Subject: APS Travel Grants for India-U.S. Physics Student Visitation Program From: Laszlo Mihaly Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:53:00 -0400 To: "pagra-l@lists.sunysb.edu" , pafac-l@lists.sunysb.edu $3,000 grants, application deadline Oct. 31. --Laszlo -------- Original Message -------- From: "Michele Irwin" To: "Michele Irwin" Date: 09/04/2008 11:35 AM Subject: APS Travel Grants for India-U.S. Physics Student Visitation Program To: Chairs, U.S. Graduate and Ph.D.-granting Physics Departments From: Office of International Affairs, American Physical Society Subject: APS Travel Grants for India-U.S. Physics Student Visitation Program *************************************************************** The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and the American Physical Society (APS) are pleased to announce the launch of the India-U.S. Physics Student Visitation Program. Through this new program, U.S. and Indian graduate students may apply for travel funds of US $3,000 to pursue a breadth of opportunities in physics, such as to: · Attend a short-course, or summer institute; · Visit with a professor in his/her field of study; · Work temporarily in a lab; or · Any other opportunity that the student/professor feels is worthy of travel support. While the United States enjoys hosting many graduate students from India, far fewer U.S. students have had similar first-hand experience with Indian science and culture despite the fact that India is a rapidly growing nation, both economically and scientifically. Given this current disparity, the APS-IUSSTF program aims to support graduate student travel to India by U.S. citizens, while still enabling some Indian student travel to the United States. Awards may be used for travel, materials, and expenses associated with the visitation as agreed upon by the APS and the IUSSTF, in consultation with the host institution. The upcoming deadline is 31 October 2008. Proposals should be sent via email to Michele Irwin, APS Office of International Affairs, at Irwin@aps.org. Recipients will be selected by a joint APS-IUSSTF Review Committee. Please note that proposals for this ongoing program will be accepted twice a year; the next deadline will be on 31 March 2009. Up to ten awards will be made each year, i.e., approximately five awards each cycle. This program is open to graduate students who are citizens of the United States or India. We ask you to please share this information about the India-U.S. Physics Student Visitation Program with your graduate students and to encourage them to apply. Further details about the program, including proposal guidelines, are provided in the attachment. Thank you. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Laszlo Mihaly Graduate Program Director Department of Physics and Astronomy Stony Brook University 631 632-8279 laszlo.mihaly@sunysb.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^