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News from Journal House
Recent Releases, JCE Software
The following issues have been released by
JCE Software. Copies have been shipped to those who ordered them.
The Journal Goes to the BCCE
Read the announcement on pp 697-698 about the
16th BCCE to be held in summer 2000 and you will learn
that Monday, July 31, is The Day of the Ice Cream Social.
The sponsors of this social event (to be held following the
evening demo program) are 2YC3 and
JCE. We hope to make this a venue for meeting new people, especially newcomers to
the conference. And of course there will be ice cream and
toppings, custom dipped by 2YC3 officers and members as
well as Journal editors and staff; it has been rumored that
some list experience as soda jerks on their résumé!
The Journal will have a booth in the exhibit area.
Be sure to stop by and check out our newest video. We will
even give you guidance about building it into PowerPoint
presentations.
Award Deadlines
Prize for Young Scientists
The Amersham Pharmacia Biotech &
Science Prize for Young Scientists has been established to provide support
to scientists at the beginning of their careers. In 2000 the
prize will recognize outstanding graduate students in
molecular biology, from all regions of the world. This international
prize will be awarded for the most outstanding thesis in the
general area of molecular biology as described in a
1000-word essay. The grand prize winner will receive $25,000 and
have his or her essay published in Science. Regional award
winners will receive $5,000 and their essays will appear in
Science Online.
Entrants must have been awarded their Ph.D.
between January 1 and December 31, 1999. The deadline for
entries is June 30, 2000. For full information contact Young
Scientist Prize Selection Committee, Science, 1200 New York
Avenue, NW, Room 1053, Washington, DC 20005 or
consult the information on the
Web site.
Coverage of prizes from previous years, including the essays of grand prize
winners and regional winners, may be found
here.
Courses, Seminars, Meetings,
Opportunities
Sabbatical or Career Change Opportunity
Chemists may apply for the American Chemical
Society Congressional Fellowship and Science Policy
Fellowship. The fellowships provide an opportunity to
- work in the Congress or ACS using your scientific
and technical expertise
- gain first-hand knowledge of the government
and contribute to decision making
The deadline for applications is January 5, 2001. For
a brochure contact ACS Office of Society Services, 1155
16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036;
1-800/227-5558;
email: help@acs.org;
WWW:http://www.acs.org/government.
Mathematics on the Web
The first-ever MathML conference, "MathML and
Math on the Web," will be held October 20-21, 2000 on the
campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The conference will present current research and applications
involving MathML, an XML application for describing
mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and its
content. The primary goal of MathML is to enable
mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the World Wide
Web, just as HTML has enabled this functionality for text.
Authors are requested to submit abstracts of proposed talks
by email to
submissions@mathmlconference.org. The deadline for
submission of abstracts is June 2, 2000. Notification of
acceptances will be sent out on or before June 23,
2000. "MathML and Math on the Web" is being sponsored
by Wolfram Research, IBM, the American Mathematical
Society (AMS), Waterloo Maple, and the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). Additional conference details as well as
submission guidelines are available here.
NEACT Annual Summer Conference
NEACT, the New England Association of
Chemistry Teachers, is celebrating its one hundred second year with
its 62nd Summer Conference. The four-day conference will
be held from Monday, August 7, through Thursday, August
10, at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island.
The theme for this year's conference is Marine Chemistry, and
the keynote speaker is Michael Pilson, Department of
Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. A full roster of guest
speakers will add their expertise to the program. The
conference will also offer opportunities to attend workshops, tours,
and other events that are available in the Bristol--Newport area.
The program chairperson is Peter J. Nassiff, Science
Department chairperson, Burlington High School. For
further information check the NEACT Website
or email neact2000@yahoo.com.
Proposal Deadlines
National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate
Education (DUE)
For further information about NSF DUE programs consult the
DUE Web site,
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm.
To contact the DUE Information Center, phone: 703/306-1666;
email: undergrad@nsf.gov.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
November 15, 2000
- Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
June 30, 2000
- New Faculty Awards Program: May 15, 2000
- Faculty Start-up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 15, 2000
- Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions: June 30, 2000
- Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences:
Preliminary Proposals: June 15, 2000
Complete Proposals: September 1, 2000
- Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: March 1, 2000
- Senior Scientist Mentor: September 1, 2000
Further information may be obtained from The Camille and
Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305,
New York, NY 10022; phone: 212/753-1760;
email: admin@dreyfus.org;
WWW:http://www.dreyfus.org/
Research Corporation
- Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15
- Cottrell Scholars: First regular business day in September
- Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October 1
- Research Innovation Awards: May 1
Further information may be obtained from Research
Corporation, 101 North Wilmot Road, Suite 250, Tucson, AZ
85711-3332; phone: 520/571-1111; fax: 520/571-1119; email:
awards@rescorp.org;
WWW:http://www.rescorp.org
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