North American Mixing Forum Start-up Grant

Winner(s):

2009 Guiren Wang, University of South Carolina

Sponsor(s):

North American Mixing Forum

Description:

Grant to encourage new faculty to begin research careers in areas that will impact the general field of fluid mixing technology. Any untenured but tenure-track faculty member at a Ph.D. granting institution in North America is eligible.

Deadline:

No applications are currently being accepted. Read More  Proposals should be submitted electronically in PDF format to Suzanne Kresta - suzanne.kresta@ualberta.ca. A signed original of the proposal, post marked by the deadline date, should be sent to: Suzanne Kresta - University of Alberta, 535 CME, Edmonton,  AB  T6G 2G6, Canada.  The format of the application is open. Enough information should be given to enable a rigorous evaluation of the scientific merits and potential impact of the work. The text should be limited to ten pages (12 point @ 1.5 spaces) including summary, introduction, proposed work, figures. future directions and references. A title page, one page budget, a statement by an appropriate officer of the institute accepting the restrictions on the grant, and a two page vitae are additional. The decision of the referees will be final. NAMF reserves the right not to award the grant if no application is judged sufficiently meritorious.

Award:

A single $60,000 grant will be offered in two annual installments of $30,000. The use of grant funds is restricted to direct research expenditures and excludes overhead, administrative charges, secretarial support, academic year charge-out, university-wide taxes on gifts and the like. The Biennial Conference of the North American Mixing Forum is held every two years.  The recipient is expected to attend the two conferences to present initial results and to present final results. Conference fees including room and board, but not travel expenses, will be waived.

Presentation:

An invited paper and a dinner ceremony during the AIChE Annual Meeting