GGG News and Announcements

GGG Spring Meeting with Student Presentations

carriear — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:58:26 -0700

The spring meeting will be held from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Please check back for more details to come.

Questions? Contact Carrie at caruport@ucdavis.edu.

Landscape Architectuire Lecturer Positions

carriear — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:28:55 -0700

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LECTURER POSITIONS

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Grants & Fellowships for Research on Toxics

carriear — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:09:33 -0800

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH ON TOXICS

The UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program (UC TSR&TP)

announces the availability of student fellowships and new investigator

grants in the biological, physical, engineering, chemical or social

sciences relevant to problems of toxic substances in California.

Below are summaries of the RFPs. For further information and the full

versions of the RFPs, please visit our web site http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu

Please post this announcement where appropriate.

1. Student Fellowships

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ELIGIBILITY: Currently registered students in any UC graduate program

RESEARCH EMPHASIS: A diverse range of research areas relevant to the UC

TSR&TP (details at

http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/public/our_program/research_priorities.php);

Research projects that address emerging toxics issues are also appropriate.

France-Berkeley Fund

carriear — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:07:43 -0800

France-Berkeley Fund

Call for Projects 2008

Open to applicants from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, LBNL and France
Application deadline: January 31, 2008

Applications available on-line: http://ies.berkeley.edu/fbf/files/fbf_call4projects_english08.doc

For further information please visit our website: http://ies.berkeley.edu/fbf/index.html

Applications are accepted in all fields: the Humanities,
Social Sciences, Exact Sciences, Engineering and the Applied Sciences,
and the Professional Schools.

All projects will be funded to a maximum of US $10,000 per year. All
projects must be initiated within one year of the date of award, and
completed within one year of the date of initiation. Previous recipients
of FBF awards can reapply two years after completion of their
collaboration.

Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions

carriear — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:59:51 -0800

The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), with support from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC), sponsors a grant program titled: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions. The goals of this program are to provide professional development opportunities to doctoral students, institutional researchers, educators, and administrators, and to foster the use of federal databases for institutional research in postsecondary education. The program has seven major components:

•Fellowships for the National Summer Data Policy Institute in the Washington, D.C.area to study the national databases of NCES and NSF;
•Dissertation fellowships for doctoral students;
•Research grants for institutional researchers and faculty;

Atmospheric Aerosols & Health (AAH) Training Grant

carriear — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:46:17 -0800

A new funding opportunity for new and continuing graduate students:

The Atmospheric Aerosols & Health (AAH) training grant for the 2008-09 academic year.

AAH is a training grant for graduate students at UC Davis and UC Merced who are interested in any aspect of air pollution and its effects on human and ecosystem health.

Ph.D. students in the Atmospheric Aerosols & Health training grant can receive up to two years of funding, which includes a 25K salary, tuition, and fees.

Seeking applicants who are, or will be, working in any field related to air pollution and its health effects, including the physical sciences, biology and toxicology, engineering, economics, policy, and other social sciences.

We only offer funding to Ph.D. students, Master’s students can also participate in the training grant and its educational components.

We would like to emphasize that we are especially interested in applicants from the social sciences.

Graduate Student Travel Awards: For Travel to Professional Meetings

dwaetjen — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:08:40 -0800

Please note that the travel award period has been changed to allow greater flexibility. Each award period now allows nine months for future conferences and three months for conferences that have already taken place. Please visit our web site for more information about the new travel award periods.

http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/ssupport/internal_travel.html

AWARD PERIOD: January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007

APPLICATION DEADLINE (Student application to their Program): March 15, 2007

APPLICATION DEADLINE (Program nominations to Graduate Studies): April 15, 2007

AWARDS ANNOUNCED: May 15, 2007

The Graduate Council Committee on Support and Welfare is now accepting applications for graduate student awards for travel to meetings of nationally and internationally recognized professional societies held between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.

Graduate Commencement Registration Now Open

dwaetjen — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:07:34 -0800

General information and registration for the 2007 Graduate Studies Commencement Ceremony can be found by visiting:
http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/commencement/index.cfm.

Students must register online by April 27, 2007 to have their names included in the commencement program and to be guaranteed tickets.

All those who received graduate degrees in September 2006 and December 2006, as well as candidates for degrees in March 2007 and June 2007, are eligible to participate.

Candidates who expect to complete their degree requirements after June 2007 but by September 30, 2007 may participate in the June ceremonies, upon registration and confirmation by their Major Professor or Graduate Adviser. (Please see the Commencement Release Form: http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/forms/commencement_release.pdf)