THE IOTAN

November, 2000 No. 79

Iota Sigma Pi

National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry

Professor Kim Baldridge Wins The Agnes Fay Morgan

Research Award

Professor Kim Baldridge is the recipient of the Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award for the year 2000. This annual award is given for research achievement in chemistry or biochemistry. The nominee must be a woman chemist or biochemist, not over forty years of age at the time of her nomination.

Dr. Baldridge currently works as a principal scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California at San Diego. She has worked as a scientist in this lab since 1989. Dr. Baldridge's current research covers a wide area of computational chemistry and includes pursuits in (1) direct application of quantum chemical software, (2) development of new quantum chemical algorithms, (3) develop

ment of visualization software for computational chemistry, (4) development of instructional codes for chemical curricula, and (5) advancements of computational applications to new hardware.

Dr. Baldridge has over 60 publications and has given over 60 presentations or workshops. Her collaborations have included Andreas Klamt (Bayer Research, Germany), Hans Peter Lüthi (Computational Center, ETH-Zurich), Dave Gange (Head of Computational Research, American Home Products), Adam Kallel (Lead Computational Chemist, Chugai), Jerry Boatz and Mark Gordon (joint Air Force / University of Iowa project). She was a NSF / Visiting Professorship at UCSD, honorary guest professor at the University of Basel, SW. Dr. Baldridge received a Fulbright Award.

Professor Kim Baldridge

of support. CAWMSET was established by HR 3007 and unanimously passed both houses of congress in 1998. The HR Science Committee hopes for more impact than previous recommendations. This has been manifested in a recommendation "that science, engineering, and technology employers, in both the private and public sector, be held accountable for the career development and advancement of their employees who are women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities."

In testimony before CAWMSET, Dr. Nancy Hopkins discussed the MIT

Study which documented the history, process, and results of the revolutionary self-study conducted by the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology in 1996. This significantly improved conditions for females in the physical sciences at MIT, establishing that institution as a leader in such endeavors. ®Pg. 3

Iota Sigma Pi Partners with CAWMSET

by Donna Nelson, (MAL) Vice President

Iota Sigma Pi is proud to announce that it will "partner" with the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development (CAWMSET) in its goals to increase the number of qualified American scientists and engineers by expanding the talent pool to include more women. At its Interim Meeting in Berkeley, ISP National Council voted to join CAWMSET by sending a letter

In this issue...

Member Spotlight 2

Supplies and Information 3

Member News 4

Editors 5

National Council 7

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vancing to division leader of the Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry Division in 1979.

Her many awards and honors include the ACS Garvan-Olin Medal, the ACS Award for Nuclear Chemistry, elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was elected to membership of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has authored more than 200 research papers.

Darleane and her physicist husband, Marvin, have two children, Dr. Maureane Hoffman and Dr. Daryl Hoffman, and three grandchildren, ages 5, 9, and 10.

Darleane joined Iota Sigma Pi while she was at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (Aurum Chapter), in 1948 when she was a Senior. Dr. Nellie Naylor was the ISP Advisor for the group. She remained a member of that Chapter during her graduate school days there (1948-51) and was later a Member-at-Large. When the Iota Sigma Pi Chapter (Hydrogen) at the University of California, Berkeley was reactivated in 1998, Darleane joined Hydrogen Chapter. She received the National Honorary Membership in Iota Sigma Pi in 1993.

¹ Chemical & Engineering News, March 29, l 999

try. Her research has centered on rapid chemical separation of short-lived fission products, separation chemistry of lanthanide and actinide elements, the search for heavy elements in nature, radionuclide migration, studies of the spontaneous fission process (a type of radioactive decay), heavy-ion reactions, production of new neutron-rich heavy-element isotopes, and studies of the chemical and nuclear properties of the heaviest elements. ¹

Darleane Hoffman enrolled at Iowa State University as an applied art major but also had an interest in mathematics. During her freshman year, she was required to take "home economics" chemistry. It was taught in such a logical and interesting way by Dr. Nellie Naylor that Darleane decided to change her major to chemistry. She received a B. S. in chemistry in 1948 and her Ph.D. in physical (nuclear) chemistry in 1951, both from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Her career began as a chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory moving one year later to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, then ad

Darleane C. Hoffman received the Priestley Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Chemical Society (ACS) during a luncheon held in Washington DC on March 28, 2000. Hoffman was the keynote speaker at the ACS Women Chemists Committee luncheon this past August. The title of her presentation was "You've Come A Long Way Baby - But?"

Dr. Hoffman has been a chemistry professor at the graduate school of the University of California, Berkeley since 1984, and the senior advisor and charter director of the Heavy Element Nuclear & Radiochemistry Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Still holding those two positions, she additionally became the first director of the Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1991, serving until 1996 when she "retired" to become senior advisor and charter director.

Dr. Hoffman is internationally recognized as a leader in nuclear and radiochemis

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CAWMSET cont.

Remembering

Agnes Fay Morgan

by Sharon Vercellotti, (Cl) Editor

Last winter a chance conversation with old friends led to my husband John's discovery that a mutual associate from the Agricultural Research Service, Dr. Arthur Morgan, was the son of Agnes Fay Morgan. Dr. Art Morgan had retired to the family home in Berkeley, CA

At the National Council Interim meeting in July, Dr. Morgan met us at the Durant Hotel for coffee. He recounted his mother's arrival on the Berkeley campus after completing her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Chicago in 1914. She visited the head of the chemistry department, Dr. G.N. Lewis, and was told that the chemistry department did not have women faculty. She went on to teach in human nutrition, with groundbreaking research on vitamins. It was a delight to meet Dr. Art Morgan and listen to his reminiscences of his mother, Agnes Fay (1884-1968). Agnes Fay Morgan was one of the founders of Oxygen Chapter of ISP at the Universtiy of Washington, where she was an instructor, and she was the faculty sponsor of the Hydrogen Chapter at Berkeley from 1916 to 1955. She played an important role in the organization of Iota Sigma Pi. She was nominated at the Fourth National Convention in 1927 as the first National Permanent Historian, an office she held until her death in 1968.

Dr. Arthur Morgan agreed to present the Agnes Fay Morgan Awards at the Centennial Convention in 2002. He said he would keep taking his vitamins!

Sources of Iota Sigma Pi

Supplies and Information

Supplies

The publicity pamphlets: "Membership Information" and "National Awards". History, Constitution and Bylaws, Rituals of Iota Sigma Pi, Rules and Regulations, The Iotan, Speakers Bureau

Supplies Coordinator

Jeanne M. Buccigross

3891 Stillwell Rd.

Hamilton, OH 45013

Initiation

Membership Application

Report of Initiation Forms

National Secretary

Forming a Chapter

Procedural information and application forms

National Vice President

Charter Certificates

National Historian

Financial Reports

Financial Report Forms

National Treasurer

Awards

Awards criteria and nominations forms

Director for Professional Awards

Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award

National Honorary Member

Award for Professional Excellence

Director for Student Awards

National Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry

Anna Louise Hoffman Graduate Research Achievement Award

Gladys Anderson Emerson Scholarship

Dues

Dues statements and payments

National Treasurer

Chapter Operations

Changes in the Chapter Officers list

Forms for reporting local elected officers

National Vice President

Address Labels and Membership List

Change of address and member death

Records Chair

Historical Information

National Historian

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See National Council listings elsewhere in The Iotan for officers' names and addresss.

Links to CAWMSET and other articles of possible interest to women chemists can be found at Dr. Nelson's web page. "diversity".

http://cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/djn.html/diversity

Save these dates!!

July 12-16, 2002

The Centennial Convention

The 2002 Centennial Convention will be held on the campus of the University of California Berkeley by the founding chapter Hydrogen. The convention dates are Wednesday, June 12, for the National Council meeting; Thursday-Friday June 13-14, for the business meeting of convention by delegates; and Saturday June 15, the celebration, workshops, poster sessions, panel discussion, speakers, luncheon, dinner. Sunday, June 16 is for free time activities: wine country tour, shopping, San Francisco tour, museums, ...or go home. Plan on attending; San Francisco is a wonderful city to visit! Non-delegates are welcome. At the Interim Meeting, Berkeley CA, July 21, 2000 National Council. discussed plans for the convention and a took a tour of the campus. Send your celebration ideas to Christine Rener at rener@carthage.edu

Do you want to

become a Speaker?

Iota Sigma Pi's Speakers Bureau listings are being updated. If you would like to be included, please contact Chris Hermann, Director for Professional Awards at chermann@radford.edu. Speakers are listed with their topics of expertise. The Speaker's Bureau can be distributed in your community and is on the ISP web site. This program promotes visibility for women scientists and ISP.

New Web Site Address

Make a bookmark

on your browser!

The Iota Sigma Pi web site has a new address.

http://chem-faculty.ucsd.edu/sawrey/Iota_Sigma_Pi/

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Member News

Question for Discussion

by Donna Nelson, (MAL) Vice President

This is a question for discussion. What does one do when a female colleague interviews in your chemistry department if your department has a very poor environment for women, with a track record of damaging the careers of female professors? Do you tell her of the poor environment?

There are several reasons not to tell her: It could influence her not to come. The knowledge could be discouraging. It could affect her performance and give her a bad start at the new position. Moreover, your department has little chance of improvement if women stop working there. Your university and department probably would not want her to know; they would not want you to tell her.

On the other hand, there are also reasons to tell her: If she accepts the position without knowing the track record, she could step blindly into danger. She may not be able to survive such an environment. In addition, she might be able to go to a position that would be better for her. Taking a position in a department and leaving shortly thereafter can result in a blotch on her resume which she will have to explain for years in future job interviews.

What are your thoughts? Would you want to know if you were the job candidate? If you think she should be told, how should it be done?

Of course, the best solution is for all females to "scope" the territory before entering, by networking with other women who may be knowledgeable of which universities have poor environments— ah, the importance of networking!! However, we don't always do this as much as we should.

Send responses to Donna Nelson at DJNelson@chemdept.chem.ou.edu

Faye Bradbury (MAL) received her Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry on Aug. 18th from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbr. "It's a great feeling to be done!" remarked Faye.

Faye will be starting with Biomedical Diagnostics as a senior research associate. Biomedical Diagnostics is a small biotech startup in Ann Arbor that is working on a breast cancer diagnostics.

Faye also got engaged this year to Paul Anderson! " Now that I have a job, we'll be setting a date."

Elizabeth Weisburger (Cm) and Vera Hudson are the authors of a chapter "Aromatic Nitro and Amino Compounds" in the 5th edition of Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.

Dr. Heather Carlson (MAL) 1990 Gladys A. Emerson Recipient, joined the Medicinal Chemistry Faculty, John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, to the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Carlson received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Yale University in 1997. A major portion of her research will constitute further development of the `dynamic pharmacophore model', with particular emphasis on HIV protease as a model target. Email - carlsonh@umich.edu.

Cheryl K. Rofer (MAL) had a book published, "Turning a Problem into a Resource: Remediation and Waste Management at the Sillamäe Site, Estonia," which was edited with Tõnis Kaasik. It is in the NATO Science Series, volume 28 of Series 1, Disarmament Technologies.

The book gives the background of the Sillamäe site, where uranium was processed from ores and concentrates for the Soviet Union's nuclear program, its current status, and possible paths to its remediation. The processing plant now produces rare earth metals and oxides, as well as tantalum and niobium.

Rofer has managed the development of waste management technologies and environmental restoration activities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her co-editor, Tõnis Kaasik, is the chairman of the board of ÖkoSil Ltd., a private-public partnership specializing in hazardous and low-level radioactive waste management. She is continuing to work with ÖkoSil as the cleanup of Sillamäe progresses.

Tax Exemption

by Kathryn Louie, (Np) Treasurer

Iota Sigma Pi is exempt from Federal Income Tax under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue code. You may request tax exempt status for your Chapter by contacting your State Comptroller or Department of Revenue. You will save your Chapter from paying state and local sales tax, if imposed by your state. Some restrictions may apply. Documents that may be required are a photocopy of a current letter verifying our 501(c) (3) status and the ISP Constitution and By-laws. Your state may require additional documents. When you have obtained your state tax exemption, please forward a copy of your notification letter to me. For further information or a copy of the our Federal letter, contact me at louie@bcm.tmc.edu or at Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX 77030-2600.

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Kitchen Chemistry:

Exploring pH

by Margaret Workman, (AuI)

One way to get kids excited about chemistry is by using materials with which they are familiar. There is no better way than by using everyday items they may find in their refrigerator! The following experiment is an investigation of pH using a cabbage indicator solution.

DEMONSTRATION

What you will need

· Red cabbage

· 3 cups (small Dixie cups are perfect)

· water

· vinegar

· baking soda

Procedure:

1. Chop up some red cabbage and let it simmer in water until the solution becomes dark purple. Let the solution cool. Drain off the purple solution and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

2. In one cup, fill it half way with water.

3. In one cup, fill it half way with diluted vinegar solution.

4. In one cup, fill it half way with a dilute baking soda solution.

5. Have the class predict what will happen when you pour some of the purple indicator solution into each of the cups. [Nothing happens in water cup _ purple solution gets diluted; vinegar solution will turn red; baking soda solution will turn blue]

6. Prompt class for questions about what they have just observed.

Discussion

In this activity

· If the indicator turns the solution red or pink, the solution is an acid.

· A purple solution indicates that it is neutral, neither an acid nor a base.

· If the indicator turns the solution blue or green, the solution is a base.

You can give a general talk about pH and indicators depending on the grade level of the students.

EXPERIMENT

Now let the students explore various solutions on their own or in groups. Give them a

chart which lists each solution and leaves room for their observations. Some suggested solutions include

· Lemon juice (acid)

· Baking soda (base)

· Aspirin (break up the aspirin and dissolve in water) (acid)

· Ammonia (base)

· Milk of magnesia (base)

· Borax (base)

· Water (neutral)

· Lemon soap (acid)

· Vinegar (acid)

· Tonic water (acid)

· Liquid plumber (base)

· Salt (neutral)

· Sugar (neutral)

You can also try other indicator solutions besides the red cabbage:

EXTENSION: "The Invisible Message"

1. Have students draw a picture or write a message on a piece of porous paper using the vinegar and/or ammonia solution as "ink". Set them aside to dry until later in the day. [You may want them to write their name in pencil on the paper so you can distinguish the papers from one another.]

2. Students can reveal their message by lightly misting the paper with a spray bottle filled with cabbage water indicator.

3. In what ways are the messages similar? In what ways are they different? See if

they can tell which parts were written in acid and which ones in base.

they can tell which parts were written in acid and which ones in base.

Call For Applications for TRAVEL AWARDS

The Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society announced their "Call For Applications for TRAVEL AWARDS" for post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate women to make their first research presentation at a national meeting. Sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company

For further information and an application form, please contact your department chair, or click on Travel Awards at http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC/. Or you may contact Cheryl Brown 800-227-5558 ext.6022, email. c_brown@acs.org.

DEADLINE for receipt of applications for 2001 meetings is

February 15, 2001 - Meetings between July 1 & December 31, 2001

Contact WCC for 2002 meeting deadline.

The Iotan

Editor Sharon V. Vercellotti - sharon.vercellotti@v-labs.com

Feature Editors

Member Spotlight Chris Rener - rener@carthage.edu

Industrial Chemist Gretchen Shearer - gshearer@mccrone.com

Member Outreach Margaret Workman - mworkman@wppost.depaul.edu

Science Dawn Norman - dawn319@juno.com

Manuscripts for publication in The Iotan may be submitted to the Editor at the address listed elsewhere in this newsletter. Suggestions for articles for the Special Editors are appreciated. Feature articles and book reviews are acceptable. Documents should be on floppy disk, or emailed, typed, double spaced, and no longer than one page.

Deadlines for consideration for the November, February, and May issues, respectively, are September 15, December 15 and March 15. Manuscripts will not be returned and are subject to editing. Publication is based on editorial assessment of reader interest and space available.

Letters to the Editor are encouraged and may be published. Letters should be no longer than 250 words.

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Quilt Project

by Donna Iannotti, (Cm)

One child, one job and a 1000 mile move ago, Bonnie Gordon and I were discussing some of our favorite things; the MAL Scholarship fund and quilting. The Fund part came from me being on the scholarship committee. And the quilting part? I had relayed a story to her about a (male) colleague who thought it bizarre that a chemist and professional woman would be caught sewing. Well, Bonnie and I would definitely be caught quilting, and from this came the idea to make a quilt from blocks donated by MAL members, and then raffle it off to benefit the Scholarship fund.

The result has been the start of one very handsome quilt. I currently have ten donated blocks, and am going to use our ISP key as a medallion in the center of the quilt. However, ten blocks and a key don't necessarily a quilt make. Or at least not a very large quilt. So, the project is now evolving into a quilt that the entire membership of ISP can help create. If you are at all handy with a needle, or just have scads of spare time and need a new hobby to occupy yourself, then you are hearby invited to send a block in

and help our quilt grow.

We've tried to keep the "rules" as simple as possible:

—the block should measure 12 1/2 inches square (as close as possible)

—it can be pieced or appliquéd as you wish

—100% cotton fabrics (prewashed, please) will make putting the top together easier and make the appearance more polished

—no color restrictions, but in case you're curious, most of the blocks so far have been in greens, blues and dark reds/burgandy.

The more blocks we receive, the bigger and better the quilt can be. We hope to have it ready by the next Triennial Convention (if the rivers don't rise and I don't move again). Completed blocks can be sent to me, Donna Iannotti, 6461 55th Square, Vero Beach, FL 32967.

If you have already sent a block, please accept my sincere thanks. I tried to send everyone a note, but I apologize if I missed you. The current list of donors includes: M. Gibson, Laurie Miller, Bonnie Gordon, Helen Stewart, Jeanne Buccigrosse, and Kathryn Thomasson. I have three blocks which are not signed

and the names of these donors were lost in my aforementioned move (along with a box of quilt supplies the moving company never found). Please drop me a note and let me know who you are again. If you have any questions, I can be reached at 561-564-6292 or email ianbow.3d@gateway.net. Happy Stitching!

Iota Sigma Pi Notecards Now Available

Our newest merchandise - notecards (beige with green ink). These notecards can be used for initiation invitations, thank you notes or just for freinds. Packages of 10 notecards are $8 each (includes postage) and are available from Jeanne Buccigross, Supplies Coordinator.

Iotans Visit at

ACS Social Hour

Several members of Iota Sigma Pi got a chance to visit during the National American Chemical Socity meeting held in Washington DC this past August. Attending the ISP social hour were Anne Taylor (Cl), Donna Nelson (National Vice President) and Sharon Vercellotti (Editor, The Iotan). Award winners attending were Emily L Reichert, Gladys Anderson Emerson Awardee, Jan Steckel, MAL Re-entry Awardee for 1995, and Clara D. Craver, National Honorary Member. Melissa Strait (MAL), a faculty member of Alma College in Michigan brought several of Alma's undergraduate chemistry majors including Kerri Wendling, Sherri Gwizdala, and Jacqueline Hicks.

Notice of Change of Name or Address

Attach mailing address here or write new name and

address in this space

New Address

Name Chapter

Address

City, State, Zip

Effective Date

New position, School, or Employer

Please mail to Iota Sigma Pi Records Chair

Pat Fish

May-Oct 1213 South Shore Court Oct-May 16588 Bear Cub Ct.

Amery, WI 54001-5102 Fort Myers, FL 33908-4323

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Wear the Iota Sigma Pi name at your next event

The Chlorine Chapter has Iota Sigma Pi T-shirts for sale! The white T-shirt has a large front emblem of our key with the words "Iota Sigma Pi" above the key and "National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry" below the key. The key is dark green-colored with gold-colored text outlined in green. On the back is the 1996 Triennial Convention theme, "Share The Vision" in green. Shirts sized M, L, XL are available for $10 and XXL are available for $11. Please add $3 for shipping.

Send order with checks payable to Iota Sigma Pi - Chlorine Chapter to Janet Clark, 10324 Springdale, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Contact Janet at jrclark@erenj.com or 225-977-8551 if you have questions. Proceeds will help the chapter fund their outreach projects.

IOTA SIGMA PI

NATIONAL COUNCIL 1999 - 2002

President

Susan S. Marine

Miami University Middletown

4200 East University Blvd.

Middletown, OH 45042-3497

(513)422-1683 (h)

(513)727-3372 (w)

(513)727-3462 (fax)

mariness@muohio.edu

Vice President

Donna J. Nelson

Dept of Chemistry

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK 73019

(405)325-2288 (w)

(405)325-6111 (fax)

DJNelson@chemdept.chem.ou.edu

Secretary

Janet R. Clark

ExxonMobile Process Research Labs

P.O. Box 2226

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

(225)769-2089 (h)

(225)977-8551 (w)

(225)977-5039 (fax)

jrclark@erenj.com

Treasurer

Kathryn Louie

Dept. Of Pediatrics

Children's Nutrition Research Center

1100 Bates, Room 7060

MC 5-1000

Houston, TX 77030-2600

(713)799-8429 (h)

(713)798-7160 (w)

(713)798-7119 (fax)

louie@bcm.tmc.edu

Records Chair

Patricia A. Fish

May-Oct 1213 South Shore Court

Amery, WI 54001-5102

(715)268-4632

Oct-May 16588 Bear Cub Ct.

Fort Myers, FL 33908-4323

(941)466-8381

lapafish@hotmail.com

Editor

Sharon V. Vercellotti

V-LABS, INC.

423 N. Theard Street

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Historian

Anne T. Sherren

North Central College

P.O. Box 3063

Naperville, IL 60566-7063

(630)637-5193-(w)

(630)637-5121-fax

ats@noctrl.edu

Coordinator of Members-at-Large

Kathryn A. Thomasson

University of North Dakota

Chemistry Dept. Box 9024

Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024

(701)777-3199 (w)

(701)777-2331 (fax)

Kathryn.thomasson@mail.chem.und.nodak.edu

Director for Professional Awards

Christine K. F. Hermann

Box 694, Dept of Chemistry & Physics

Radford University

Radford, VA 24142

(540) 639-6705 (h)

(540)831-5413 (w)

(540)831-6615 (fax)

chermann@radford.edu

Director for Student Awards

Lily Ng

Department of Chemistry

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH 44115

(216)687-2467 (w)

(216)687-9298 (fax)

l.ng@csuohio.edu

Immediate Past President

Linda C. Brazdil

Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy

Office of Research and Evaluation

1500 W. Sullivan Road

Aurora IL 60506-1000

(630)907-5069 (w)

(630)907-5918 (fax)

brazdil@imsa.edu

NSF Seeking Volunteers

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking Ph.D. women chemist volunteers to review proposals. "Why should any woman chemist volunteer for more work?" They will see research proposals from other chemists...chock full of preliminary results, research ideas, and perspectives on what the `big questions' are in their field. They will also see how proposals are formatted and submitted and what a `winner' looks like. If you haven't written an NSF grant proposal in a while, this might be a way to re-familiarize yourself with the process. You also might hear about NSF programs like RUI, GOALI, IGERT, CAREER, REU.....for which you might be interested in applying.

If you are interested in research, but are not reviewers for NSF and want to help, contact Katharine Covert at kcovert@nsf.gov.

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