The U.S. National Committee for Crystallography, in cooperation with the ACA, will provide partial support for travel to the International Union of Crystallography meeting in Osaka, Japan. To be eligible, applicants must be graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, or untenured faculty members in any of the Crystallographic, Diffraction, and Imaging Sciences affiliated with the IUCr. Undergraduate students will be considered in exceptional cases. Applicants must be training at a U.S. institution. Fellows are expected to submit a short report in return for their support after the meeting.

An application should include the following:

(1) Cover page indicating name, address, telephone number, fax, e-mail address, name and address of mentor;

(2) A current Curriculum Vita of the applicant;

(3) Abstract including title and authors, with applicant as presenter, submitted for presentation at the 2008 IUCr meeting;

(3) A paragraph by the applicant describing where they are in their career and why they want to attend the Osaka meeting;

(4) A letter of recommendation from their mentor. This letter should also detail the group’s travel funding and explain why funds from the USNC/Cr are needed for the student.

Deadline: 1 March 2008

Send applications to:

Cora Lind

Department of Chemistry, MS 602

The University of Toledo

Toledo, OH 43606

Phone: (419) 530-1505

FAX: (419) 530-4033

E-mail: cora.lind@utoledo.edu

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