December 9, 2009

It's the last week of classes and you are all busy finishing classes and preparing for finals, but take a minute to read about what is happening this week as well as a few funding opportunities.

Presenting research at a conference? Get a travel award!: Undergraduates presenting research at a professional conference are eligible to submit an application for the Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award. Applications are taken throughout the year but must be submitted at least 3 weeks prior to the conference. Read more: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students/urcta.html

ASP Minority Scholarships: The American Physical Society has scholarships available for African American, Hispanic American and Native American college freshmen and sophomores. The scholarship is $2,000 and can be renewed for $3,000. The deadline to apply is Feb. 5, 2010. Check out the application:

http://aps.org/programs/minorities/honors/scholarship/

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Anna Frebel (Harvard) will give a talk on "What the Most Metal-poor stars tell us about the Early Universe". Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.

Have a great week,
Sarah