Graduate Research Symposium
The DOC Graduate Research Symposium, which provides an opportunity for 50-75 graduate students in organic chemistry to interact with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers at a single venue will take place on July 14-17, 2011 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. There will be a number of invited speakers from industry and academia, and the invited students will have the opportunity to give an oral communication, a flash presentation, or present a poster. Workshops and additional opportunities for round-table discussions will be organized to inform students about opportunities available in the field and to gain important perspectives on their post-graduate school careers.
Attendance at the Symposia will be restricted to 50-75 graduate students that will be chosen using the following criteria:
- Eligibility will be restricted to those individuals completing their fourth year of graduate study and must be members of the Division of Organic Chemistry.
- No more than one person per research group and up to three people per institution may attend.
- Departments may nominate up to five individuals, taking into account diversity within the Department.
- The Chair and Co-Chair of the Symposium will select participants on the basis of a résumé, a synopsis of research accomplishments and a letter of recommendation from the student's advisor.
The Division of Organic Chemistry will make every effort to subsidize travel costs, however students are encouraged to seek such support from other sources. We will provide gratis registration and accommodation.
Applications for the program are due March 1, 2011. The application will be available from this page starting in January 2011.
History
The first ORGN Graduate Research Symposium was held July 15-18, 2010 at Boston College. View the program. The first GRS was highlighted in a C&EN article (August 2, 2010 VOLUME 88, NUMBER 31 PP. 59 - 60). You can read the entire article here.
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