. Institutions are restricted to only one application annually for this program. Institutions that receive an award are not eligible to re-apply for five years. Selection The application is evaluated based upon the following: 1. examples of the proposed invited lecturer and schedule of the visit, which is expected to be a minimum of two days 2. a description of the department’s efforts in scholarly research and education i...

Source: ScanGrants feed - May 5, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Source Type: funding