George Jeffrey Award
(assistance for
outstanding graduate students to attend the Congress of the IUCr)
This fund was
established in memory of George
A. Jeffrey. The first awards were made
at the Geneva IUCr Congress (August, 2002).
Applications are invited world-wide. These must be from graduate students in
good standing at the time of the Congress. Applications must include:
·
A one-page letter explaining
the student's background and any special circumstances in support of the
application.
·
Letters of
recommendation from the student's mentor and from one other person familiar
with the student's crystallographic abilities and background. The mentor should
state the expected date for the student's graduation.
·
A one-page biographical
sketch of the student.
·
Copies of any
reprints, preprints or abstracts in which the student is an author.
·
An abstract with the student
as first author, which has been submitted to the program of the IUCr Congress.
·
The student's e-mail address.
The application
materials may be emailed to John Rose, mailto:rose@bcl4.bmb.uga.edu.
Applications for the 2011 meeting of the IUCR, to be held 22 - 30 August in
The important
criteria will be the scientific excellence of the student's research, the
student's financial need and the student's proficiency in English, which is the
official language of the Congress. The Jeffrey Award will cover at least the
student's registration fee and the cost of student housing.
Latest Report on the George Jeffrey Award