[bfsa] STEM- Related Summer Research Opportunity at the University of Michigan

[Brenda Scarborough]

>From the desk of Dr. Denise Narcisse

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The University of Michigan site of NSF National Nanotechnology
Infrastructure Network (NNIN) is actively seeking candidates to
participate in a faculty summer research experience program in
nanotechnology.

Last year the NNIN started a program called Laboratory Experience for 
Faculty, in which 5 faculty were sponsored to spend a summer at one of 
NNIN sites. 

It was a highly successful program and will run again this summer. The 
goal of the program is to expose and encourage faculty from 
under-represented communities including minority and female faculty, 
and faculty from underrepresented institutions to see what they may be 
able
to accomplish in research through NNIN laboratories.

Selected faculty will spend approximately 10 weeks at one of the NNIN 
sites, working closely with the site, and have a staff member of the 
facility as an assigned host/mentor. While the summer is the obvious 
period for this on-site experience, it can also be over week-ends or at 
other times.
Candidates should be paired with a nanotechnology faculty at U-M, with 
a project of mutual interest.

Each award will total $12K per participant to cover travel, housing
allowance and a participant stipend, all as participant support costs 
involving no overhead.

If you know or have any contact with faculty that match the required 
profile, please let me know and/or forward them this announcement. All 
applications must be submitted before Dec. 15, 2008. Note that 
candidates CANNOT be current or past users of the LNF, or be U-M 
faculty. Candidates who are not interested for the coming year are 
encourage to contact us so that plans can made for possible future 
years of this program.

Selection will be made by NNIN program management based on suitability 
and potential for success of the project.
INTERESTED FACULTY SHOULD CONTACT:

Prof. Khalil Najafi
Chair of ECE
Schlumberger Professor of Engineering
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Director, NSF Michigan National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
(NNIN) Deputy Director, NSF ERC for Wireless Integrated Microsystems
(WIMS) Dept. of Electrical Eng. & Computer Science University of
Michigan
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122

Tel: (734) 763-6650
FAX: (734) 763-9324
e-mail: najafi at umich.edu
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/najafi


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