Ford Graduate Student Research Award

APPLICATION FORM

American Chemical Society

Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering

FORD GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

FORD GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

PMSE is pleased to announce a biannual award sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, which provides $500.00 of partial travel support to graduate student women or under-represented minority men (Black, Hispanic or Native American) to attend and present their research at the National ACS Meetings. Four awards will be made yearly, two at each of the National ACS Meetings. Awards will be made competitively among those students who have applied for the award and who have concurrently submitted papers to the PMSE program.

Eligibility:		• Women or under-represented minority men (Black, Hispanic, Native American) graduate students performing research in fields related to Polymer Science and Engineering. • U.S. citizens or permanent residents. • Full-time graduate students at the time of application. • Concurrent preprint submission to PMSE. A full length preprint must be submitted for the Ford Travel Grant, even for poster presentations.
Selection Criteria:		• Awardees will be selected by a committee appointed by PMSE. • Selection will be based on the quality of technical work, written preprint and recommendation of student's research advisor.
Application:		Eligible students must submit three copies of the documents listed below: 1. Copy of the preprint which was submitted to PMSE describing their research. Preprint should be written in the style conforming to ACS submission procedures. Guidelines are published in PMSE Proceedings. Poster presenters must submit a full length PMSE preprint to be considered for this award. Any work submitted for this award must have the graduate student as first author and presenter. 2. The Application Forms certifying eligibility, with advisor's signature. 3. Letter of recommendation from research advisor. 4. Deadline for receipt of application materials is February 28, 2009 for the 2009 ACS Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.