From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Tue Aug 24 12:19:00 2010 From: "Carlos Simmerling carlos.simmerling:+:gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: ACS COMP division award deadline for the Spring 2011 National Meeting Message-Id: <-42606-100823131555-8879-m6VWmdFjB/aCbWohtgqdOA]^[server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Carlos Simmerling" Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:15:54 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "Carlos Simmerling" [carlos.simmerling##gmail.com] Applications are open for 3 types of awards from the ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry, to be awarded at the Spring 2011 national meeting in Anaheim. The deadline is October 15, 2010. CCG Research Excellence award (graduate students) HP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (tenure-track Assistant Professors) ACS Graduate Award in Supercomputing (graduate students) CCG Five $1,150 CCG Excellence Student Travel Award Stipends Available for the Spring 2011 Anaheim 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. Up to 5 awardees will be 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). Previous winners are not eligible. To apply for an award for the ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, CA, March 27-21, 2011, 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###gmail.com. A single pdf file is preferred. You must include your last name and the type of information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. The application deadline is 5pm EDT on October 15. Applicants will receive email confirmation of receipt of materials. If you do not receive confirmation by October 19, 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. Do not submit your PACS abstract to the standard poster session- it must be submitted for the CCG session or your application will not be considered. 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###gmail.com HP The ACS COMP Outstanding Junior Faculty Award program provides $1,000 to up to 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 Anaheim, CA, March 27-21, 2011, 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###gmail.com. You must include your last name and the type of information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. A single pdf file with all materials is preferable. The application deadline is 5pm EDT on October 15. Applicants will receive email confirmation of receipt of materials. If you do not receive confirmation by October 19, 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. Do not submit your PACS abstract to the standard poster session- it must be submitted for the HP session or your application will not be considered. 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###gmail.com Supercomputing Graduate Student Awards in Supercomputing to be awarded at the Spring 2011 Anaheim 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. Up to 2 awardees will be 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 Anaheim 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 detailed 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###gmail.com. A single pdf file is preferred. Please include your last name and the type of information (CV, abstract, etc.) in the file name. The application deadline is 5pm EDT on October 15. Applicants will receive email confirmation of receipt of materials. If you do not receive confirmation by October 19, 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. Application for the supercomputing award does not constitute an application for a presentation. 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###gmail.com