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October6th - October 11th, 2008

M-EID Events

M-EID Announcements

M-EID Opportunities


M-EID Announcements

Attention!!!

Trainees please return you DHC 021 and 023 keys back to Public Safety. That $10.00 will buy your lunch and you will have less useless keys to worry about.

Trainees and Faculty please return all borrowed MEID Library books back to the DHC 023 Library. We will be updating our check out system and evaluating additional book purchases.


M-EID Events

IMB Seminar

Date: Monday, October 6th - 4:10pm
Location: Skaggs 117

Speaker: Dr. Mark Young, Montana State

Topic: “Cage Architectures as Addressable Nanoparticles with Applications in Catalysis and Medicine”


OBE Seminar

Date: Wednesday, October 8th - 12:10pm
Location: Skaggs 117

Speaker: Megan McPhee

Topic: TBA


WBIO Seminar

Date: Wednesday, October 8th - 4:10pm
Location: 3rd Floor UC Theatre

Speaker: Chung-ping Lin, Cornell University

Topic: “Treehopper's Trees: Phylogeny, Behavior, and Speciation”


M-EID Journal Club

Date: Friday, October 10th - 4:00pm
Location: DHC 023

Carin Williams will be running the club this week.


Math Weekly Seminar Schedule


M-EID Opportunities

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships for 2009

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching.

Eligibility Requirements:

U.S. citizen or national; Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social sciences, or humanities

Stipends and Allowances:

Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years

Dissertation--$21,000 for one year

Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution

Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows

Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies

Application Deadline Dates:

Predoctoral: November 14, 2008

Dissertation: November 28, 2008

Postdoctoral: November 28, 2008

For more information visit http://nationalacademies.org/fellowships


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Phone: (406)-243-5670
Fax.: (406)-243-5673
E-mail: meid@mso.umt.edu
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