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Coming in June…Report from ACS Meeting
Research Corporation Fall 1999 Awards in Chemistry
In this issue we have ample coverage of the coming Spring ACS Meeting. Those of you attending will have found lots of pointers to symposia of interest. However we have good news for the majority of our readers, those who will not be attending: our June issue will have a report on the two Presidential Plenary Sessions, “Beyond the Technology of Biotechnology—Government Regulation and Consumer Acceptance” and “Chemistry in the 21st Century: The partnership Between Education, Industry, the Media, and Science Policy—The Four-Legged Stool”. Regular Journal readers will recall the report on Color Chemistry from the Spring 1999 ACS Meeting (June 1999, p 737) and that on Challenges for Chemistry in the 21st Century from the Spring 1998 ACS Meeting (June 1998, p 665). Nancy Gettys will again be our reporter. In addition, photo coverage of a number of meeting events is scheduled for the June issue—from the session “Doing Science with Chemists of the Future” for students in grades 4 through 6 to the several award addresses listed on pages 283–288.
Research Corporation has announced 81 awards, totaling $2,762,318, to fund research in chemistry, physics, and astronomy proposed by college and university investigators. Of these awards, 55 went to faculty in departments of chemistry. Chemists received 20 of 30 Cottrell College Science Awards, 32 of 46 Research Innovation Awards, and 3 of 4 Research Opportunity Awards. A list of grantees appears as supplemental material for this article on JCE Online, http://JChemEd.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2000/Mar/ abs307.html. For further information about Research Corporation and complete guidelines for all awards programs, see the Research Corporation Web site at http://www.rescorp.org.
Back Issues for JCE Online Many subscribers have sent us messages telling us how wonderful it is to search and use Journal issues on JCE Online—and then asking when we will have available issues earlier than 1995. The answer is, we are working on it! There is a project underway to scan past issues. A few years have been scanned, and, equally important, are being catalogued in such a way that they can be accessed. However, this is not an instant process. We will put blocks of issues online when they are ready, and we will announce this in News from Journal House and other places when we do so. The Journal has so much good information in previous issues that we regard this as a very important effort. Readers who need to see something from an early issue before it gets online can contact us. For a modest fee to cover costs we will make photocopies to either mail or fax to you.
NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program Awards, FY1999 The Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) of the National Science Foundation announces awards in chemistry made under the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program for FY1999. These awards represent the first round of competition for this new program. Awards were made in three areas. The Educational Materials Development (CCLI-EMD) track represents projects that are to develop innovative materials that incorporate effective educational practices to improve student learning in chemistry at the undergraduate level. The materials are expected to be appropriate for national dissemination and implementation. Although proposals are allowed that might request funds up to $75,000 in order to develop an initial test or proof-of-concept for an idea, no proof-of-concept proposals were funded in chemistry in FY1999. Rather, five awards were made for full development projects and are listed below. A total of 36 proposals in chemistry were submitted to this track. Awards in the Adaptation and Implementation (CCLIA&I) track represent projects that are expected to result in improved undergraduate chemistry education at institutions through adaptation and implementation of exemplary materials, laboratory experiences, and educational practices in such
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Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) June 5, 2000 NSF Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships Program (CSEMS) TBA Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Preliminary April 13, 2000 (anticipated) Formal October 13, 2000 (anticipated) NSF Graduate Fellows in K–12 Education (GK-12) TBA (anticipated late spring 2000) Online DUE forms available at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ EHR/DUE/documents/general/forms/forms.htm NSF Documents Online available at http://www.nsf.gov/ cgi-bin/pubsys/browser/odbrowse.pl
For further information about NSF DUE programs consult the DUE Web site, http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm. To contact the DUE Information Center, phone: 703/306-1666; email:
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program: November 15, 2000 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program: June 30, 2000 New Faculty Awards Program: May 15, 2000 Faculty Start-Up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 15, 2000 Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions: June 30, 2000 Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences: Preliminary Proposals: June 15, 2000 Complete Proposals: September 1, 2000 Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: March 1, 2000 Senior Scientist Mentor: September 1, 2000
Further information may be obtained from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305, New York, NY 10022; phone: 212/753-1760; email:
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Further information may be obtained from Research Corporation, 101 North Wilmot Road, Suite 250, Tucson, AZ 85711-3332; phone: 520/571-1111; fax: 520/571-1119; email:
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a way that further curricular change will be catalyzed at the institution. In chemistry, the large majority of the CCLIA&I proposals and awards were instrument-based projects; of the 139 chemistry proposals, 64 awards were made. A list of CCLI-A&I grantees, their institutions, the titles of their proposals and the award amounts appears as supplemental material for this article on JCE Online, http://JChemEd. chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2000/Mar/abs307.html. Finally, awards were made in the Systemic Changes in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum-Adapt and Adopt (CCLI-AA) emphasis. These projects are adapting and adopting materials and methods that come from the five major projects funded through NSF’s Systemic Chemistry Initiative. Four awards, which are listed below, were made from among 12 proposals. Starting with the FY2000 competition, proposals for such projects should be submitted through the regular CCLI-A&I track. Awards for the FY2000 round of the CCLI competition (from proposals submitted to the June 7, 1999, deadline) are in the process of being completed. The next deadline for those interested in submitting proposals is June 5, 2000. Further information about the CCLI program is available through the existing Program Announcement (NSF 9953). A new CCLI Program Announcement, effective for the June 5, 2000, deadline, will be issued early in 2000. Information about CCLI or other programs and activities supported by DUE can be found on the DUE web site (http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm), by phoning DUE at 703/306-1666, or by sending an email message to
[email protected]. Current information about projects funded by DUE is available on the Project Information Resource System (PIRS) at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/PIRStart/. Mark Claire, Science Education Analyst in DUE, provided assistance in gathering the data found in this report.
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LUCID-A New Model for Computer-Assisted Instruction in Chemistry, David Hanson, SUNY Stony Brook; DUE-9950612; $330,702 A Flexible Networked Laboratory Simulation for Use in Introductory Chemistry Courses, David Yaron, Carnegie Mellon University; DUE-9950673; $420,000 Physical Chemistry On-line, Establishment of MultiInstitutional Learning Environment for Physical Chemistry Students, Theresa Zielinski, Monmouth College; DUE-9950809; $307,418 Virtual Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Joseph Grabowski, University of Pittsburgh; DUE-9950867; $425,899 An Organic Chemistry Text for Freshmen, I. David Reingold, Juniata College; DUE-9972297; $142,725
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Bringing Systemic Change to Community College Chemistry, Carolyn Collins, Community College of South Nevada; DUE-9950320; $227,621
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Adaption and Adoption of Workshop Chemistry, Jerry Sarquis, Miami University of Ohio; DUE-9950575; $272,162 Implementation of a Writing-Intensive Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum, Michael Mosher, University of Nebraska-Kearney; DUE-9950674; $128,734 Improving Student Learning in Introductory Chemistry: Building on the New Traditions Project, Laurence Boucher, Towson University; DUE-9950952; $99,993
Award Deadlines Analytical Chemistry Starter Grant The Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh will award one grant of $20,000 to an assistant professor in the field of analytical chemistry. The purpose of the grant is to encourage high-quality, innovative research by a new analytical chemistry professor and to promote the training and development of graduate students in the field. Assistant professors who have accepted an appointment in a U.S. college or university since December 31, 1996 are eligible. Application forms available from James Chadwick, Chairman, Starter Grant Committee, Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, 300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235; phone: 1-800/825-3221, ext. 208; fax: 412/8253224. Completed applications must be received by February 29, 2000.
Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities Student-Centered Active Learning: Faculty Workshops NSF has recently announced an award of additional funding to promote further dissemination of the teaching and learning innovations developed by the five grants in the Systemic Changes in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Initiative projects that were awarded in 1994–95. Faculty who choose to attend a two-day workshop will participate in a general seminar to gain broad exposure to the products available through each project followed by participation in one of the specific workshops as listed below. The workshops will engage attendees in in-depth, hands-on activities with faculty from one of the projects, providing direct experience with an active-participation, student-centered pedagogy and sharing ideas and experiences with other instructors in a collaborative setting. Specific topics of the concurrent workshops and the projects whose work they are based on are: •
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Active, Student-Centered Teaching and Learning by Adapting Real-World Based Modules to your Classroom (ChemLinks./Modular Chemistry Consortium) Active Learning as a Supplement to Lectures and Guided Inquiry Laboratory Experiments (New Traditions) Server-Based Learning Units and Calibrated Peer Review of Writing (Molecular Science) Peer-Led Team Learning in Problem Solving Workshops (Workshop Chemistry)
The five projects, each of which involves a consortium of other institutions, and their respective lead institutions are the ChemLinks Coalition (Beloit College, http://chemlinks. beloit.edu/), the Modular Chemistry Consortium (University of California at Berkeley, http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu/), the Molecular Science Project (UCLA, http://server2.nslc.ucla.edu/ ms/), the New Traditions Project (University of Wisconsin– Madison, http://newtraditions.chem.wisc.edu/), and the Workshop Project (City College of New York, http://www.sci. ccny.cuny.edu/~chemwksp/). Each of the supported projects was designed to make fundamental changes in chemistry instruction, including better integration with curricula in related disciplines such as biology, physics, geology, materials science, engineering, computer science, and mathematics. The changes are expected to affect all levels of undergraduate instruction. The workshops are free but participants will be expected to pay their own travel expenses. For information about the workshop schedule, attending a workshop, or volunteering to host a workshop contact G. Earl Peace, Jr., Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1396; phone: 608/2628647; fax: 608/265-8094; email:
[email protected]. Workshop: Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry A Workshop on Program Objectives, Challenges, and Proposal Preparation is the title of a workshop addressing the objectives, challenges, and opportunities involved in the National Science Foundation Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry (RSEC) program that is planned for the ACS meeting in San Francisco on March 25, 2000. The aims of the Workshop (sponsored by the NSF and the Division of Chemical Education) will be to inform the academic research community of the needs and challenges confronting chemical researchers at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs), the prospective benefits to the broader chemical community (graduate schools and industrial employers) that may accrue from enhanced research activity at PUIs, and the opportunities for achieving such enhancement through the RSEC Program. It is expected that the sharing of ideas will both enhance the existing RSEC sites and stimulate/facilitate proposals for new ones with both broader geographic and disciplinary representation. Both prospective RSEC Fellows and prospective RSEC PIs are encouraged and welcome to attend. For further information contact Kelsey D. Cook, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600; phone: 865-974-8019; fax: 865/974-3454; email:
[email protected]. Searching Scientific Literature: PubScience The U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, announces PubScience, which enables free searching of more than 1,000 peer-reviewed scientific and technical journals in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines. The site location is http://www.osti.gov/pubsci.
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