Here are some important messages that members would like to share with the community: - Urgent Help Wanted - R.B. Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Announcement for DuPont Young Professor's Grant - Piyush Singh ================================================================== > -------- Original Message -------- > From: R.B. Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Urgent Help Wanted
> help wanted Posted 11-9-2003 18:28 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > The Govt of Uttaranchal has asked me to initiate State > > Biotechnology Programme with the intention of > establishing a Biotech Park and eventually a R&D > Institute to support the Park. Arrangements are > underway to get 1000 acres of land from the University > > Farm near Pantnagar; some things will spread into > other hilly parts of this state. > My request at this stage is to please put me in touch > with all those Uttaranchalis living abroad who may be > interested in giving support to this programme in > various ways. > I was also abroad for over 14 yrs before returning > home in 1989. Prior to this assignment I participated > in setting up the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan > Environment & Development at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora > with units at Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Garhwal and > Himachal Pradesh; I was its Director until recently. > Please discuss this proposition with all like-minded > people and please feel free to share/ pass on this > letter to other friends. > Thanks and regards. > > L.M.S. Palni > Sr. Scientific Adviser & Project Director > State Biotechnology Programme, Govt of Uttaranchal, > TDC Building, P.O. Haldi > Pantnagar - 263 146 > Phone: 05944-260351 (o) 233830 (fax) > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================== > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Piyush Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: > > DuPont Network news (November 6, 2003) > The Corporate Center for Collaborative Research and Education > (CCRE) and > the DuPont Fellows Forum (DFF) are the sponsors of the DuPont Young > Professor Grant Program. The program anticipates awarding a > total of 12 > grants next year -- eight grants to recipients from North America, two > grants to recipients from Asia, and two grants to recipients > from Europe. > > Each awardee from the United States will receive USD 25,000 > each year for > three years. The awardees from other countries will receive a > varying grant > amount depending on the geographical location, based on > varying research > costs among the different countries in the region. Awardees > may are able to > increase the amount of the grants by seeking matching funds from > appropriate governmental agencies, such as the National > Science Foundation > (U.S.). > > The Young Professor Grants are available only to non-tenured faculty > members from universities in North America, Asia, and Europe. > These members > must have held full-time appointments for tenure-track > teaching positions > -- for less than five years. > > Since some countries, especially in Europe, have different > tenure systems > for young faculty members, exceptions to the above guidelines will be > considered on a case-by-case basis. > > Please distribute it further and let me know if you know of > somebody who > might be interested in applying for this grant. I will be > happy to nominate > one of two candidates. > > Thanks and best regards. > > Piyush > 302-451-3593 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains > information that may be privileged, confidential or copyrighted under > applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of > this e-mail, > in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender > by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless > explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", > this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract > amendment, > or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute > a consent to the use of sender's contact information for > direct marketing > purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. > > Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese > Chinese Korean > > http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html ======================================================================= ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
