Announcements

Announcements

As originally published in The Physiologist
Volume 45, Number 3, June 2002, page 170-172

AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology
Fulbright Offers Lecturing/Research Grants in 140 Countries
Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science
Call for Nominations for the Editorship of News In Physiological Sciences
Call for Nominations for the Editorship of
American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
30th Annual Current Topics in Geriatrics

AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology

    The AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science & Technology, established in 1987, recognizes scientists and engineers who make outstanding contributions to the “popularization of science.” A monetary prize of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, complimentary registration, and reimbursement for reasonable travel and hotel expenses to attend the AAAS Annual Meeting to receive the prize are given to the recipient.
Criteria: The Award shall be given annually to scientists or engineers who, while working in their fields, have also contributed substantially to public understanding of science and technology. Types of activities to be considered include books, magazines, and newspaper articles; broadcasting; lecturing; museum presentation and exhibit design; and other public outreach activities, local, national, or international. Nominators are encouraged to identify candidates whose contributions reach broad audiences that include women, minorities, disabled persons, and senior citizens.

    Eligibility: Eligible individuals include scientists and engineers (individual or a small group) from all disciplines (including social sciences and medicine) engaged in research, teaching, and related activities that have contributed substantially to the public’s understanding of science or technology. Only materials produced for general audiences, as opposed to professional or trade audiences, will be considered. Employees of the AAAS are not eligible.

    Entries: All nominations must be printed or typed and submitted fully completed and postmarked on or before midnight, August 1, 2002. Nominations may be made by AAAS affiliate organizations, universities, government agencies, media, research organizations, and individuals. Prior nomination does not exclude a candidate from consideration in subsequent years. The panel of judges will include distinguished scientists, engineers, and science communicators named by AAAS. The decisions of the Panel will be final. During the Award year, AAAS may ask winners to contribute to public understanding of science by speaking to groups of AAAS constituencies, helping to identify people to work with youth and the public, and participating in other AAAS activities related to public communication of science.

    Nomination Procedures: You should provide: name, position, institution, professional address and Email, professional phone and fax, home address and home phone number of the candidate; name, position, institution, and professional address and phone of the nominator; a statement of the action or actions that form the basis for the nomination; the candidate’s vitae; the names of two supporting persons whom AAAS may contact for more information on the candidate and his/her/their contributions; and at least one representative sample which illustrates the nominee’s contribution. Books, videotapes, brochures, magazine articles, or other materials are appropriate.

All materials become the property of AAAS.
Please submit all information to:
Pubic Understanding Awards Coordinator, Education & Human Resources Directorate, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW Room 608, Washington, DC 20005; Tel.: 202-326-6670; Fax: 202-371-9849;
Email: jkass@aaas.org.
Please contact AAAS for a list of past recipients.
Deadline: All materials must be received by August 1.

Fulbright Offers Lecturing/Research Grants in 140 Countries

    The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing/research awards in some 140 countries for the 2003-2004 academic year.

    Opportunities are available not only for college and university faculty and administrators, but also for professionals from business and government, as well as artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. There are awards in 37 different disciplines and professional fields.
Traditional Fulbright awards are available from two months to an academic year or longer. A new short-term grants program—the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program—offers two- to six-week grants in a variety of disciplines.

    Application deadlines for 2003-2004 awards are:
August 1 for Fulbright traditional lecturing and researchg grants worldwide
November 1 for the summer German Studies Seminar and for spring/summer seminars in Germany, Korea, and Japan for academic and international education administrators
Fulbright Senior Specialists Program: rolling deadline.

    For information, contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) at 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington DC 20008-3009. Tel.: 202-686-7877; Email apprequest@cies.iie.org. Information and an online application are also available online at http://www.cies.org.

Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science

    The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is currently accepting applications for its 2003 Charles E. Culpeper Scholar-ships in Medical Science Program designed to support the career development of academic physicians.

    Up to four awards of $100,000 per year for three years will be made to United States medical schools or equivalent US educational institutions on behalf of candidates who are US citizens or aliens who have been granted permanent US resident (proof required); who have received their MD degree from a US medical school or the equivalent of an MD degree from an educational institution equivalent to a US Medical School in 1994 or later (except under extraordinary circumstances, as approved by the Fund before submittal); and who are judged worthy of support by virtue of the quality of their research proposals. All scientific research relevant to human health is eligible for consideration. No institution may nominate more than one candidate.

    In selecting awardees, emphasis will be on identifying young physicians with clear potential for making substantial contributions to science as academic physicians. Since January 1988, 49 physicians have been selected as Charles E. Culpeper Medical Scholars.

    Deadline for applications is August 15, 2002. Awards will be announced in January 2003, for activation on or about July 1, 2003. Application forms and instructions may be obtained online at http://www.rbf.org or by contacting the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 437 Madison Avenue, 37th floor, New York, NY 10022-7001, Tel.: 212-812-4200; Fax: 212-812-4299.

Call for Nominations for the Editorship of News In Physiological Sciences

Nominations are invited for the editorship of News in Physiological Sciences to succeed S.G. Schultz, who will complete his term as Editor on June 30, 2003. The Publications Committee plans to interview candidates in October, 2002. Applications should be received before August 15, 2002. Nominations, accompanied by a curriculum vitae, should be sent to the Chair of the Publications Committee: Dr. Dale J. Benos, Publications Department, American Physiological Society, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991.

Call for Nominations for the Editorship of
American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Nominations are invited for the editorship of American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology to succeed M.F. Kagnoff, who will complete his term as Editor on June 30, 2003. The Publications Committee plans to interview candidates in October, 2002. Applications should be received before August 15, 2002. Nominations, accompanied by a curriculum vitae, should be sent to the Chair of the Publications Committee: Dr. Dale J. Benos, Publications Department, American Physiological Society, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991.

Call for Nominations for the Editorship of Physiological Genomics

Nominations are invited for the editorship of Physiological Genomics to continue the tradition started by its Founding Editor, V.J. Dzau, who will complete his term as Editor on June 30, 2003. The Publications Committee plans to interview candidates in October, 2002. Applications should be received before August 15, 2002. Nominations, accompanied by a curriculum vitae, should be sent to the Chair of the Publications Committee: Dr. Dale J. Benos, Publications Department, American Physiological Society, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991.

30th Annual Current Topics in Geriatrics

    This course is designed to provide practical information for physicians who care for elderly patients. The demographic imperative of our aging population is well-known. Many primary care physicians see mostly elderly patients. The objectives will be achieved through didactic presentations, question and answer sessions, small group sessions, and informal exchange.

    Fee: Physicians: $450; Residents: $350.
    Location: Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD.

    For further information, contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Turner 20, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195. Tel.: 410-955-2959, Fax: 410-955-0807, Email: cmenet@jhmi.edu, Internet: http://www.med.jhu.edu/cme.

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