[Spm] expected student travel awards for Symposium "Scanning Probe Microscopy―Frontiers in NanoBio Science"

[Igor Sokolov]

Dear SPMers,

This is a reminder about very close deadline (November 2 till midnight) for forthcoming Symposium U "Scanning Probe Microscopy―Frontiers in NanoBio Science" which will be held in the frames of 2010 MRS Spring meeting at Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, during April 5-9, 2010.
Web info: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/bin.asp?CID=19798&DID=244255&DOC=FILE.PDF 
Web submission: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=16773&DID=216957 

Please note, we expect several student travel awards SPECIFIC to this Symposium only.
The awards will include registration, travel, lodging, meal per deem expenses. 

To apply, the student-applicant should be a co-author of a presentation and the presenter. 
IT MEANS THAT THE SHE/HE SHOULD BE ON THE LIST OF CO-AUTHORS OF THE SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS. 
The other required documents (described below)can be submitted later.

In addition, the student should have submitted:
1. A letter of recommendation by the student's advisor. 
2. A letter with a short description of the expected benefits of attending the symposium (just one paragraph is enough).

The applications should be submitted electronically to zleonenk at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (Attn.: Prof. Zoya Leonenko). Special attention will be given to the students from underrepresented groups (this information can be optionally provided by the student's advisor). 

All student presentations of the symposium will participate in a competition for the best student presentation awards. The awards will be in three categories: the most creative, the best presented (both oral presentation skills and graphical design of the slides), and the best overall presentation.


Organizing Committee 
Alexei Gruverman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
Igor Sokolov, Clarkson University, 
Zoya Leonenko, University of Waterloo, 
Masamichi Fujihira, Tokyo Institute of Technology.


On behalf of the organizing committee,
Igor Sokolov

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Igor Sokolov, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science,
Director of Nanoengineering and Biotechnology Laboratories Center (NABLAB), 
NY Center for Advanced Material Processing (CAMP)
Clarkson University, 
Potsdam, NY 13699

Phone:    315-268-2375
Fax:      315-268-6610
email:    isokolov at clarkson.edu
Web:      http://www.clarkson.edu/~isokolov
          http://www.clarkson.edu/~nablab
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