PBS NewsHour Project
To All Those Interested in Basic Research: All too often basic research is misunderstood, yet it truly is the foundation for so many discoveries. The PBS NewsHour recently launched a new series on basic research that tries to capture the excitement of those discoveries that come from long hours in the lab. So far we have reported on the search for dark matter, and on what microscopic worms can teach us about immunity. We want to know more about why students who are focusing on basic research have made that decision. What about it excites you? Frustrates you? Keeps you awake-or makes you want to stay awake-all night? Whether it's an aspect of your research, your mice, your lab, your teammates, your professors, just tell us - and show us - why it matters to you. Here's how:
- Show us in a six-second Vine and tag @NewsHour
- Share with us in an Instagram video and tag @NewsHour, or send us a direct message with your video
- Upload a short video to YouTube (no more than 1:00) and title it "Hew NewsHour, this is why I chose basic research" (or some other title we can search for in YouTube)
We believe your participation will help people understand the importance of basic research. We look forward to hearing from you. The deadline for this project is March 14, 2014. Questions? Email [email protected].
Call for Nominations for the 2014 Alma Dea Morani, MD Renaissance Woman Award
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine is pleased to accept nominations for our 2014 Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award. This Award will honor an outstanding woman physician or scientist in North America:
- Who has furthered the practice and understanding of medicine in our lifetime and made significant contributions outside of medicine; for example, in the humanities, arts or social sciences
- Whose determination and spirit have carried her beyond traditional pathways in medicine and science
- Who challenges the status quo with a passion for learning
The Alma Dea Morani Award is an unique sculpture representing humanism in medicine and will be presented in the fall of 2014 at a special presentation planned with the Awardee. A stipulation of receiving the award is that the recipient be available to give a twenty minute keynote at the award ceremony. For Award Guidelines and a Nomination packet, please click here.
OAS offers scholarships for online course on gender equality
The OAS Department of Human Development, Education and Employment, the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) and the Educational Portal of the Americas are offering scholarships for the course: "Curso en L�nea sobre Enfoque de Derechos de Igualdad de G�nero en Pol�ticas, Programas y Proyectos". This is an online course and will be delivered in Spanish from April 14 to June 16, 2014. Scholarship recipients will be selected from applications submitted to the OAS Department of Human Development, Education and Employment through the National Liaison Office (ONE) in each Member State. For more information, send an email to [email protected]
19th AWIS CJC Annual Scholarship Competition
Female high school seniors who reside in New Jersey (only), who are entering college, university, or any educational institution in the fall of 2014 and who are interested in studying any area of STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The AWIS NJ Annual Scholarship Competition offers cash grants to 3 applicants each year. Awards may be used for any purpose at any college, university, or other education institution. The Application Package includes an original Essay/Scientist Profile that requires potential scholarship recipients to reach out and interview one of the many thousands of female scientists who have a connection to New Jersey (live here, work here, studied here, etc). Email questions to [email protected]
Graduate Internship opportunities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Computational Data Analytics Research Group (CDAG) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has multiple openings for Graduate Interns in the field of Data Analytics Research. The Computing and Computational Science Directorate (CCSD) at ORNL oversees ORNL's store of computing power and its talented staff of computational scientists and mathematicians. CCSD has multiple Graduate Internship openings in the fields of: High-Performance File Systems and Storage; Communications Middleware; HPC Languages and Tools (programming languages, compilers, runtimes, and tools for high-performance computers); Large-Scale and Data-Intensive, Collaborative, Scientific Applications. https://www3.orau.gov/ORNL_TOppS/Posting/Details/515
Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award
The National Council for Research on Women has launched the Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award and announced the inaugural call for submissions. Established through a generous $100,000 matching grant from the Ford Foundation, the Award honors and extends the vision of the Council's first President, Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain. The Award enables the Council to continue Mariam's support of high-level scholarship. Annually, a first-generation college graduate will be awarded $8,500 to continue work on a dissertation under the close supervision of a senior dissertation advisor, who will receive $1,500 for continued mentorship. The Award is open to any first-generation college graduate currently pursuing a PhD (must be ABD by August 2014) at an accredited university in the U.S. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on March 10, 2014. The awardee and mentor duo will be announced during the Council's annual conference in May 2014.
OSTP Summer 2014 Internship Program
The Office of Science and Technology Policy is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2014 Internship Program. The application deadline is 11:59 pm Friday, March 7, 2014. Students who are U.S. citizens and who will be actively enrolled during the 2014 academic year are welcome to apply. For questions, please contact Rebecca Grimm [email protected].
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Call for Nominations
The National Inventors Hall of Fame wants to increase the diversity of its candidate pool and the technologies represented, and we hope that you can assist us in that endeavor. The National Inventors Hall of Fame was established in 1973 to honor individuals who conceived, patented, and advanced great technological achievements that have benefited our society. The criteria for Induction require that candidates hold a U.S. patent and that they have contributed to the nation's welfare and the progress of science, the economy, and the useful arts. Contact Rini Paiva, Executive Director, National Inventors hall of Fame at [email protected].
BBRG Scholars-In-Residence Program
Each year, the BBRG hosts a new group of approximately ten competitively selected scholars from the U.S. and abroad for a period of one academic year. (from August 21, 2014 to May 15, 2015). The BBRG Scholars-in-Residence Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from any country, whose work is centrally on gender and women. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. (or its equivalent) at least one year prior to the projected beginning of their residency at BBRG. (Applications due March 15, 2014)
BBRG Affiliated Scholars Program
The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is designed to accommodate scholars who would like to spend a relatively short period of time in residence, ranging from one month to six months. The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from the U.S. and abroad, whose work is centrally on women and gender. Applicants must have the Ph.D. (or its equivalent) in hand one year prior to the beginning of the appointment. (Applications accepted throughout the academic year)
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology will offer a limited number of travel awards to early career investigators at the Assistant Professor or equivalent industry scientist level.
Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship
The Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship program aims to encourage creative and highly-trained recipients of doctoral degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematical disciplines to engage in hands-on research projects in their areas of expertise at the kind of small innovative businesses that historically have fueled the nation's economic regime. Each research fellow will receive a stipend of at least $75,000 plus health insurance benefits.
NSF's Career-Life Balance (CLB) Initiative
Scientists now have the opportunity to submit supplemental funding requests to support additional personnel (e.g., research technicians or equivalent). This will help sustain research when the Principal Investigator is on family leave.