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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2010 - 12:23:45 CDT

Hi,
  Carlos Simmerling asked that I pass this ACS award information
along to VMD-L:

----- Forwarded message from Carlos Simmerling <carlos.simmerling_at_gmail.com> -----
From: Carlos Simmerling <carlos.simmerling_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:13:58 -0400
Subject: ACS award information, March 30 deadline
To: John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>

   Applications are open for 3 types of awards from the ACS Division of
   Computers in Chemistry. 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_at_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_at_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_at_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_at_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_at_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_at_gmail.com

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