With apologies for cross-posting.

LacCore announces the third round of research/travel awards graduate 
students working with lake sediment cores. These $1000 grants will 
support student travel to Minneapolis, lodging while at the facility, 
and supplies consumed in initial core description (ICD). Funds 
supplement the free instrument time, staff support, and training offered 
to all LacCore visitors. Five grants are available in 2010.

To apply: send (1) a two-page description of the project, including how 
working at LacCore would forward the project goals, and (2) a letter of 
support from the graduate advisor, to Dr. Sheri Fritz ([log in to unmask]), 
by noon Central Standard Time on Monday, March 1, 2010. Applications 
will be evaluated by Dr. Fritz and other members of the LacCore External 
Advisory Group (EAG); award notifications will be made in late April.

Funds are intended to support student travel, core shipping, and initial 
core description (for a discussion of ICD, please see the Core Facility 
ICD page at http://lrc.geo.umn.edu/corefac-icd.htm), and may not be used 
to pay for LacCore-related analytical services such as coulometry, 
stable isotope analysis, scanning XRF, etc.

Students may bring new or previously-collected cores to the Facility. 
Visits will ideally occur during summer/fall 2010 and involve a one- to 
two-week stay during which the student will work closely with LacCore 
staff and be trained in ICD and other techniques, using the student's cores.

Applicants are encouraged to contact LacCore staff (Kristina Brady, Amy 
Myrbo, Anders Noren) to discuss the scope and aims of their proposed 
work while preparing their applications. LacCore staff are not involved 
in the collection of proposals nor in the selection of successful 
applicants.

The primary criteria for selection are the quality of the proposed 
science and the degree to which the project would take advantage of, and 
benefit from, use of the LacCore ICD facilities. Candidates in the 
earlier stages of their grad careers, or lacking ICD instrumentation and 
expertise at their home institutions, will be given special 
consideration. Students from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and 
Duluth campuses are not eligible.

Funds for the LacCore Visiting Grad Student Program are provided by the 
National Science Foundation - Instrumentation and Facilities Program as 
part of LacCore's operational funding. The University of Minnesota is an 
equal opportunity educator and employer.

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Amy Myrbo, Ph.D.
Research Associate and LacCore Facility Manager
Limnological Research Center
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Minnesota
500 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis MN 55455
612-626-7889
fax 612-626-7750
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http://lrc.geo.umn.edu
http://www.myrbo.com