This is an announcement for two Awards in Computational Chemistry that are open to current graduate students. We are grateful to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications for their support of these awards. The competition is open to any graduate student (regardless of citizenship) who began graduate study after August 1, 2005, and who is an ACS member (or whose advisor is an ACS member). These awards are designed to encourage graduate work in computational chemistry, to recognize research accomplishments, and to stimulate interest in the Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry and the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Society. An Awards Committee will consider all the applicants. The awards applications should be sent by e-mail to acspchem@chemistry.ohio-state.edu with the applicant's name and "student award" in the subject line of the email. The deadline for applications is August 1. 2009.
One award will be for up to 30,000 service units and the second award will be for up to 60,000 service units on NCSA's Teragrid resources. Awardee selection will be made on a competitive basis. Applicants should be working on new and innovative computational chemistry methods or applications in theoretical chemistry. Applicants should prepare a written description of a computational chemistry research project that requires high-performance computing, with an explanation of the scientific importance of the project. Proposals need to include an estimate of the computing resources required. Applicants should explain how they plan to use the grant funds. Two letters of recommendation, including one from the student's advisor, along with a vita and transcript, are required. The proposal, including the vita, should not exceed four double-spaced pages. In addition, a faculty person (typically the applicant's research advisor) responsible for the applicant's use of the NCSA Teragrid resources must be identified.