AWARD OF PAS GOLD MEDALS in 2008 IN VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Each Award carries Rs.20,000/- Cash, a Gold Medal and a Certificate.

Fields: Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Medicine, Engineering & Technology and Agriculture.

The Academy invites nominations in January/February each year from its Fellows and high-level institutions engaged in Scientific Education and Research, and recognized as such by the Academy.

Only Pakistani scientists, other than Fellows of the Academy, will be eligible for the award of medals, and those who have not received any Medal/Prize from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences during the past five years.

Four copies each of Biodata and complete list of publications must accompany the nominations. A brief summary is required highlighting the outstanding internationally acclaimed achievements in the field of scientific research, including the citations of the nominee’s research papers by other scientists, Gold Medals and other awards already received. Reprints or photocopies of the research papers published in scientific journals of international repute must be submitted.

The nominations complete, in all respects, received within due dates are processed. The documents of the candidates are sent to members of the relevant Expert Committees for assessment in order of merit. On the basis of the recommendations of the experts, the Council of the Academy selects candidates for the award. The prize is awarded to the winners in the investiture ceremony in the General Body meeting in November/December. The decision of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences shall be final and shall not be challengeable in a court of law or elsewhere.

Last date is 28.03.2008

DR. ATTA-UR-RAHMAN PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

The Pakistan Academy of Sciences has instituted Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman prize in Chemistry. The prize carries Rs.20,000/- Cash, a Gold Medal and a Certificate. Pakistani Scientists, except Fellows of the Academy and those who have not received any Medal/Prize from the Academy during past five years are eligible for the prize.

Only one nominee may be proposed. Nominations can be made only by Fellows of the Academy and Heads of institutions engaged in scientific education and research. Nominations must be accompanied by four (4) copies each of the Biodata and complete list of research papers, a brief summary highlighting outstanding achievements in the field of scientific research, gold medals and other awards already received and reprints or photocopies of the research papers published in scientific journals of international repute.

The nominations complete, in all respects, received within due dates are to be processed. The documents of the candidates will be sent to members of the relevant expert committee for assessment in order of merit.

Recommendations of the experts will be placed before the Council of the Academy for selection of the candidate for the prize.

The decision of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences shall be final and not be challengeable in a court of law or elsewhere.

Age should under 40

Last date is 28.03.2008

MODERN РRОBLЕМS OF POLYMER SCIENCE
4th Saint-Petersburg Young Scientists Conference(with international participation)devoted to the 60-th anniversary of the Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences

April 15 – 17, 2008Saint-Petersburg

Please see attachment

Travel Grants for Young scientists for Xenopus Conference 2008 at Germany

Young scientists are cordially invited to participate at the Conference. Travel grants for young scientists (diploma/master and PhD students and postdocs) are made possible. They are intended to partially cover travel expenses (excluding hotel, meals and registration fee) to a maximum of 70% depending on request. To receive a grant, you must register for the symposium. Only one application per laboratory will be accepted.

Application Process

To apply for a grant, send an email to the committee member Doris Wedlich:
doris.wedlich@zi2.uni-karlsruhe.de
with the subject line "Xenopus Conference 2008 Travel Grant".

The body of the message (or a attached pdf-file) should include:

• Your name (Family name, first name)
• Male or female
• Your date of birth
• Your status (diploma student, master student, doctoral student, postdoc)
• Your work address
• Your advisor's name
• Whether you are a autor or co-author of a submitted abstract (please give the title and author list of the paper as well) and wether you will be presenting the paper
• A brief statement from your supervisor how you would benefit from attending the conference and why it is important for you receiving a travel grant. You must attach this letter of recommendation as a pdf-file.

Application deadline for travel grants is May 10th, 2008.

The awardees are selected by the organizing committee and will be notified of the grant within 6-8 weeks after the deadline date. If you have any questions regarding the travel grant, please contact Doris Wedlich doris.wedlich

Website: http://www.uni-ulm.de/12thxenopus/index.html

Nominations sought for the Trieste Science Prize
Closing Date: 31 January 2008

Agency: TWAS - the academy of sciences for the developing world

TWAS, the academy of science for the developing word, is seeking nominations for the 2008 Trieste Science Prize scheme, aimed at honouring scientists living and working in the developing countries.

The Trieste Science Prize, sponsored by Trieste-based Illycaffè, has been established to give international recognition and visibility to outstanding scientific achievements made by scientists from the developing countries.

Each year it is given in two different fields. For 2008 the fields are:
* Earth, Space, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; and
* Engineering Sciences.

Each prize will carry a monetary award of US$ 50,000 and a trophy. The deadline for receiving nominations is 31 January 2008.

Further details on eligibility criteria, the nomination form and submission procedure are available online, www.twas.org

Contact details
Prof. Mohamed H.A. Hassan, Executive Director, TWAS Trieste Science Prize, ICTP Campus - Strada Costiera, 11 34014 Trieste, Italy. Email: prizes@twas.org.

TWAS Prize 2007 in Physics

Last date for nomination is 20 September 2007. Please visit www.paspk.org for more detail

GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists

Submission deadline is 1 August 2007.

The prize is open to all molecular biologists that have been awarded a Ph.D. during 2006. To enter, a student has to submit a 1,000 word synopsis of the doctoral work by August 1, 2007. One Grand Prize winner and four regional winners will be selected.

Each winner will be flown to Stockholm, where they will meet some of the Nobel Prize laureates and visit GE Healthcare and Uppsala University. While in Stockholm they will also attend a prize ceremony.

The Grand Prize winner will receive $25,000 and have the prize essay published in the journal Science. Regional winners will receive $5,000 and have their essays published in the online version of Science.

Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any and all exceptional student Ph.D.s you may know.

For further information visit:
www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/prizes/ge/index.dtl or
www.gehealthcare.com/science

International Congress of Young Chemists “YoungChem 2007”

This year's edition is going to be a special one… but let's start from the beginning.
In the beginning three guys set up Chemical Scientific Society "Flogiston" at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Warsaw University of Technology. And they said: "Let there be YoungChem". And they saw it was good. It was so good that they decided to make it an annual event. It was October 2003.

From its very beginning the Congress of Young Chemists - YoungChem has been an event organised by students and for students (including M.Sc.-s, Ph.D. students, Ph.D.-s and so on). Its main goal is to give an opportunity for young, skilled and ambitious scientists to present to international audience their areas of research, attend lectures by famous and respectable professors, meet industry representatives and, of course, integrate. Organisers do their best to create a rather informal atmosphere during the conference, keeping at the same time its high scientific level, all of which makes each YoungChem an event to remember.

"Flogiston" does its best so that the conference's every subsequent edition is better than the previous one. Since 2003 YoungChem has evolved from a modest congress for students from Poland and its neighbouring countries through a European congress into an international one, which attracted over 100 participants from 18 countries from all over the world.
10-14 October, Poland

Apart from its scope, each YC resulted in new friendships, international student exchanges and good memories of the time spent together. The Organising Committee hopes that the upcoming fifth edition shall keep this tradition and be at least as successful as the previous ones. Because of the 5th anniversary we are planning something special.

Time & location of Congress
YoungChem 2007 will take place in the 2nd week of October, 2007 (precisely October, 10th-14th).
Hotel Neptun is located on the Hel Peninsula (54° 40´ 53.50" N, 18° 42´ 45.72" E) in a famous spa resort – Jurata (look at the maps provided by Google for general overview). The unique climate, charm of the landscape and closeness to the Baltic Sea make it a pleasant place to rest in any season of the year.

Initial Schedule*
Wednesday, 10th
- Opening ceremony
- Lecture of prof. Cyryl Lechosław Latos-Grażyński
- Biotechnology and Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Barbecue
Thursday, 11th
- Analytical Chemistry
- Lecture of prof. Samir Zard
- Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
- Lecture of prof. Karl Wieghardt
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Lecture of prof. John A. Gladysz
Friday, 12th
- Sightseeing trip
- Poster session
Saturday, 13th
- Environmental Chemistry
- Lecture of prof. Herbert Mayr
- Organic Synthesis and Catalysis
- Lecture of prof. Karl Anker Jørgensen
- Banquet / Closing ceremony
Sunday, 14th
- Check-out

Contact Page
Chemical Scientific Society Flogiston
Faculty of Chemistry
Warsaw University of Technology
ul. Noakowskiego 3/301
00-664 Warszawa, Poland
tel./fax: +48 22 234 78 03

Contact Person

Member of ChSS "Flogiston"
Anna Brzozowska

mail@youngchem.com
Emergency Contact Person

President of ChSS "Flogiston"
Katarzyna Ślesińska

kasia@youngchem.com
Vice President of ChSS "Flogiston"
Urszula Zomkowska

ula@youngchem.com
Second Vice President of ChSS "Flogiston"
Krzysztof Zawada

krzysiek@youngchem.com
Supervisor of ChSS "Flogiston"
prof. dr hab. Michał Fedoryński
from Warsaw University of Technology

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TWAS Fellowships e-bulletin

Please find first issue of the TWAS Fellowships e-bulletin, where you may find the latest news on all TWAS programmes as well as other funding opportunities for scientists in developing countries.

With hope you will find these documents of great interest.

Thank you for the attention.

For Contact:

TWAS Fellowships Office

TWAS, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
c/o ICTP, Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39 040 2240687
Fax: +39 040 2240689
http://www.twas.org/