ACS Theory Subdiv./ Call for Apps Grad Student
Comp. A
--Call for
Applicants
(Note 10-20 deadline!)
IBM Graduate Student Awards in Computational Chemistry
Below is an
announcement for two Awards in Computational Chemistry that are open
to current graduate students. We are grateful
to
IBM and the
Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for their support of these
awards.
Let me urge you to encourage your graduate students to apply.
The competition is open to any graduate student (regardless of
citizenship) who began graduate study after August 1, 1997 and who is
an ACS member (or whose advisor is an ACS member). These awards
are designed to encourage graduate work in computational chemistry,
to recognize research accomplishments, and to stimulate interest in
the Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry and the Physical Chemistry
Division of the ACS.
An Awards Committee will consider all the applicants. The awards
applications should be sent to Professor Suzi Tucker at the
University of California, Davis. Note that the deadline for
applications October 20, 2000.
These two awards, supported by IBM,
will provide one-time cash stipends of $2500 and $1000 as supplements
to normal
financial aid to doctoral candidates in the
research-dissertation stage in the 2000-2001 academic
year. The Minnesota Supercomputing Institute will provide each
awardee up to 1000 node-hours on an IBM
SP2 cluster for the awardees to actually carry out a portion of the
awarded research. The
awardees will have access to the consulting services of the Institute
normally available to all users. Awardee selection will be made
on a competitive basis. Applicants should be working on new and
innovative computational chemistry methods or applications in
theoretical chemistry.
Applicants should prepare a written description of a computational
chemistry research project that requires high performance computing,
with
an explanation of the scientific importance of the project. Proposals
need to include an estimate of the computing resources required in
SP2 cpu-hours. Applicants should explain how they plan to use
the grant funds. Two letters of recommendation, including one
from the student's advisor, along with a vita and transcript, are
required. The proposal, including the vita, should not exceed five
double-spaced pages. In addition, a faculty person (typically the
applicant's research advisor) responsible for the applicant's use of
the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute resources must be
identified.
Forward applications by October 20, 2000 to
Professor Susan Tucker
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
The awardees will
be announced in the Fall 2000 Subdivision newsletter.
