ACS Webinars™ focus on 2011 venture capital outlook for the chemical enterprise

Posted November 23, 2010 3:50 PM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Workforce, GAC, Main Blog

News media and others interested in the chemical sciences are invited to join the next in a series of American Chemical Society (ACS) Webinars™ focusing on the venture capital outlook in 2011 for the chemical enterprise.

Scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 2, from 2 – 3 p.m. EST, the free ACS Webinar™ will feature David Porter, a partner at Apposite Capital, London, interviewing a panel of prominent international venture capitalists about their views on investments and development of the chemical enterprise in 2011. The panel includes:

...

[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

American Chemical Society offers scholarships for minority chemical science students

Posted November 18, 2010 11:21 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Education, GAC, Workforce, Main Blog
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program is now accepting applications from African-American, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students who are pursuing, or intend to pursue, bachelor’s degrees in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, chemical technology or related majors.

Renewable awards from $1,000 to $5,000 per year are given to qualified high school seniors, community college students and college freshmen, sophomores or juniors. The awards are based upon academic standing and financial need. 

Applications will be accepted through March 1, 2011, for academic year 2011-2012. An online application form can be found on the ACS Scholars Program website (www.acs.org/scholars...
[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

Looking for a Summer Job?

Posted November 17, 2010 10:58 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Education, Research and Development Funding, GAC, Main Blog, Biomedical research
I know it is not even Thanksgiving but its not to early to start preparing for next summer.  NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is seeking student applicants for its summer internship program in biomedical research.  Information about this opportunity can be found at the NIAID website.


[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

You can Balanace the Federal Budget

Posted November 15, 2010 10:54 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: GAC, Main Blog

The Center for a Responsible Federal Budget has an interactive deficit-reduction simulator on its website, based on federal budget data. It offers you a long menu of both spending cuts and tax increases.  http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/ . It’s pretty interesting, and you get a sense of the magnitude of the challenge.

... [More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

American Chemical Society launches C&EN Archives online

Posted November 8, 2010 1:00 PM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Education, Research and Development Funding, GAC, Main Blog, Biomedical research
The American Chemical Society (ACS) today launched a new resource that gives students, journalists, scientists, libraries and others instant access to more than eight decades of content from its popular weekly newsmagazine, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Called C&EN Archives, it includes more than 500,000 pages of content from 85+ years of C&EN. It is available at
http://pubs.acs.org/cen-archives
.  

C&EN Archives constitutes an unparalled chronicle of the chemical enterprise — and the multiple other scientific disciplines that involve chemistry. At its initial launch, C&EN Archives includes content from 1923 through 2009. In early 2011, content from 2010 will also be added. C&EN Archives is fully searchable and accessible via the same user-friendly platform that enables readers to peruse their current electronic editions of ACS’ suite of 38 peer-reviewed scientific journals.
...
[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program

Posted November 4, 2010 8:13 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Education, GAC, Workforce, Main Blog, Biomedical research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research.  Applications will soon be accepted.  To learn more about this opportunity go here.


[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

Just a Conference Plug

Posted November 3, 2010 8:31 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Education, Research and Development Funding, GAC, Main Blog
As surprising as it sounds, the National Nanotechnology Initiative is ten years old.  To celebrate this achievement there will be a National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit on December 8-10, 2010 in Washington, DC.  The Nation’s top nanotech leaders will be there showcasing their successes and discussing strategic insights into Nanotechnology challenges and opportunities. 
 
For additional information click here


[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

Funding Opportunity

Posted November 2, 2010 9:04 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Research and Development Funding, GAC, Main Blog
Here is an interesting funding opportunity--focusing on international chemistry collaboration.
 


 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

NSF and Mt. Saint Helens

Posted November 1, 2010 11:45 AM by Brad Smith
Related Categories: Education, GAC, Environment, Research and Development Funding, video, Main Blog
This is a great video about Mt. Saint Helens 30 years later.  Check it out below.
 


 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  

ACS and FY 11 R&D Funding Levels

Posted October 29, 2010 2:03 PM by Ryan Davison
Related Categories: Education, Research and Development Funding, GAC, Main Blog, Energy
This week ACS President Joe Francisco sent a letter to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, and Mitch McConnell, recommending FY2011 funding levels and emphasizing the need for Congress to appropriately invest in science and technology.

The ACS is grateful for Congress’s hard work in passing individual appropriations measures in the face of a challenging political and economic environment and urges Congress to invest in a sustained and predictable manner in basic federal scientific research and STEM education programs.

Recommendations include:

NSF – $7.42 billion – (doubling track by 2016)

DoE Office of Sci – $5.01 billion

NIST – $968 million

NIH – $32.0 billion
...
[More]
 
Comments (0)    Send   del.icio.us   Digg It!  
Take Action

Action Center »

Recent News

Read More News »

Recent Tweets
act4chemistry: What's a COP 17?: Have you heard of COP 17? Did you know it is the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conferenc... http://t.co/gHWbwwUP
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 3:34 PM
act4chemistry: Innovation, Ideas that Work: In the derailed train wreck that has come to represent our economy of the past cou... http://bit.ly/ph2VJx
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 4:34 PM
act4chemistry: Removing Barriers to Innovation: On Wednesday, July 13, National Journal hosted the Innovation Works Conference... http://bit.ly/qOm29P
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM
act4chemistry: Pushing Back the Ethanol Blend Wall: A House Subcommitte Examination: The House Subcommittee on Energy and Envi... http://bit.ly/qM4aS7
Friday, July 8, 2011 at 1:47 PM
act4chemistry: ARPA-E drives investment in high-risk technology research: Yesterday, July 7, Representative Eddie Bernice John... http://bit.ly/qPyd94
Friday, July 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Blog Roll
Tags
alabama arkansas california education energy environment gac main blog pennsylvania research and development funding tennessee video workforce
/////PLACE THIS CODE AT THE END OF THE PAGE, JUST BEFORE THE CLOSING BODY TAGS body ///////////