Hi Carlos,
I looked at this but it looked from the webpage like they were not running
it this year. All the dates are for 2008.
http://www.acscomp.org/Awards/emerging.html
All the best
Ross
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amber-bounces.ambermd.org [mailto:amber-bounces.ambermd.org] On
> Behalf Of Carlos Simmerling
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:16 PM
> To: AMBER Mailing List
> Subject: [AMBER] ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry: award
> applications due March 30
>
> Apologies for this message unrelated to Amber, but I'm sure everyone is
> interested in awards and travel money....
>
> *Applications are open for 3 types of awards from the ACS Division of
> Computers in Chemistry, to be awards at the Fall 2010 national meeting
> in
> Boston. The deadline is March 30, 2010.*
>
> * *
>
> *1) **CCG Rsearch Excellence award (graduate students)*
>
> *2) **HP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (Assistant Professors)*
>
> *3) **ACS Graduate Award in Supercomputing (graduate students)*
>
> * *
>
> *CCG*
>
> Five $1,150 CCG Excellence Student Travel Award Stipends Available for
> the
> Fall 2010 Boston ACS National Meeting
>
>
>
> The CCG Excellence Awards have been created to stimulate graduate
> student
> participation in ACS COMP Division activities (symposia and poster
> sessions)
> at ACS National Meetings. Those eligible for a CCG Excellence Award are
> graduate students in good standing who present work within the COMP
> program,
> either in oral or poster format. Winners receive $1,150, as well as a
> copy
> of CCG's MOE (Molecular Operating Environment) software with a one-year
> license. They are also honored during a ceremony at the COMP Division
> Poster
> Session.
>
>
>
> The awardees are chosen on the basis of the quality and significance of
> the
> research to be presented, as well as the strength of the supporting
> letter
> and other materials. All graduate students of the Americas (North,
> South or
> Central) are encouraged to submit applications. Awards will be given
> only to
> those individuals making presentations, not co-authors. There is a
> limit of
> one CCG award application per research lab (PI).
>
>
>
> To apply for an award for the ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA,
> August
> 22-26, 2010, an extended abstract of the work (no more than 2 pages), a
> two
> page CV along with a letter of support from the research advisor, and a
> personal statement (no more than 1 page) should be sent as pdf or text
> files
> to carlos.simmerling.gmail.com. Please include your last name and the
> type
> of information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. The application
> deadline is 5pm on March 30. Applicants will receive email confirmation
> of
> receipt of materials. If you do not receive confirmation by April 1,
> 2010,
> please contact the organizer immediately by telephone (see below).
>
>
>
> In addition, you must submit your normal poster abstract to the
> "Chemical
> Computing Group Excellence Award" symposium on the ACS PACS system
> prior to
> the PACS deadline. Note that you MUST APPLY TWICE: email your
> application,
> and submit an abstract to PACS. Both must be submitted before their
> respective deadlines.
>
>
>
> More information on awards offered by the ACS COMP division can be
> found on
> the web site at http://www.acscomp.org/Awards/index.html
>
>
>
> Carlos Simmerling
>
> Chair, ACS COMP Division Awards Committee
>
>
>
> Professor, Department of Chemistry
>
> Stony Brook University
>
> Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
>
> 631-632-1336
>
> carlos.simmerling.gmail.com
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *HP*
>
>
>
> The ACS COMP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award program provides $1,000
> to
> each of four outstanding tenure-track junior faculty members to present
> their work in COMP symposia at ACS National Meetings. The Awards are
> designed to assist new faculty members in gaining visibility within the
> COMP
> community. Award certificates and $1,000 prizes will be presented at
> the
> COMP Poster session. While special consideration will be given to
> Assistant
> Professors presenting work in the area of algorithm and methods
> development,
> applications for Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards are invited from all
> current tenure-track junior faculty who are members of ACS and the ACS
> Division of Computers in Chemistry. Postdoctoral researchers in
> transition
> to faculty appointments may also be considered. Selection criteria will
> include the novelty and importance of the work to be presented, CV of
> the
> applicant, as well as the level of Departmental support as indicated by
> the
> applicant's department Chair or Chair designee.
>
>
>
> To apply for an award for the ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA,
> August
> 22-26, 2010, an extended abstract of the work (no more than 2 pages), a
> CV
> and the letter of departmental support should be sent as pdf or text
> files
> to carlos.simmerling.gmail.com. Please include your last name and the
> type
> of information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. The application
> deadline is 5pm on March 30. Applicants will receive email confirmation
> of
> receipt of materials. If you do not receive confirmation by April 1,
> 2010,
> please contact the organizer immediately by telephone (see below).
>
>
>
> In addition, you must submit your normal poster abstract to the "
> Outstanding Junior Faculty Award " symposium on the ACS PACS system
> prior to
> the PACS deadline. Note that you MUST APPLY TWICE: email your
> application,
> and submit an abstract to PACS. Both must be submitted before their
> respective deadlines.
>
>
>
> We also suggest that HP award applicants submit a separate abstract to
> PACS
> for an oral presentation in a relevant session, in addition to their
> poster
> abstract in the HP award section (note that acceptance into the oral
> sessions is not guaranteed).
>
>
>
> More information on awards offered by the ACS COMP division can be
> found on
> the web site at http://www.acscomp.org/Awards/index.html
>
>
>
>
>
> Carlos Simmerling
>
> Professor, Department of Chemistry
>
> Stony Brook University
>
> Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
>
> 631-632-1336
>
> carlos.simmerling.gmail.com
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *Supercomputing*
>
> Two "Graduate Student Awards in Supercomputing" to be awarded at the
> Fall
> 2010 Boston ACS National Meeting
>
>
>
> The ACS Graduate Student Award in Supercomputing has been created to
> provide
> supercomputer resources to outstanding students in the early stages of
> their
> graduate career, particularly for projects that need high performance
> computing resources for their chemistry-related project. Those eligible
> for
> the award are graduate students in good standing who are carrying out
> research in the broadly defined area of computational chemistry.
> Winners (or
> their adviser, if necessary) will be the Principal Investigator of a
> new
> account on the "kraken" supercomputer at the National Institute of
> Computational Sciences (NICS). They will also be honored during a
> ceremony
> at the COMP Division poster session. Applicants are encouraged (but not
> required) to present work within the COMP program at the meeting,
> either in
> oral or poster format.
>
>
>
> The awardees are chosen on the basis of: the significance of the
> project
> plan, potential impact on the project of additional supercomputer
> resources,
> qualifications of the student, and the strength of the supporting
> letter and
> other materials.
>
>
>
> Application requirements for the ACS National Meeting in Boston include
> an
> extended abstract of the work (no more than 1 page), a two page CV, a
> brief
> letter of support from the research advisor, and a 1 page computational
> plan
> indicating: computational resources already available for the project,
> the
> types of calculations to be performed, availability of software,
> justification of number and length of runs, and an estimate of the
> total
> time needed (up to 200,000 CPU hours maximum). Please include your last
> name
> and the type of information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. For
> information about kraken, see
> http://www.nics.tennessee.edu/computing-resources/kraken. There is a
> limit
> of one Supercomputing Award application per research lab (PI) per award
> type.
>
>
>
> These should be sent as pdf or text files (no other formats accepted)
> to
> carlos.simmerling.gmail.com. Please include your last name and the type
> of
> information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. The application
> deadline
> is 5pm on March 30. Applicants will receive email confirmation of
> receipt of
> materials. If you do not receive confirmation by April 1, 2010, please
> contact the organizer immediately by telephone (see below).
>
>
>
> If you want to present your work in an oral or poster presentation, you
> must
> also submit your abstract using the ACS PACS system, prior to the PACS
> deadline.
>
>
>
> More information on awards offered by the ACS COMP division can be
> found on
> the web site at http://www.acscomp.org/Awards/index.html
>
>
>
> Carlos Simmerling
>
> Chair, ACS COMP Division Awards Committee
>
>
>
> Professor, Department of Chemistry
>
> Stony Brook University
>
> Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
>
> 631-632-1336
>
> carlos.simmerling.gmail.com
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