Announcement
Lavern Weber Visiting Scientist Program
The Hatfield Marine Science Center is pleased to announce availability of funding for the Lavern Weber Visiting Scientist opportunity. This program is funded by donations to a named endowment and matching funding from the OSU Research Office. It honors Lavern Weber, who directed the HMSC between 1977 and 2002. It will support a distinguished scientist for visits of up to several months duration. The scientist will participate in HMSC programs, including teaching and research. It will allow examination of new specialties and expertise at the HMSC, stimulate cooperative research with different institutions, and provide new opportunities for OSU students.

Lavern Weber
   
For the 2006-7 program, up to $8,000 will be available to fund a visiting scientist. These funds may be used for salary, travel, research expenses, or a combination of these costs.

This announcement is being made to HMSC faculty (including courtesy faculty) to request recommendations as well as to encourage you to seek distinguished colleagues interested in a visit to the HMSC. Applications will consist of a resume on the scientist (5 page maximum), and a narrative describing the activities that will be performed at HMSC and how the visit will integrate into research, education, and outreach programs of the HMSC. A recommendation from an OSU or HMSC scientist is suggested, but not required. It should specifically note whether some level of matching funding will be available, either from an internal HMSC program or from other sources. As an example, this is an ideal means of helping support a sabbatical leave for a colleague from another institution.

Recommendations and applications will be accepted in the HMSC Director’s office throughout the year (or until a decision is reached) and evaluated by a committee of HMSC faculty and graduate students. Evaluation criteria will include the degree to which the scientist will:

  1. utilize specialized facilities and environments at the HMSC,
  2. interact with the many groups at the HMSC as well as students,
  3. and bring new approaches, technologies, and ideas to the research and education goals of the HMSC. 
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