ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Ajay K. Bose, Stevens Institute of Technology

ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Inc.
Jeannette Grasselli-Brown, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, sponsored by Research Corp.
James N. Spencer, Franklin & Marshall College

James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching, sponsored by Albemarle Corp.
John L. Ihde, Wausau West High School, Wausau, WI

George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, sponsored by Union Carbide Corp.
Mary Virginia Orna, College of New Rochelle

Priestley Medal
Ronald Breslow, Columbia University

Note: A complete list of the ACS 1999 National Award Winners appears in the August 24, 1998, issue of Chemical & Engineering News. The Wright Prize

Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California has announced that Thomas R. Cech of the University of Colorado, Boulder, is the winner of the 1998 Wright Prize for interdisciplinary study in science and engineering. Cech is a biologist, chemist, and the 1989 Nobel Prize co-winner in chemistry for his discovery of catalytic properties of RNA. He will be awarded $15,000 and present a lecture on "RNA Enzymes and the Origins of Life" on Tuesday, November 10, 1998, on the Harvey Mudd College campus.

Dreyfus Foundation Awards

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has announced New Faculty Awards for 1998.

• Christopher Bardeen, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Jeffery D. Carbeck, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
• Anna Krylov, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California
• Ka Yee Lee, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago
• Christopher Lee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
• Richard A. Loomis, Department of Chemistry, Washington University
• Oleg Prezhdo, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
• Dalibor Sames, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University
• David P. Weliky, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
• Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Department of Chemistry, Tulane University

1998 Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions have been awarded to the following.

• Richard C. Bunt, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College
• Stephen Drucker, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• Felix E. Goodson, Department of Chemistry, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Derek E. Gragson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State University
• Ray J. Hoobler, Department of Chemistry, University of South Alabama
• William H. Moser, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
• Emily D. Niemeyer, Department of Chemistry, Southwestern University
• Pamela Riggs-Gelasco, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Charleston
• Matthias Selke, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles
• Roger H. Terrill, Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University

The following are recipients of awards in the Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry, 1998.

• Laurie J. Butler, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago
• Ralph J. Cicerone, Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
• James F. Pankow, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• Jeffrey Roberts, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
• Thatcher Root, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Veronica Vaida, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder

ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Awards

The ACS Women Chemists Committee, with funds made available by Eli Lilly & Co., Hoechst Celanese Corp., and the ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, is sponsoring travel awards to provide funding for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral women chemists to travel to scientific meetings in 1999 to present the results of their research.

For meetings to be held between January 1 and June 30, grant applications must be submitted by October 15; for meetings to be held between July 1 and December 30, applications must be submitted by March 15. Application forms are available at the ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Web site at http://www.tamug.tamu.edu/acswcc/, or from Cheryl H. Brown, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; phone: 800/227-5558, ext. 6022; email: c_brown@acs.org.

Summer Research Programs for Analytical Faculty

The Surface and Analytical Chemistry Program of the National Science Foundation will sponsor two "Macro-ROA" (Research Opportunity Award) programs to provide collaborative summer research opportunities for faculty teaching analytical chemistry at non-Ph.D.-granting colleges and universities. These long-standing programs at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and the University of Kansas-Lawrence have had as their aim to develop a strong regional infrastructure for sharing ideas among analytical chemistry faculty, and to increase the number and improve the preparation of chemistry majors at small institutions by invigorating the research interests and activities of faculty visitors. The goal of the program is to help participants establish or expand undergraduate research programs at their home institutions. The programs at the two institutions differ somewhat in content and in logistics, but both have the same aims.

To receive an application form or further information about the program at the University of Tennessee, contact Kelsey Cook, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600; phone: 423/974-8019; fax: 423/974-3454; email: kcook@utk.edu; WWW: http://www.chem.utk.edu/~acsec.

For an application form or for more information about the program at the University of Kansas, contact Cindy Larive, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2010 Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045; phone: 785/864-4269; fax: 785/864-5396; email: clarive@caco3.chem.ukans.edu; WWW: http://www.chem.ukans.edu/macroroa/macroroa.html.

Applications for programs at either location are due by February 15, 1999, but will be evaluated as completed. As there are a limited number of appointments available, timely response is encouraged.

Scholars in Chemical Education Program, CHF

Applications are invited for the 1999-2000 Chemical Heritage Foundation Scholars in Chemical Education program. Two positions are available. A successful applicant to the Scholars in Chemical Education program will spend the academic year (September 1999-May 2000) in residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in Philadelphia. Using the resources of CHF's Othmer Library of Chemical History, other area libraries, and associated resources, these scholars will develop new classroom materials emphasizing the human perspective of science as well as its history and impact. To get specific information about the program or to send completed applications, contact Leo Slater, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702; phone: 215/925-2178, ext. 224; fax: 215/925-1954; email: lslater@chemheritage.org. The deadline for completed applications is December 1, 1998.

Frontiers in Catalysis in the 21st Century

The Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, in association with the Catalysis Society of India is holding a two-day International Symposium January 19-20, 1999 to commemorate the 60th birthday of T. S. R. Prasada Rao. The topic of the symposium is Frontiers in Catalysis in the 21st Century and will focus on the role of catalysis in energy efficiency, environmentally compatible processing, and efficient conversion of unconventional/conventional fossil fuel resources. For further information contact the convener, V. K. Kapoor, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248 005, India; fax: (91)-135-671986/671858/674508; email: iipddn@del2.vsnl.net.in.

Proposal Deadlines

National Science Foundation
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

• Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) November 16, 1998
• NSF Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP
Preliminary proposals, Track 1 May 1, 1998
Formal proposals, Track 1 September 1, 1998

For further information about NSF DUE programs consult the DUE Web site at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm or contact the DUE Information Center; phone: 703/306-1666; email: undergrad@nsf.gov.

The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
  November 16, 1998
• Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
  July 1, 1999
• New Faculty Awards Program: May 14, 1999
• Faculty Start-up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 14, 1999
• Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions: July 1, 1999
• Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences: July 15, 1999
• Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: February 26, 1999

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; http://www.dreyfus.org/.

Research Corporation

• Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15
• Cottrell Scholars: First regular business day in September
• Partners in Science: December 1 (the final year for this program is summer 1999)
• 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; http://www.rescorp.org